Articles By: Hailey
Poland: The Gem of Eastern Europe
I just returned from a three week academic study trip to Poland. I am a graduate student at the Hebrew University, and was lucky enough to earn a fellowship to travel to Poland to study the Holocaust and Polish Jewish relations. However, before, the trip, when people asked me how long I would be in Poland, and I replied three weeks, they were all taken aback.
Pura Vida in Costa Rica!
We wanted to travel somewhere beautiful, painfully hot, adventurous and, above all, different. (We have both traveled the Middle East and Europe several times.) Fortunately for us, Costa Rica fulfilled all our cravings: activities ranging from zip lining in a cloud forest, whitewater rafting on one of the best rivers in the world, coffee tours, and even sipping coconuts while tanning on beautiful beaches
