Harvard Student Agencies - Lets Go Europe 2019: The Student Travel Guide

LET GO

EUROPE

The writers seem to have experienced every rooster-packed bus and lunar-surfaced mattress about which they write.

The New York Times

CONTENTS

MEET THE TEAM

MASTHEAD

Laura Wilson, Publishing Director

A sophomore concentrating in Applied Math who loves linear algebra (so much so that she spins around in her chair and squeals with glee when describing its application to differential equations), Laura adores a good cup of coffee and the word amazing. She also appreciates minimalist outfits and pastel colors. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Laura did ballet in another life, and her spoken-word play incorporating both math and dance has wowed people the world over. She has also infected her coworkers with her continued usage of the word yall. (Editors note: we dont mind. Its very efficient.)

Cassandra Luca, Editor-in-Chief

A font enthusiast with a penchant for blurting out incomplete phrases in French and Spanish at odd moments, Cassandra is a sophomore originally from Newton, MA. (Relocating to Cambridge was an ordeal requiring a lot of adjustment, as moving ten miles away from anywhere often does.) As someone who really likes words, she actually enjoys editing Researcher-Writer copy, her friends papers, and basically anything else she can get her hands on; if you couldnt tell, shes an English concentrator. Outside of Lets Go, she reports for The Harvard Crimsons News Board. Her hobbies include learning foreign languages, buying outrageously expensive stationerythe kind with thick, smooth paper, not the ones filled with wannabe flimsy sheetswriting in her bullet journal, gushing about nineteenth-century literature, biking on crowded (read: dangerous) Boston streets, finding new types of granola, and comparing all the aforementioned granola shes ever had the good fortune to consume. She loves the color red, poached eggs, Paris, skincare that does what it says it does, cream cheese frosting, and late-night conversations.

Danielle Eisenman, Associate Editor

Danielle is a sophomore originally from New York. She lives in Mather House and studies History and Literature. Outside of Lets Go, Danielle DJs for WHRB Harvard Radios Record Hospital and writes about music and films for The Harvard Crimson. Her favorite color is iridescent, her favorite milkshake flavor is strawberry malt, and her favorite art form is the coming-of-age high school dramedy. Talk to her if youre curious to see how far someone can stretch a joke that never really made sense in the first place.

RESEARCHER-WRITERS

Julia Bunte-Mein

Brace yourselves for an intense gastronomical experience featuring wine, cheese, and tapas in Eastern Spain and Southern France, courtesy of world nomad extraordinaire: Julia. A proud foodie, linguaphile, art-lover, and fitness aficionada, catch Julia doing early-morning yoga in the most obscure of places, scouring cities for little-known art galleries, and going to the most extreme lengths to sample the local cuisine. When shes not getting lost in European countries, Julia studies Government and Environmental Sustainability at Harvard.

Margaret Canady

This summer, Margaret found herself in Greece and the region of Tuscany, Italy, quite far from her tried and true Texas roots. Armed only with a terrible sense of direction and a half-empty travel sized bottle of suntan lotion, she braved the difficulties of Mediterranean traveling, which included having too many sunsets to watch and too much good art to review. Adventures included eating her weight in gelato, pretending to know the difference between regional wines (This is supposed to taste like smoky blueberries? Im getting hints ofred wine), and convincing the Greeks that yes, she really is from Texas, cowboys come in all shapes, genders and sizes, and unfortunately no, she doesnt ride a horse to school. When not working on her Chaco tan or pretending she knows how to pronounce the Greek language, she studies psychology and dance, which have nothing (or everything) to do with world traveling, depending on your perspective.

Eric Chin

Warm Mediterranean sun on the back of his neck, the feeling of sand between his toes on an Italian beach, champagne on a tiled French portico WaitErics going where? Iceland and Scandinavia? Shit. He may have to trade in sandals for hiking boots and survive on a diet of sheeps head and putrescent shark meat (seriously, look it up), but at least hell get to take advantage of the free education, right? Oh, its summer? Well what about the free healthcare? Hopefully not? Okay, fine. Hell just have to settle for climbing behind waterfalls, kayaking through fjords, hiking on glaciers, and fulfilling his mission of finding as much IKEA furniture as he possibly can.

Emily Corrigan

Emily prepared for her travels in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands this summer in a Rocky-esque training montage: speed-eating croissants, running up hills wearing comfortable walking sandals, and bench pressing her 30-liter Osprey travel backpack. However, she realized the intense training may have been getting to her when she drop-kicked a box of macaroons off the Eiffel Tower, injuring three. For the rest of the summer, she recovered by playing chess with nice Flemish people. She ate frites. She took a silly yet endearing picture intentionally missing the point of the Louvre pyramid with her finger. She is now fully rehabilitated.

Austin Eder

A junior at a small liberal arts college just outside of Boston, Austin spent her summer city-hopping in Spain. An avid reader and a lover of the performing arts, she felt right at home on the cobblestone streets of Granadas Albaicn. Here, the scents of tanned leather and cured meats mingle in the air, and the sounds of guitar and castanets reverberate through rickety wooden doors and crumbling mud walls. When not reviewing museums, restaurants, bars, and the like, Austin spends her time discussing domestic and international affairs at Harvards Institute of Politics and doing freelance copywriting and marketing work for real estate, tech, and law firms based in Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago, respectively. In her free time, she enjoys jamming to indie rock, studying art and literature, Wikipedia deep-diving, contemplating lifes larger questions, and exploring the greater Boston area on foot.

Lucy Golub

Navigationally challenged to a fault, Lucy has no idea what shes doing. But shes an expert at faking-it-til-you-make-it. Follow along as she discovers hidden gems and alleys throughout Great Britain and Ireland, often truly by accident. Yet these accidents help her befriend locals in a desperate attempt to get back on a familiar street. Getting lost (sometimes on purpose) results in discovering hole-in-the-wall restaurants and colorful murals off the beaten path. Other than being bad with directions, Lucys other talents include an ability to eat anyone under the table when cheese is involved (and probably get some mouth-watering pictures while doing it @OurLifeInFood.) In the classroom, she studies Social Studies, which means shes got the being-social-in-a-hostel thing down. Or thats what she keeps telling herself as she struggles to understand Irish accents. A New York City native, Lucys an expert on making the most of a city and exploring new neighborhoods. You can probably find her singing musical theater after checking out a local performance, breaking her third pair of sandals, or trying to convince Brits she meets at the pub that she doesnt hate beer.