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This time of year soaks us with new beginnings, bird songs and chocolate bunnies. The Germans have named it “Frühlingsgefühle” (Spring fever), the Ita...

Forging connections with international friends is both rewarding and challenging. At first, the vast oceans, language barriers and opposing cultures m...

The English language is a curious melting pot of words from across the globe, forged through a millennia of invasions, wars, colonial expansion and sc...

You dream of conducting a perfect German conversation, but your commitment to it can swiftly disappear behind a misty cloud of the rest of life’s to-d...

Instagram is your virtual window to the world. Follow the right Insta-travelers and you can practically taste, see and feel the traveling freedom all ...

Varied and wacky, vast and extravagant, Russia is the largest country in the world. Comprised of over 114 million people, spanning 1156 years of histo...

Why be friends with someone who lives thousands of miles away? Why not just nip around the corner to your long-term bestie from your school days?A few...