Living in a city like New York, I’ve grown used to being able to order practically any type of food that strikes my fancy, at any time. Since I’ve started traveling so much, my food choices have become limited, and if I crave any food that’s foreign to the land I’m visiting I have to make it myself. Because I really don’t know much of anything about preparing foreign foods (my specialty is eating them), I’ve been taking every chance I have to learn.

While it’s all well and good to furnish eager pupils with knowledge, many teachers also have a hankering to indulge in a little extracurricular learning themselves. If this can be achieved in a beautiful setting among wonderful people without the help of actual French lessons, then so much the better. In this respect, English teachers hoping to pick up or polish their French are spoilt for choice.

There's something about travel that makes you want to try all kinds of cool new gadgets. You look at all the tiny travel sizes of items that make you want to stock up. Even if you don't use binoculars at home, you might find yourself the proud new owner of travel binoculars, once you've booked that trip to the Galapagos.

There are lots of places to live in Mexico, but which one is the best? Chapala, Mexico has a lot of things that make it the best to me, including friendly locals, great food, and beautiful mountains.

The frozen majesty of Alaska is difficult to capture in words, but the beauty of the biggest state in America attracts thousands of tourists each year. Alaskan holidays take visitors through thousands of miles of frontier territory - and showcase the richness of a land untouched by the modern world.

Florida Culture for the Week of January 14, 2013 by Josh Garrick

Jan 16 to March 2 – WORLD PREMIERE of the D* Word

Have you often dreamed of picking up your life and heading overseas? Thought about the joys and challenges of teaching in another culture? Envisioned yourself making a change in yourself – and others? Educator Sandy Bornstein did just that – and has written a compelling, honest, and interesting glimpse into the life of an international teacher.