We flew out of GSP, a small and friendly airport with easy check-in. In order to fly to Italy in the age of COVID-19, we were required to take a rapid COVID test within 24 hours of departure. Delta lists sites one can order tests for monitoring online, and we used these. Order these tests…
DetailsOur apartment is “furnished,” and our landlady wrote to us that she provided sheets and blankets knowing that, arriving on a holiday weekend, we would not have these with us. We know there are some dishes and cookware, but in our anxiety we did not take a full accounting of all the available items in…
DetailsAs international businesses in the Upstate expand, so do the international communities they bring with them. But South Carolina’s culture can be difficult to navigate without support for new residents. Upstate International was started 24 years ago to address that need. “Some of the community members here realized that people who were moving here as…
DetailsOur retirement plans include living in Italy. That said, the adventure and complications begin. We have been to Italy for vacations many times. As tourists, most often it seemed a rush. We want to live there so we are not in the tourist whirlwind, but settling and getting a feel for everyday life. In our…
DetailsUniqueness. The leaves come off dry, And I run after the noise of the wind searching without success for two of them, only two to be identical. If I find them, they will be proof, of a reality, such repetitive, whatever his being carries, it lacks an alternative choice. Dance of compositions, instants, melodies,…
DetailsStephen Krupka loves to travel and then write about it, guiding others to his discoveries. Visit his website: http://www.loadedlocal.com/ The Loaded Local is the one-stop shop for young travelers to find the best nightlife in the cities they are traveling to. Turbulence Ahead When arriving in Korea, the language barrier smacked me square in the…
DetailsBlog post by Heidi Wenninger, International Marketing Coordinator at T&S Brass, a UI corporate partner doing extraordinary international humanitarian work. It was my third time in India. I knew the drill of security checks at Indian airports. I knew to use bottled water for brushing my teeth, to be extra diligent with washing my hands,…
DetailsAugust 15, 2019 Christopher Richardson was a State Department consular officer and diplomat from 2011 to 2018. He is now an immigration attorney. The Trump administration announced a vast expansion of an immigration inadmissibility this week known as the “public charge.” The new rule, more than 800 pages long, creates stricter standards for applicants seeking legal permanent residency…
DetailsFluor Cares Profile: Eliminating Educational Barriers Just 50 miles away from Fluor’s New Delhi office, the remote villages of Bukharaka and Untka face an education infrastructure crisis. Many schools lack basic, stable infrastructure, which impacts instruction, student outcomes and dropout rates. To help set up local students for success, Fluor partnered with the local non-governmental…
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