Troy Meets World

Get ready to embark on Trojan adventures all around the globe through a collection of one-of-a-kind stories and photos from friends and colleagues currently studying overseas as well as Trojans who hail from abroad.

Living in the Now, Now


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I don’t carry my phone around very much anymore, much to the frustration of the friend I’m supposed to be meeting for lunch. Finding internet on the move is like trying to catch handfuls of air, and there are only so many times you can see that your messages have failed to send before deciding […]

Backpacking and the struggle to stay upright


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I’m only 5-foot-3. My pack is about half of my height and feels like it weighs about as much as I do. I’m not sure how that’s possible when I’m carrying mostly granola bars. Also, why are packs measured in liters? I imagine the amount of water that could theoretically be splashing around in my […]

No Reservations: Cuba


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Think Travel; Not Vacation Cabo, going home, skiing, San Diego — the list goes on and on when deciding on your spring break itinerary. Most likely, Cuba wasn’t on your list this year of spring break destinations, and without a little creativity, it wouldn’t have been on ours either. Our decision to travel to Cuba […]

Reflections on the “Periphery”


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Bear with me, but I saw a tweet the other day that really stuck with me (I warned you to bear with me) — “Everyone from the center should live in the periphery for a while. It changes your thinking.” And while Turkey really isn’t the periphery, to a majority of the Western world, particularly […]

Shades of Gray: Journeying Across Siberia By Train


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As someone whose parents grew up in the former Soviet Union, I’ve heard my share of Putin jokes and references to communism. When people find out that I’m a first-generation Russian-American who speaks fluent Russian, they generally tend to ask one of two things: do I love the cold? (yes) and do I drink a […]

iKhaya le Langa: The House of the Sun


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The minute the clock hits 3:45 p.m., I shove everything into my backpack and make a beeline out of class and down the six-and-a-half-billion stairs that lead from the University of Cape Town to the main road. Although the idea of erecting a university on a mountainside turned out to be a gorgeous idea, it […]

Journey to Middle Earth


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Most people have only seen New Zealand in movies — specifically, the Lord of the Rings series. After spending the past weekend visiting two of the most famous Lord of the Rings shooting locations in New Zealand, I’m happy to report that the country looks exactly like it does in the movies. Now, I’m not a […]