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| Summer in Europe. by Thomas from Washington D.C. I'm a 32 year old Black American male who spent 3 months in the summer o 2002 backpacking/hostelling throughout western Europe - including parts of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, and Finland... |
| Why I'll always Return to the Greek Isles. By K esha Bru ce After flipping through five different vacation catalogues over a period of 3 months, my husband and I finally decided that we would head back to Greece for our honeymoon. Although we had initially thought about Thailand and Malaysia, Our first trip to Greece was so spectacular that we couldn’t wait to go back for more... |
| The Joy of Paris! by Claire Garcia Paris! The city's name has conjured up magical connotations for me ever since I was little and my mother, a painter and sculptor, would entertain me with stories of the fabled city as she massaged Vaseline into my scalp. In 1949, my mother and her sister, along with their two friends, pooled their savings and embarked the long-defunct ocean liner, the Ile de France, to make a pilgrimage to the City of Light... |
| A Tour of Italy by Jacinta Smith After college I started working for a national travel company that catered to students, teachers, and young adults. The atmosphere of this company was full of adventurous minded people that would travel at the drop of a hat. So after about six months of working here I was past due to take a trip... |
| Seven Days in Berlin by Michelle Middlebrook I went to Berlin, Germany from March 25 to April 1, 2003. I'm a 30-something Black woman who had never been on an airplane, let alone outside of the United States. I had always wanted to travel to Europe and Berlin seemed like a good choice for me. Prior to taking my trip, I went online to get information about being a Black traveler in Berlin... |
| A Trip Through Amsterdam by Nick Jones I'm a 34 year African-American and my wife is Cuban-American. We traveled to Amsterdam, Holland from March 30th to April 6th 2003. This was my second trip to Amsterdam. My first trip was in April of 2000. We took our trip as a vacation during my favorite time of the year. March and April are great times to go to Amsterdam because it's right at the beginning of the tourist season... |
| A Month Abroad in Spain by Jacinta Smith I am a 25-year-old Black female from Boston, Ma. The first time I went to Spain I was 21 and on a month long study abroad program for my college. There were twenty of us in the group; two of us were Black. It was my first time leaving the country. Everything was new and exciting. I had been waiting all my life for an opportunity like this... |
| Heraklion: Summer Heat in Greece by K esha Bruc e In the summer of 2002, I was lucky enough to find a great vacation package to Crete leaving from France, where I was living at the time. My husband and I flew into the Heraklion airport at around noon. This was our first mistake. Warning: Crete in the August is beyond HOT... |
| Black in the Emerald Isle By Debra V. Wilson While living in London several years ago I was encouraged by some Irish nationals at the church I attended to visit the Emerald Isle - Ireland. I remember thinking at the time that Ireland was the last place on earth I wanted to be. Then of course as fate would have it ... |
| A Journey Through Venice & Florence by F. Parker In the past year and a half my wife and I have been to Italy twice. We have visited Rome, Florence, Milan and Venice. Both trips were great. My wife and I anticipated some potential problems in Venice, since I had heard that they had some real issues with Black Folks... |
| The Magic of the Eiffel Tower Submitted by Louise from Florida I am a 51-year-old black American spending time in Paris with my husband and teen son. This is my 7th time in Europe. What I have enjoyed is getting appreciative looks from men. Regardless of one's color, the Parisians do have an eye for the ladies, and it's nice to get that kind of attention at my age... |
| From Pennsylvania to Denmark by: S. Evans I am a 39 year old African American male and I live in Europe. Over the years I moved from place to place within the United States but always had a yearning to travel and live overseas. I suppose it was the fascinationof European culture and history that drew me to it... |
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| England---A Not So Far Away Land Meredith Talford As a woman of color growing up in a small town in the south, I felt like anywhere other than where I was, was so far away. Other places were spoken about as if they were far away lands in a fairy-tale book that I could only visit in my dreams. My trip to England changed that for me. |
| SEE YOU IN PAMPLONA! Lola Akinmade Those were the last words I heard from some Italians I had befriended in Barcelona the day before I was heading down to Pamplona. The odds of that happening were literally 1 in 1.5 million people expected to be reveling during San Fermin. |
