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$R -ARK ,ANGENFELD IS NO STRANGER TO TRAVEL ! 3OUTHEAST -ISSOURI 3TATE 5NIVERSITY EXERCISE SCIENCE PROFESSOR WHO HAILS FROM #OLUMBUS /HIO ,ANGENFELD HAS BEEN A TRAVELER FROM AN EARLY AGE ALL THANKS TO HIS FAMILY h7HEN ) GREW UP MY FAMILY DID DRIVING TRIPS AND NEVER WENT OUTSIDE OF .ORTH !MERICA v ,ANGENFELD SAID h) VE BEEN TO #ANADA A FEW TIMES BEFORE #ANADA AND THE 5 3 NEEDED PASSPORTS AND CROSSED THE BORDER TO -EXICO ON A COUPLE FAMILY TRIPS "UT ) DIDN T GO OVERSEAS UNTIL ) WAS YEARS OLD AND ) REALLY ENJOYED IT 3O ) VE TRIED TO MAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO MANY TIMES SINCE v ,ANGENFELD SAID HIS FAMILY WENT ON A TRIP FROM #OLUM BUS TO THE WEST COAST WHEN HE WAS YEARS OLD AND THAT TRIPS LIKE THESE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD TRAVEL h) DESCRIBE HAVING AN INSATIABLE WANDERLUST AND ) THINK IT WAS LARGELY INFLUENCED BY EARLY EXPERIENCES v ,ANGENFELD SAID h3EEING THE PLACES IN THE 5NITED 3TATES THAT WE WENT TO AND WE PRETTY MUCH DID A FAMILY TRIP EVERY YEAR DIFFE RENT PLACES v 4HROUGHOUT HIS LIFE ,ANGENFELD HAS VISITED COUN TRIES NOT INCLUDING THE 5NITED 3TATES (E HAS VENTURED TO !USTRALIA THE "AHAMAS &RANCE 3WITZERLAND 4AIWAN AND 6IETNAM JUST TO NAME A FEW h) HAVE GREAT MEMORIES FROM MANY OF THOSE TRIPS AND THERE S NO ONE THAT S SIMPLY A STAND OUT BECAUSE OF JUST THE RANGE OF EXPERIENCES AND UNKNOWN THINGS THAT HAPPENED 3OME ARE GOOD SOME ARE BAD BUT A LOT OF MEMORIES v ,AN GENFELD SAID !LONG WITH FAMILY TRAVELS ,ANGENFELD DECIDED TO SHARE HIS LOVE OF TRAVEL WITH 3OUTHEAST STUDENTS IN RECENT YEARS TO TRY TO ENRICH THEIR OVERALL COLLEGE EXPERIENCE (IS HOPE IS TO INSTILL IN THEM A LIFE LONG DESIRE TO EXPLORE AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES
!"#$%&'()"*+% )N ,ANGENFELD AND HIS WIFE WENT ON A TRIP FOR SEVEN WEEKS AND MET UP WITH HER PARENTS FOR FOUR WEEKS TO TRAVEL TOGETHER THROUGHOUT %UROPE h4HAT WAS A SPECIAL TRIP )N SOME WAYS WE FELT IT WAS ALMOST MAGICAL THE TWO COUPLES TRAVELING TOGETHER 7E JUST HAD A GRAND TIME v ,ANGENFELD SAID ,ANGENFELD MADE ANOTHER TRIP IN WITH HIS FAMILY TO &RANCE TO TAKE IN A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE (E FELT THE TIMING WOULD BE IDEAL HIS DAUGHTERS TWINS YEARS OLD AND THE OLDEST WOULD BE OLD ENOUGH TO BE hDEPENDABLE TRAVE LERSv AND WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE LASTING MEMORIES h4HE GIRLS AT AGE AND ˆ WE CAME BACK MY WIFE AND ) WE WERE CONVINCED THAT THEY RE NOT GOING TO HAVE AN ATTITUDE IN LIFE @/H WHEN ) RETIRE ) M GOING TO DO A TRIP OF
A LIFETIME !ND THAT S WHAT ) URGE TO MY STUDENTS ON THIS TRIP ) SAID @) HOPE THIS ISN T THE ONE TIME IN YOUR LIFE YOU GO TO &RANCE OR YOU GO TO %UROPE ) SAID @) HOPE THAT THIS JUST WHETS YOUR APPETITE AND YOU SEE THAT THERE S AN ADVENTURE AND THERE S AN EXCITEMENT AND THERE CAN BE LOTS OF ANXIETY "UT YOU AND ) ARE UNDERSTANDING THERE S THIS SENSE OF FREE DOM AND SO THE GIRLS THEY LOVED THE TRIP v ,ANGENFELD SAID (E SAID HE HAS TRIED TO INSTILL HIS LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR TRAVEL IN THE LIVES OF HIS DAUGHTERS h) DECIDED THE FIRST TIME ) WENT TO &RANCE ) SAID @4HIS ISN T THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME THIS IS THE FIRST ONE v ,ANGENFELD SAID )N ,ANGENFELD WENT ON A TRIP WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY TO %UROPE (E SAID THIS TRIP WAS AN INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER S MONTH OLD SON WAS ALONG FOR THE RIDE (E HAD NEVER TRAVELED WITH A CHILD THAT YOUNG BEFORE BUT FELT THE TRIP WAS MEANINGFUL BECAUSE IT WAS PASSING THE EARLY EXPERIENCE OF TRAVEL ON TO A THIRD GENERATION IN HIS FAMILY /UT OF THE TIMES ,ANGENFELD HAS BEEN TO %UROPE OF THOSE TRIPS HAVE INCLUDED TIME SPENT IN &RANCE ,ANG ENFELD HAS A COLORFUL HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN &RANCE INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM BICYCLING FROM 0ARIS TO THE !TLANTIC COAST TO TAKING DRIVING TRIPS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF &RANCE TO TRAVELING THROUGH THE !LPS h) VE SPENT MORE TIME IN &RANCE PROMPTED BY THE FACT THAT MY GRANDPARENTS EMIGRATED FROM THERE v ,ANGEN FELD h)N MY FIRST TRIP OVER THERE ) VISITED THE TWO VILLA GES MY GRANDPARENTS WERE FROM !ND THERE HAD BEEN NO COMMUNICATION MY GRANDPARENTS HAD DIED AND AFTER MY GRANDMOTHER DIED THERE WAS NO MORE CORRESPONDENCE ) ACTUALLY HAD A SKETCH OF THE FAMILY TREE AND ) WENT TO THE VILLAGES AND ) FOUND HEADSTONES AND ) MADE SOME INQUI RIES AND THAT S WHEN ) RECONNECTED /UT OF MY WHOLE LIFE TIME ) RECONNECTED THE .EW7ORLD FAMILY WITH THE /LD 7ORLD FAMILY AND IT S BEEN REALLY ENRICHING x )T S BEEN REA LLY REALLY SPECIAL v
,-./.'0)"1234%(4)"%'' 567+)$+13+ ,ANGENFELD BEGAN ORGANIZING AND CHAPERONING TRIPS TO %UROPE AS A CLASS 5) 4RANSCULTURAL %XPERIENCE THROUGH 3OUTHEAST IN AFTER BEING PROMPTED BY THE DEAN OF THE #OLLEGE OF (EALTH AND (UMAN 3ERVICES AT THE TIME $R ,ORETTA 0RATER 3INCE HE HAS GONE ON A TRIP EACH YEAR WITH DIFFERENT STUDENTS (IS MOST RECENT CLASS TRIP WAS $EC THROUGH *AN (E SAID THE CLASS IS AN UPPER LEVEL UNIVERSITY STUDIES COURSE AND THAT HE FEELS ITS COURSEWORK SHOULD BE ADEQUA TELY CHALLENGING 4HE FOCUS OF THE COURSE IS TO GIVE STUDENTS
EXPERIENCES THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SIMPLY BY BEING IN THE 5NITED 3TATES h&OR ME IT S BEEN REALLY SPECIAL 4HE MAJORITY OF STU DENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE 5 3 BEFORE AND EVERY TRIP THERE S SOME WHO HAVE BEEN v ,ANGENFELD SAID h)F THEY HAVE IT S ALMOST CERTAINLY BEEN EITHER WITH SCHOOL OR WITH FAMILY 3O THE PEOPLE THAT GO ON THE TRIP MOST OF THEM ARE OR OLDER EVERYONE S OR OLDER SO THEY RE OSTENSIBLY ADULTS 3O FOR MANY OF THEM IT S A FIRST TRIP AND IF THEY VE BEEN TO %UROPE THEY HAVEN T BEEN TO %UROPE IN AN INDE PENDENT SORT OF WAY v 4HE CLASS ,ANGENFELD TEACHES IS BASED IN 3TRASBOURG
&RANCE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE TRIP !LONG WITH 3TRASBOURG
