by Stowaway Magazine | Aug 20, 2014 | Field Notes, Summer 2014, Tales From The Trip
In the Heart of the Volcano “All right, it looks like everyone wants to try the upper cave,” said my mother. Her voice echoed discomfortingly off of the dank subterranean walls. Great, I thought, knowing that meant we would be taking the longer, more treacherous...
by Stowaway Magazine | Mar 5, 2014 | Fall 2013, Field Notes, Tales From The Trip
Lost in Tokyo Only my sheer terror could distract me from the excruciating pain I was experiencing. I was only six years old, was alone on a train, and was hardly able to breathe because I was surrounded by strangers. And my fingers were stuck in the train door—the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2013 | Field Notes, Online Exclusives, Summer 2013, Tales From The Trip
Our essay contest winners share some humorous and insightful travel tales. Enjoy! Drunk on Disney Air Chest heaving, legs pumping furiously, and hands aiding my lurching strides upward, I glanced to my left to see my father and siblings gliding toward me on the other...
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 | 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...
