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SXSW is Over!

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Today, as I complete my first experience volunteering at South by Southwest (SXSW) (www.sxsw.com) in Austin, Texas, I reflect on all I’ve learned about this amazing event. I’ve lived in Austin nine years and, while I heard about the music festival, I never realized how broad this event really is and how many opportunities there

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Invitation to Teach

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Josh, REI’s Outreach Specialist, calls me today and asks if I’d like to teach some classes at REI. I say YES! I taught travel classes in the late 1990s and really enjoyed it. Ironically, I was thinking recently that I would like to start teaching travel classes again. Josh and I discuss class possibilities. I

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Spontaneous Travel Class

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Tonight, I drive to the Austin Gateway REI up north for a 7 pm class called “Europe on a Shoestring.” It is being taught by a volunteer from the local youth hostel. I arrive 10 minutes early to discover that the class has been rescheduled. I just drove nearly an hour to attend and I’m

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Photo Lessons Learned

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Today, I spend at least five hours organizing, by day and activity, the thousands of photos I took during my five week trip. This proves quite challenging because, when I downloaded photos from memory cards during my trip every three days and usually in a rush, and I hadn’t planned in advance how to organize

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So Many Photos!

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This trip, I brought two digital cameras: an SLR (Nikon D80) and a small, pocket Nikon point and shoot with video capability. Fourteen years ago, on a trip to Egypt, I recall using 28 rolls of film, along with the expense of developing triple copies to share with my two travel companions, as well as

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Looking Forward to Laundry

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At the end of previous overseas trips, I remember thinking that I couldn’t wait to get home and see my family or sleep in my own bed or eat familiar food. This trip is different. I thoroughly enjoyed being on the road and, while I missed seeing my family and talking to friends on a

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