How do you get to know a place? By being IN it. Not by rushing by, seeing the main attractions, and then zipping off to the next place.

Lash is an expat American who's been traveling the world solo since 1998. She loves immersing herself in nature, culture and the arts of countries she visits.

Prior to that, Lash lived in Kyoto, Japan from 1991-1997 teaching English in order to save money to travel the world.

Fishing is a truly underappreciated pastime and whether you enjoy fishing in quiet seclusion or casting off with some of your best friends in the world, these five epic fishing locations will bring your favourite hobby to the next level.

Sutherland, Scotland

Scotland has many fine salmon rivers and you’ll find some of the best examples in Sutherland. Sutherland is situated in the heart of the Scottish highlands and is one of the true remaining wildernesses in the United Kingdom.

Gina Granauro is an International Economics and Modern Language student at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. She enjoys learning about different cultures, exploring new places, and seeing the world in different perspectives. Her favorite destination she has visited is Istanbul, Turkey!

Florida Culture for the Week of February 16 by Josh Garrick

FINAL Performance – Tonight -- Feb 16 – Valencia Theater’s Original Docudrama

I love reading memoirs - they give us a glimpse into another life, of course, but also another way of being in the world. It's like traveling - and traveling through time. Such is the case with a beautiful memoir by Eileen Cronin, entitled Mermaid. Now anyone who knows me will know that this book was meant to find me. And find me, it did, for which I am grateful.

Emily Dorso is a senior Advertising and Public Relations major, Spanish minor at the University of Tampa. Her experience studying abroad in Granada, Spain for a semester not only confirmed her passion for travel, but solidified her need to work with a company after graduation that shares her core values and unites both her passion and college degree.

Amy Whitley is an outdoors and family travel writer making her home in Southern Oregon. An avid traveler, backpacker, skier, and hiker, Amy has written about family and outdoors travel experiences ranging from yurt camping to hut-to-hut skiing to city touring for family travel site Pit Stops for Kids and national publications.

If you’re wondering about Valentine’s Day gifts, I have an idea (and this goes much further than today’s holiday).

Kim Reiner is the PR coordinator of a nonprofit in Omaha, Neb., and a mother of two beautiful kids. She's spent more than 2 years abroad, studying in Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Belgium. She dreams of traveling the world, but until then, she writes at OhMyOmaha.com, a parent's guide to her hometown.