Category Archives: Travel
My Dad: “The Terrorist”
(Liya Rechtman)– “Eez not bomb. Is radio. I have license.” I can hear the roll in his “r” and the slight guttural “ch” aftertaste of his “h.” The TSA officials … Continue reading
Trippin’
(Gabrielle Mayer) - I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into when I agreed to roadtrip down to Georgia for a spring break Ultimate Frisbee tournament. Well, scratch that. … Continue reading
Reflections on a Short Journey
(Anna Seward)—Like every Amherst freshman, I thought I would be doing a lot of traveling during the semester. Boston is only two hours away?! Oh, wow, I’ll probably be there … Continue reading
Friends of Har Masada: fiction
(Liya Rechtman)– Over winter break, a friend and I traveled around Israel. We visited my family, helped a friend film his thesis on Israeli-Palestinian cooperation, but mostly we just wandered … Continue reading
True Life: Spring Break Amherst College
(Marie Lambert)– Spring Break: the college equivalent to high school prom in its exaggerated and inflated importance in the media. Spring Break is the cinematic highlight of the college year—a … Continue reading
Jerusalem: A Cookbook, and So Much More
After a childhood in post-9/11 America, I have become used to the idea that political statements and ideologies may become embedded in seemingly-innocuous things, and that culture wars may then … Continue reading
On Re-Entry and Learning to Adjust
(Yasmina Martin)-My first week back in the States has been thoroughly normal—so much so, that sometimes it feels like I was never even abroad. Besides realizing I no longer walk … Continue reading
A Little Love Letter
(Anna Seward)—My dearest, This is my last week with you and I’m finding it a little hard to let go. In these last few days I’m trying to revisit all … Continue reading
The New Parisian Café Culture
(Yasmina Martin) – Before coming to Paris, I expected that I would find my own little corner-café where I would spend countless hours during the week, working on papers and … Continue reading
