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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 I like to call the ‘small world effect’—the amazing way life seems to have for bringing people together again in the most unexpected ways and places—even when doing so seems to defy the odds…

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Continents of Connections

Continents of Connections

In 1992, while in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China during my Semester at Sea study abroad program, a doctor from Madrid, Iowa came up to me after seeing my Iowa State sweatshirt. I was so excited to meet a fellow Iowan on the other side of the world! After the doctor got home, he and his wife sent my parents a lovely letter saying how they’d met me China. A few years later, I’d moved to Sydney, Australia and was watching a performance in the Sydney Opera House on Christmas Eve. I was feeling a bit homesick being so far from home during the holidays. But when I turned around...

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Chicago Angel

Story Submitted by Catherine B. CHICAGO ANGEL    Holidays were coming up and, for the first time I had no plans.   All my regular travelling friends were busy.  So I called a neighbour who ran a travel agency and asked

March 9, 2016December 17, 2020 Kind-Hearted No Comments Read more

Kiss In Paradise

Story Submitted by: Joseph C. Walking along the boardwalk at Mallory Square, George and Grace find an empty stone bench facing the lapping waves and the horizon where the sun is fast approaching.             “This will be a perfect spot

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Yuri’s Cold War Enemies

Submitted by Roger N. The former Soviet Union is a region of the world which I find most fascinating. Perhaps part of my intrigue is because this part of the world was part of the “evil empire” before we used

October 22, 2015December 17, 2020 Life-Changing Moments No Comments Read more

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
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