by John Miller | Jun 5, 2012 | Health & Safety, Travel Tips & Resources
Air travel can be exhausting. We all know that and, in the past, we’ve written about jet lag and ways to try to prevent it. But that exhausted feeling you feel when you land – or when you’re in the air – might actually be mountain sickness. Mountain sickness –...
by John Miller | Apr 26, 2012 | Dining Out, Food, Drink & Diet, Travel Tips & Resources
I know we’ve written about this before, but it bears repeating: One of the joys of international travel is sampling native cuisine, no matter where you are in the world. For some with food allergies, trying new and native foods can be difficult, but not impossible....
by John Miller | Apr 10, 2012 | Dining Out, Fitness, Balance & Wellness, Food, Drink & Diet, Health Tips
Cruise ships and all-inclusive resorts are where diets go to die – their famous buffets seem custom-made to pack on some pounds. But it doesn’t have to be that way, and in fact, unleashing your inner glutton when you’re traveling can be counterproductive to...
by John Miller | Mar 27, 2012 | Fitness, Balance & Wellness, Health & Safety, Health Tips, Travel Tips & Resources
Studying abroad is, obviously, about far more than what happens in the classroom. Most Study Abroad program schedules are designed so that students can travel and explore. A Study Abroad experience can be – in fact, should be – life-changing, opening your eyes to art,...
by John Miller | Mar 14, 2012 | Active Travel, Adventure Travel, Destinations, Fitness, Fitness, Balance & Wellness
The very first marathon was run by a poor sap named Phidippides in or about the year 496 B.C. As legend has it, Phidippides was a messenger in the Persian/Greek War who was sent with an urgent dispatch from the city of Marathon to Athens – roughly 26 miles of running....