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Sometimes a Souvenir Can Be Much More Than Just a Souvenir

Sometimes a Souvenir Can Be Much More Than Just a Souvenir

ByElaine Schoch

It wasn’t just any courtroom. It was a Russian courtroom, in Chita, Siberia – The City of Exiles. The famed city in Russia where prominent intellectuals, including the Decembrist and many more were exiled. A “closed city” that foreigners and many Russian citizens weren’t allowed to visit until the collapse of the Soviet Union. I…

Proudest Travel Accomplishment: A scared little girl taught me we can conquer the world
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Proudest Travel Accomplishment: A scared little girl taught me we can conquer the world

ByElaine Schoch

I was recently asked what my proudest accomplishment was that I achieved while traveling. I had never really thought about that. My first thought, getting over my fears and just traveling. I mean, that’s pretty big, right? But when I stopped to really think about it there is one instance that has given me the…