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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ariannasterza | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller who is foreign,” Robert Louis Stevenson. My parents met in Bermuda, my father a traveling Italian chef and my mother a Canadian hippie, they got married after three months of not speaking the same language ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By greekopolis | Views [221] | Scholarship Entry
The night before going back home, Dimitris and I went for a drink at the town of Platanias. Unfortunately, Platanias is heavily exploited by the all-inclusive tourism companies and lacks the character of other parts of the island. But it certainly is ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jamiepantsy | Views [1445] | Scholarship Entry
The salty tang of sweat is strong on my lips and I feel droplets slowly trickle down my forehead into my hair, until gravity forces them to fall onto the bench beneath me. I’ve been travelling for two months now and excessive Ouzo consumption has forced ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By stella2 | Views [140] | Scholarship Entry
I am there and I am wondering what makes this island different from the other 2000 Greek islands. I am strolling in the narrow streets admiring every now and then the incredible view but still it is impossible for me to realize the uniqueness of this ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ouzoisgood | Views [144] | Scholarship Entry
Greece the birthplace of the democracy and the Olympic games, where Greek mythology and human history sit hand in hand. Where I come from we have a town hall that has pillars the emulate the Parthenon, except ours is barely 100 years old and falling apart ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By mylittlewanderlustquest | Views [1042] | Scholarship Entry
My eyes are hazel actually.Dark green progressing to a brownish shade inwards.Never quite reaching brown.But everytime I look at myself in the mirror,they are blue.Not green blue, not blue as a result of the landscape around me.Blue. I first saw the “out ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By fallintravel | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry
It was the second of the many destinations we had on the list for our journey. We were a group of people, barely knowing each other, gathered around a common cause - to hitchhike and raise money for two causes, while experiencing travel in a completely ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By emmypax | Views [290] | Scholarship Entry
It’s a bright day, just like Stelio promised. I’m not used to thinking of my hotel owner on a first name basis, but this isn’t the world of Hiltons and Marriots. In Greece, Stelio’s is a quiet inn where the man himself picks you up from the dock. Smiling, ... Read more >
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Wed, 14 May 2014 | By kasiakowalska | Views [1169] | Scholarship Entry
Imagine a house from the tale about Little Red Cap... Would you like to come inside? If the mysterious death of her grandmother eaten by a wolf will not discourage you from discovering the secrets hidden in the forest hut? We are standing on the empty ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By kake | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
Never have I ever seen water so clear and blue in my life than when me and my family ventured on our first holiday abroad. The destination: Zante, Greece. Zante is small yet charming island with beautiful sandy beaches and tall but still very explorable ... Read more >
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Fri, 9 May 2014 | By takemetotheworld | Views [133] | Scholarship Entry
We have been in Athens long time ago, and I begged my Dad thousand times to take me to any island. I was asphyxiating in Athens, too hot in the summer, mountains everywhere. You go to the street in August and you feel as if the ground is burning underneath ... Read more >
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Thu, 8 May 2014 | By entropy | Views [671] | Scholarship Entry
I was counting again and again, every single day, every single hour after the dawn. And the stairs never seemed to change. I had learned every small and insignificant detail by heart. The minus tear at the 5th step, the yellow daisy near the end of the ... Read more >
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Wed, 7 May 2014 | By ilanamack | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry
If you’re reading this, then you and I are having something in common. That is travel and adventure; let’s call it - travelenture. I’ve travelled around the world and lived in many countries of different continents, but the experience that I’m about to ... Read more >
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