Stories of Travel
A collection of stories gathered through our SEEQ RVA session where we explored the reasons why people travel.
June 2, 2023 update: Future of Travel 2023 is now recruiting participants and collecting stories! If you’re interested in participating, please answer a few questions here. Selected participants will receive $65 for their story submissions. ...
Human connection can be found in some of the most unexpected places. In December 1989, during my junior year in high school, I had the opportunity to travel to Moscow as part of a student ...
The days are getting warmer and brighter, meaning many of us will start thinking about the trips and holidays we want to take this year. Getting time away with your family is a great bonding ...
Few cities in Europe can offer a greater diversity of experiences than you can have in London. The new year brings thoughts for how we can take trips to entertain ourselves, and many people will ...
In 1975, my sister, Mary Evelyn, came to visit Tom, Lyle, and I while we were living in Dar es Salaam. We had been there for about a year and were delighted to see her. ...
I’ve decided to talk about things as they occur to me, rather than subject you to a chronological slide show like our parents’ friends used to bore us with (“… and here’s another shot of ...
We walked for miles in every Southern city we visited. Urban walking. We wore jeans and sneakers. Sidewalks. Paved park paths. Asphalt. Cement. Church to parsonage to park to museum to memorial. We chose centrally-located ...
We drove west on Alabama state and county roads – blue highways – from Montgomery to Selma: beautiful farmland, flowering trees in spring bloom, small towns, and, unlike the winter-bitten roads in the North, smooth ...
This story was submitted anonymously to the Stories of Travel collection as part of the May SEEQ sessions. I’ve been very lucky. I had a career which had me traveling out of the country quite ...
This story was submitted by Walter Arnold to the Stories of Travel collection as part of the May SEEQ sessions. As a third culture kid, I have learned to adjust myself to the local environment ...
