The romance of the road

The term 'bus trip' usually doesn't sound very alluring to me. In fact, it sets my alarm bells ringing, conjuring up a vision of doddery old people being carted from sight to sight on their one-week round trip of Europe. 

And yet, going by bus can prove to be a unique travel experience: When during a stay in the Canadian Rockies two years ago my friends and I decided to sniff some sea air and pay a visit to the Pacific Rim coast, the best option seemed to take a Greyhound bus. A time-honored icon of American travel, Greyhound offers a special bargain seemingly custom-fitted to the needs of undemanding, chronically underfinanced students: the Discovery Pass, valid for two weeks throughout Canada and the United States. Here's what happened on our road trip. 

Why staying at home is better than you may think

source: beehiveblog.net

 Want to spoil your wallet and your nerves? ‘Staycation’ is the solution.

Sitting in your desk chair 350 days a year, there is probably one thing you think of constantly: holidays. It’s these two weeks that make up for days of getting up early and spending eight hours at the office. It’s possibly also the main reason many people still work in boring jobs for low wages. Of course, you want to spend your well-deserved vacation the best way you can.

Vacations Suck

At the close of the school year, every student’s brain enters into“countdown mode”.  Despite every teacher’s attempt to tie us down with dooming exam dates, reports, presentations, etc . , we’ve got only one thing on our minds: SUMMER.

“What are your plans?”

“Will you be in the city?”

“We should hang out.”

It’s been so since the beginning of time, well probably not, but the one thing that I’ve learned in my 22 years of age is that summer actually sucks.