Articles by Laura Albers

Amalfi Coast: Ciao Italia!

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:00:00 EDT

Visiting Sorrento, Capri, Amalfi, and Atrani - just a few of the gorgeous towns that make up the Amalfi Coast will have you living the good life too. The Amalfi Coast is the perfect place to take a yacht vacation; the view from sea is breathtaking. Looking to shore, you?ll see a vertical wall of rock, land, and buildings on top of each other, just begging you to dock and come explore.

Vive! España!

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:00:00 EST

Having heard so much about the city of Barcelona, the beauty, the art, and the people, I decided it was time to dust off the old Spanish vocab and check it out myself. After eight years of high school and college level Spanish, I thought I knew a decent amount of the language. What I quickly learned was how those lessons once memorized become vague recollections without constant practice. Now I was only prepared with a few key phrases in the field. I knew some necessities like 'Dónde están los baños?' Where are the restrooms? 'Cerveza, por favor.' Beer, please. And 'Ayuda me!' Help me! This last one could come in particularly good use after enough 'cervezas, por favor.'

From Athens to OOPA! Seven Days in Turkey & Greece

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:15:00 EDT

Graduate student Laura Albers decided last year to spend her summer this year traveling Europe and she made it her personal mission to convince her sister and two best friends to join her on the journey. Lucky for Laura, they didn't take too much convincing. They met up on the other side of the globe for a holiday in Greece. This is their story ...