THE GROUP MAKES A SIDE TRIP TO &REIBURG 'ERMANY A DAY TRIP TO "ASEL 3WITZERLAND AND A THREE DAY STOP IN 0ARIS ,ANGENFELD HAS BEEN TO 3TRASBOURG FOR MORE THAN DAYS ON VARIOUS TRIPS WITH FAMILY AND WITH STUDENTS h;3TRASBOURG IS= A REALLY GOOD CITY TO GET A SENSE OF %UROPE v ,ANGENFELD SAID h4HE NAME ITSELF MEANS @CROS SROADS 4HAT S WHAT 3TRASBOURG MEANS AND IT S ON THE 2HINE 2IVER WHICH IS A PRIMARY RIVER ) MEAN IT S AS IMPOR TANT TO %UROPE AS THE -ISSISSIPPI IS TO THE 5NITED 3TATES FOR COMMERCE AND A LOT OF MOVEMENT OF CIVILIZATIONS AND IT S A BARRIER UNTIL YOU HAVE BRIDGES ACROSS IT AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS x 4HERE S A LOT OF %UROPE MODERN DAY %UROPE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE %UROPEAN 5NION v ,ANGENFELD SAID HE ENJOYS TAKING CLASSES TO 3TRASBOURG BECAUSE IT HELPS STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY FROM HOME h4HE FIRST TIME ) TOOK A GROUP ) WASN T SURE HOW MUCH PEOPLE WOULD LIKE 3TRASBOURG BUT REPEATEDLY PEOPLE SAY
@3TRASBOURG FEELS LIKE HOME AND ) REALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO 3TRASBOURG SOMETIME 4HAT S REWARDING TO ME BECAUSE IT BECOMES FAMILIAR v ,ANGENFELD SAID $URING THE TRIP TO 3TRASBOURG THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHEDU LED GROUP TRIPS INCLUDING A BOAT TOUR ON THE 2HINE 2IVER
CASTLE TOURS AND SNOW SHOEING IN THE MOUNTAINS /THER TIMES THE STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO VENTURE OUT ON THEIR OWN /N THE SIDE TRIP TO "ASEL THE GROUP MAKES A STOP AT .OVARTIS 0HARMACEUTICAL #OMPANY TO SEE WHERE PHAR MACEUTICALS ARE PRODUCED LEARN ABOUT EMERGENCY PRO CEDURES IN CASE OF CHEMICAL SPILLS AND TOUR THE COMPANY S VARIOUS BUILDINGS BECAUSE EACH WAS DESIGNED BY A DIFFE RENT ARCHITECT h)T S ESPECIALLY REWARDING TO ME TO SEE PEOPLE EXPE RIENCE THESE NEW THINGS AND BE ABLE TO ACT ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT CLOSE SUPERVISION AT EVERY MINUTE v ,ANGENFELD SAID !LONG WITH THE FUN OF THE TRIP COMES A LARGE AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ,ANGENFELD SAID HE RELIES HEAVILY ON STU DENT FEEDBACK EACH YEAR TO FINE TUNE HIS CLASS AND THE ITI NERARY FOR THE TRIP
h) M TRULY ON DUTY v ,ANGENFELD SAID h7HEN EVERYTHING WORKS JUST RIGHT IT S PRETTY EASY BUT WE VE HAD TRAVEL CHALLENGES AND ) VE HAD CANCELLED FLIGHTS AND THERE S THINGS TO DEAL WITH )T S NOT A VACATION v ,ANGENFELD SAID HE INCORPORATES INTERNATIONAL ELE MENTS INTO HIS OTHER CLASSES SUCH AS A HEALTH CARE COMPA RISON IN HIS (, (EALTH 0ERSPECTIVES CLASS BETWEEN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE #ANADA AND &RANCE h)N THE OTHER CLASSES ) TEACH ALSO ) FIND ) INCORPORATE IMAGES THAT ) VE TAKEN FROM THESE DIFFERENT PLACES ) THINK IT S REALLY ENRICHED WHAT ) CAN RELATE TO STUDENTS ABOUT THESE OTHER PLACES v ,ANGENFELD SAID ,ANGENFELD SAID THE SENSE OF ADVENTURE AND EXPLORATION KEEPS TRAVEL SPECIAL AND INTERESTING FOR HIM h) FIND THERE S A RHYTHM TO A JOURNEY 4HAT S HOW ) FEEL ABOUT IT WHEN ) M AWAY v ,ANGENFELD SAID h!ND EVEN WITH THE CLASSES ) HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHAT THE PRIMARY ITINERARY IS BUT ) DON T KNOW WHO ) M GOING TO MEET ) DON T KNOW WHAT RICH EXPERIENCES THERE WILL BE AND ) HAVE TO ADMIT ) FEEL LIKE ) THRIVE ON SOME UNKNOWNS ) CAN PLAN SOME THINGS BUT ) LOVE THAT ) LOVE BEING AWAY FROM THE EVERYDAY ROUTINE !ND IT BECOMES SOMEWHAT ROUTINE BUT IT S NOT QUITE SO PREDICTABLE AND ) LIKE THAT 4HERE S AN ADVENTURE TO IT v
