by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 5, 2011 | Field Notes, Tales From The Trip
Me and My Towel in Argentina It was 5 a.m. and my dad was dropping my mom and me off at the airport. We were about to begin a journey to Antarctica, that oft-forgotten seventh continent. As Dad unloaded the luggage, we quickly discovered that my suitcases had not made...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 5, 2011 | Field Notes
When Aubrey Wright walked into an orphanage in Haiti as a volunteer with Sustain Haiti, she was literally welcomed with open arms. “The children ran up to me with their arms outstretched, saying ‘Po tem! Po tem!’ which means ‘Hold me! Hold me!’” Aubrey...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 5, 2011 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
I’m awake. It’s dark outside—almost dawn. My roommates are still sleeping in their beds. But I can’t let this opportunity pass me by. I quietly tie on my running shoes and tiptoe toward the door. Slowly I descend the stairs to the front entrance of my hotel. Palo, the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Mar 15, 2011 | Field Notes, Tales From The Trip
Stowaway’s readers know that when travelers go out their front doors to dream, explore, and discover, they’re not doing it in Disney World—they’re in the real world. Here are some stories of those (mis)adventures. Armed with a Water Bottle While in Ghana, my brother,...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 17, 2010 | Field Notes, Tales From The Trip
Lyndsay Steinmetz has studied at Oxford, been in Rome during Holy Week, and taken a 33-hour bus ride from Warsaw, Poland, to London, England. No, the bus ride was not on her bucket list. It wasn’t the cheapest way to travel either. That bus ride could only be...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 9, 2010 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
A couple of summers ago, I took a ten-day trip to Europe with my best friend, Jess Ward. We went to Paris, Berlin, and London. We looked at paintings by Monet, walked along the Berlin Wall, and traversed our way through London’s subway system. But it turned out that...
