The girls I sat near all giggled and looked back at me whispering, “Kawaii! Kawaii!” The Japanese word for cute. Several teachers got up and…
The flight to Korea is a whopping 14 hours long. With that many hours on a plane, combined with the time difference, I will arrive…
by Colleen McCollum, Greenheart Travel High School Abroad Participant in Japan Colorado is a rather open, spread out state. It also lacks the general concept…
When I first met my Japanese host mother, Akiko-san, and host sister, Saki-chan, I was very surprised- probably because they were both complete opposites from…
Before going to Costa Rica I had been told that Ticans eat rice and beans, however I could have never predicted the huge amount of…
The Greenheart Travel Scholarship winners were up to an early start for their second day in a new country. The four high school students: Braulio,…
Like most people, my fundraising began with a struggle. I didn't know who I should send my letters to, or what the letter should contain,…
I really think I was meant to be a Costa Rican. Today was very enlightening and really fun. Waking up in Costa Rica was an…
Their journey to Costa Rica began in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, but the expectations and anxieties had been racing through their minds long before the…
This past Sunday I went to a town called Howth, Ireland. Oh my goodness is was absolutely gorgeous!! It is right on the coast about…