by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | Field Notes, Tales From The Trip, Winter 2013
Language Barriers “Let them eat cake,” said Marie Antoinette—except she never actually said that. And even if she had, she wouldn’t have used the word gateaux, which is the French translation of the English cake. The correct saying is, Qu’ils mangent de la brioche. ...
by Stowaway Magazine | Nov 6, 2012 | Fall 2012, Field Notes, Online Exclusives, Tales From The Trip
Read four travel tales from our talented Stowaway contest winners. The Ever-Eccentric Matt I should have known that who you take to an amusement park can make or break your day. I learned this lesson when three friends and I went to Walt Disney World in Orlando,...
by Stowaway Magazine | Aug 31, 2012 | Fall 2012, Insights
Want to travel the world and get paid to do it? Whether it’s teaching in a classroom, sailing the high seas, or nannying like Mary Poppins, you can get an entry-level job that blends work with the pleasures of traveling. English as a Second Language...
by Stowaway Magazine | Aug 31, 2012 | Fall 2012, Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
Twenty-year-old German composer Felix Mendelssohn is at sea more than 1,200 miles from home. The rough surf hisses and heaves, tossing the boat recklessly through the waves. Reaching what seems to be the edge of the world, he enters Fingal’s Cave on the coast of...
by Stowaway Magazine | Aug 29, 2012 | Fall 2012, Field Notes, Profile
For a guy like Stan Ellsworth, motorcycles rather than cars are clearly the way to travel. “In a car, you’re locked away,” he says. “You have your own environment in there; you’ve got your stereo, your air-conditioning, etc. You just took your environment out of your...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jun 24, 2012 | Field Notes, Tales From The Trip
I laughed. A lot. “This is not funny!” My mom scowled at our pole-less tent. “Aw, come on—it is funny. I mean this would happen to us.” This referred to our failure to bring tent poles on the second camping trip in a row. Obviously irritated, my mom spread her...
