Author: Dan Friesen
The WAI Travel Model…A Look Behind the Scenes
ANTARCTICA
NORTH AMERICA… Read More
Mediterranean Antiquities: Greece & Turkey
by Dan Friesen
I’ve been pondering for the past 30 to 45 minutes how best to present the sensory-stretching, paradigm-purging, culture-crossing, brain-busting experience of visiting both Greece and Turkey in… Read More
How “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” Led to Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address
By Dan Friesen
In 1992, my first year leading tours with my father, George Friesen, we took a crazy, cross-country marathon focused on reaching New England during the fall foliage… Read More
Cultural Lesson #1*: European Style versus American Pragmatism
by Dan Friesen
* from a presentation of 10 Cultural Lessons given in 2015
The importance of style in the Romance countries – Spain, France, Italy
One of the early… Read More
Queen Elizabeth II: A Reflection on Old World Traditions and New World Candor
by Dan Friesen
Part 1 of a multi-part series
In the past 48 hours, volumes have already been said, written, and recorded in video on the life of Queen Elizabeth… Read More
Did the Irish Really Save Civilization?
by Dan Friesen
In 2003, I spent three weeks circumnavigating the island of Ireland on the initial WAI scouting trip. As usual when visiting a place for the first… Read More
Mosquito River: Getting the Bugs Out in Tanzania ~ Part 2
The blog below was written during the 2013 planning trip I took with Scott Isom to Kenya and Tanzania. One of our primary objectives during in-country scouting trips is to… Read More
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