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Month: September 2015

Travel afar, then come home and meet the world you’ve just got back from

Submitted by D. Vincent A simple story. I lived for many years in Japan, first in rural Tokushima Prefecture as an English teacher, then later in Tokyo, working for the NGO Peace Boat, where I met, among many other amazing

September 30, 2015December 17, 2020 Globally Connected World No Comments Read more

Love Down Under

In 1995 I spent a year living in Sydney, Australia and then returned back to my home state of Iowa.  However, for some reason my heart seemed to keep calling me back to Australia.  It took five years, but I

September 21, 2015December 17, 2020 Love No Comments Read more

Christmas in Eritrea

One of my most treasured memories from my international travels is from my time in the small country of Eritrea, located in the Horn of Africa. It was Christmas and the Peace Boat had docked to the sound of “Jingle

September 21, 2015December 17, 2020 Kind-Hearted No Comments Read more

Meeting my ‘Soul Sister’ in Japan

I had first visited Osaka, Japan during my time on Semester at Sea and later decided to return and take on the challenge of making a life for myself—for the first time—in a non-English speaking country. When I landed at

September 21, 2015December 17, 2020 Life-Changing Moments No Comments Read more

I’ll Take That House! A Small World Story

I’ll Take That House! A Small World Story

And I’ll Take That House: A “Small World” Story It’s not atypical for one’s teen years to be a time of discontent, but I was a teen who spent her formative years in Alaska where big waters, big mountains, big

September 11, 2015December 17, 2020 Coincidences No Comments Read more

My Persian Twin

The time period I spent in China was one of the worst in US-Iranian diplomatic relations. Just a week before I arrived at my international student dorm, several news stories were out about escalation between the two countries. So when

September 10, 2015December 17, 2020 Friendship No Comments Read more

Small World, Big Connections

Small World, Big Connections

“After Peace Boat, I felt drawn back to Australia—the first foreign country that I’d lived and worked in after college—to pursue a master’s degree in International Communication. Once again, I learned not to underestimate the power of connections and what

Kristina Brown September 10, 2015 Inspirational No Comments Read more

Three Countries Tied

Three Countries Tied

I was living on the 9th floor of an apartment in the heart of downtown Zhong Li, Taiwan with a gorgeous view of the surrounding mountains—about an hour southwest of the capital city Taipei—where I was teaching English. It was

September 8, 2015December 17, 2020 Friendship No Comments Read more

Kyoto Crossings

In 2012 I was living in Seoul, South Korea teaching English at an English Academy in Daebang. During Chuseok (a traditional Korean holiday similar in some ways to the American Thanksgiving holiday) my friend Justin—whom I’d met at free Korean

September 8, 2015December 17, 2020 Coincidences 1 Comment Read more

Be Careful Where Your Photos Show Up in this Small World!

Before I moved to Japan, I worked at a community college in Iowa as a Japanese Student Advisor for an exchange group of Japanese college students from Tokyo. We took a weekend trip to Chicago and I showed them many

September 3, 2015December 17, 2020 Funny & Crazy No Comments Read more
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