Today the 2009 Flinn class put more emphasis on the Travel part of "traveling with a purpose."

Upon entering Romania, we were greeted by far-reaching flatlands not all too dissimilar from Kansas. It had a few spatterings of houses but mostly large flocks of sheep, free-roaming chickens, and large patches of wildflowers. However, it wasn't too ling…

A few of us went running after dinner and learned yet again how interesting a short-thirty minute run can be when in a completely foreign place. Along the way, we found a spinning glass globe that told us the local…

Today, our journey took us to the city of Debrecen, the second largest city in Hungary. Home to approximately three hundred thousand Hungarians, Debrecen is considered the regional center of the Northern Great Plain region of Hungary. Upon our arrival,…

After a quick lunch and some nice gelato, we headed towards the Pentecost Festival, which was taking place at Hero's Square. Calling it a festival doesn't portray how crowded and jubilant the atmosphere was.

After an amazing tour through the smaller cities in Hungary, we were on the road again with a 7 a.m. departure to Budapest. The lack of sleep from the night before led to a glorious "I'm on a boat" parody…

The differences in the physical surroundings between the Roma village and the winery were great, but it was easy to move from one to the other because they seemed to have one key thing is common. From the Roma community,…