Close to Home By Melissa Vinitsky Five months ago, when I set out on my journey, September 12, my original return date, seemed very far away. Upon leaving for Europe in May, I looked to that date in the far future as one does gazing out a window of a tall building, looking as far […] Read more
Il Piccalo Paradiso My terrible experience in Napoli (I awarded the city the honor of being the “Worst City in Europe”) was redeemed ten times over by my wonderful time in Capri and Amalfi. Capri is a backpackers’ paradise. Although a bit expensive, there is so much to do there I felt like I was […] Read more
Five months ago, when I set out on my journey, September 12, my original return date, seemed very far away. Upon leaving for Europe in May, I looked to that date in the far future as one does gazing out a window of a tall building, looking as far as the eye can see, wondering […] Read more
Let me begin this story with a little bit of advice – no matter what anyone tells you, do not, I repeat, DO NOT, do the Toubkal trek in the Moroccan High Atlas mountains!!! My guidebook says all you need are some good hiking shoes. Let me tell you, that is a load of crap. […] Read more
Melissa Vinitsky Melissa Vinitsky’s love for travelling began when she was three months old, on her first of many annual voyages to Israel, home to her father’s family. At 16 she left San Francisco to be an exchange student to France, living in a small town in Brittany. She returned to France three years later, […] Read more
Melissa Vinitsky Melissa Vinitsky’s love for travelling began when she was three months old, on her first of many annual voyages to Israel, home to her father’s family. At 16 she left San Francisco to be an exchange student to France, living in a small town in Brittany. She returned to France three years later, […] 
