Insight Trip to Nepal: April 2024
I had the distinct pleasure of hosting two Fulbright Association travel groups to Nepal this past month. The first group was a trekking team that climbed the Everest trail to the lookout above Namche Bazaar. The second group was a Cultural Tour Group that explored the Kathmandu Valley. Then, both travel groups overlapped to experience […]
Insight Trip to Slovenia: May 2022
“Why would you ever want to go to Slovenia? I don’t even know where it is, let alone WHY you would want to go there.” I would tell everyone – Slovenia’s tagline is “the only country with LOVE in its name” but that did not seem to satisfy their curiosity, but in my opinion, visiting […]
Insight Trip to Iceland: August 2021
The Fulbright Association Travel Program, after being “on hold” for over a year because of the pandemic (Covid-19), resumed with the second journey to Iceland, created in cooperation with the Fulbright Commission in Iceland (Fulbright Stofnun), through its Executive Director, Belinda Theriault, and Fulbright Association Representative (FAR) Mary Ellen Heian Schmider. The first Icelandic trip, […]
Service Corps Trip to Thailand – January 2020
Insight Trip to Iceland: July 2019
The Iceland Insight Tour was remarkable in many ways. First, it was planned in collaboration with a Travel Agency: MUNDO, led by a Fulbright alumna. She understood from the first that a customized tour would be appropriate, and she and I worked quickly and well together to craft the outline via SKYPE. My role was […]
2019 Service Trip to Greece
Καλώς ήρθατε από την Ελλάδα Fulbright ταξιδιώτες! Nine Fulbright alumni and friends of international education embarked last month for a Service Corps Trip to Greece May 17-26. The Fulbright Association’s first service trip to Greece started from the beautiful city of Heraklion, capital of the island of Crete and brought together Fulbrighters and friends for […]
Insight Trip: Moroccan Magic
“Play it again, Fulbright,” was the refrain we heard after our cultural immersion into exotic Morocco. A diverse group of Fulbrighters and Friends of Fulbright ranging in age from millennials to pre-baby boomers and originating from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic shore spent nine (9) days traversing Morocco from the bustling city of Casablanca […]
2018 Insight Trip to Mexico
The Fulbright Association’s first Insight Trip to Mexico brought together thirty Fulbrighters and friends of international education for four days of cultural exploration, engagement, and networking. Starting directly after the end of the Association’s annual conference in Puebla, the trip gave participants the opportunity to forge a stronger connection with Mexico outside of the conference […]