Elektrishka - a Brief Encounter on a Train in Vladivostok, Russia
If your afraid of getting lost in a foreign city it’s good to follow the trolley or train tracks because you can almost always find your way
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At the intersection of cultures, values, and beliefs
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." Mark Twain - The Innocents
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Maegan Prentice
- 3 min
An Immigrant's Love for America - Dr. Le trung Chinh
1967 was the year I first landed in America, a lucky winner of a scholarship from the USAID Leadership Program launched to train young...
Maegan Prentice
- 2 min
How a Russian Gift in Memory of the Victims of 9/11 Was Received by the American Public
When I read about the Tear of Grief the name touched me. After 911 the whole world mourned the loss of lives and the loss of the hope and...
Maegan Prentice
- 8 min
Expectations Based on Chinese and German Architecture
Wang Yudan was just nine years old when her father, who was a university professor at Yantai University, her mother, who was a doctor,...
Maegan Prentice
- 12 min
Becoming a Facilitator of Mutual Understanding and Mutual Profitablity in the World
In this interview David Edick shares the story of his first experiences in Russia and the impact they had on his life.
Maegan Prentice
- 3 min
It's OK to Smile
When I think about our time in San Diego it was a pleasure for me. All the people and I tried to learn how to work together. It was a...
Maegan Prentice
- 3 min
The Ancient Sound of Chinese Music Meets the Romance of Czarist Russia
The erhu is a traditional Chinese instrument that most people would assume was not appropriate for performing the music of Tchaikovsky.
Maegan Prentice
- 5 min
Enjoying the Onsen
You can find lots of images and descriptions of onsen, especially the beautiful traditional outdoor onsen that can be found all over Japan.
Maegan Prentice
- 8 min
Standing Up at Standing Rock
In the fall of 2016, when most people were feeling there was nothing they could do ab when most people were feeling there was nothing they c
Maegan Prentice
- 12 min
An Aspen in Peru
Aspen is the twenty year old granddaughter of my neighbor who found her strength and confidence while living in Peru teaching for a year.
Maegan Prentice
- 11 min
Choosing Your Battles Wisely - A Lesson Learned From a Chinese Architecture Student
Meng Xin knows that fighting for something inconsequential may prevent him from being effective in an important standoff in the future.
Maegan Prentice
- 12 min
Coming to America - or maybe From Russia With Love
In Vladivostok some of my warmest memories were times Oksana and Alexey together in their cozy graduate dorm room.
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