89")%$+':+;<='"(("3> /N THE FIRST DAY IN 0ARIS OF ,ANGENFELD S MOST RECENT CLASS TRIP TO %UROPE TERRORISTS ATTACKED THE SATIRICAL NEWS PAPER #HARLIE (EBDO 4HE GROUP WAS ON THE TRAIN AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK BUT WAS ALERTED ABOUT IT BY WORRIED FAMILY MEMBERS h)T S A FASCINATING THING TO BE HEARING NEWS REPORTS v ,ANGENFELD SAID h!MONG THEM SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID
@) JUST GOT A TEXT FROM MY PARENTS THAT 0ARIS IS ON LOCK DOWN .OW ) DON T KNOW WHAT LOCKDOWN MEANS TO PEO PLE AND ) DON T KNOW JUST WHICH MEDIA OUTLETS WERE SAYING 0ARIS WAS ON LOCKDOWN "UT MY REASONING AND VARIOUS OF THE STUDENTS WHO CHOSE TO VENTURE AWAY FROM THE HOTEL
;WAS THAT= 0ARIS IS ON HEIGHTENED SECURITY 4HERE S ALREADY MORE SECURITY THAN WHAT WE RE USED TO IN THE 5 3 x ) FELT LIKE @7E ARE LIKELY SAFER HERE NOW THAN BEFORE THE ATTACK BECAUSE THERE S SO MUCH MORE SECURITY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE ) DON T SENSE THERE S ANY MULTIPLE TARGETS THAT ARE LIKELY TO HAPPEN v ,ANGENFELD SAID ALL OF THE STUDENTS CHOSE TO CONTINUE WITH THE SCHEDULED ITINERARY THE NEXT DAY AND ALTHOUGH THE EVENT HAD A LARGE IMPACT ON THE CITY THEY WERE ABLE TO CON TINUE THEIR TRIP WITHOUT ANY ISSUE h-Y WHOLE OUTLOOK IS YOU REALLY DON T KNOW WHERE ONE OF THESE THINGS WILL HAPPEN BUT THE CHANCE THAT ) OR MY
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GROUP TO BE IN EXACTLY THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME IT S A VERY LOW LIKELI HOOD v ,ANGENFELD SAID h)T S UNDENIABLE THERE IS A POSSI BILITY BUT 0ARIS WENT ABOUT ITS BUSINESS v
?=4*+1$)2'"1<'' @4(4)+'7%"12 ,ANGENFELD MENTIONED THAT HE IS ESPECIALLY SELECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO SOUVENIRS (E SET A PRECEDENT WITH HIS FAMILY NOT TO EXPECT SOUVENIRS WHEN HE COMES BACK FROM TRIPS BUT TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY IF HE FINDS SOMETHING THAT S JUST RIGHT (E CLAIMED THE IDEAL SOUVENIR IS hSMALL LIGHT CHEAP AND UNBREAKABLE v /NE STAND OUT SOUVENIR IS +INDER 3UR PRISE EGGS Â&#x2C6; SMALL HOLLOW CHOCOLATE EGGS THAT HOLD A TOY SURPRISE INSIDE 4HE EGGS ARE BANNED IN THE 5NITED 3TATES BECAUSE THE TOYS WITHIN ARE A POTENTIAL CHOKING HAZARD ,ANGENFELD S DAUGHTERS NONETHELESS WERE FANS OF THE EGGS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER SO IT WAS ALWAYS SPECIAL FOR THEM TO RECEIVE THE EGGS AS A SOUVENIR !LONG WITH THE CHOCOLATE EGGS ,ANGENFELD HAS TRA VELED BACK WITH BOTTLES OF WINE h) BRING BACK WINE v ,ANGENFELD SAID h/NE OF MY SETS OF RELATIVES IS STILL IN THE WINEMAKING BUSINESS !ND THEY BOTTLE THEIR OWN WINE WHICH MEANS THAT MY GRANDMOTHER S NAME THE FAMILY NAME IS ON THE WINE THAT THEY BOTTLE 3O THAT S ESPECIALLY Â&#x2C6; IT S REALLY SPECIAL FOR US TO BE DRINKING FAMILY WINE ESSENTIALLY WITH A LINK BACK YEARS ,ANGENFELD SAID EVEN THOUGH HE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF PLACES HE STILL HAS A BUCKET LIST OF PLACES HE WOULD LIKE TO GO AT SOME POINT IN HIS LIFE h) HAVE A GREAT WISH TO GO TO -ACHU 0ICCHU THAT S ON THE LIST ) WANT THAT TO BE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER v ,ANG ENFELD SAID h) HAVEN T BEEN TO %NGLAND )RELAND OR 3COT LAND x7E RE GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO GOING TO %UROPE THIS SUMMER BECAUSE THE DOLLAR HAS BECOME SO STRONG AGAINST THE EURO 3O WE RE TALKING SOME ABOUT "ARCELONA NEVER BEEN TO 3PAIN WOULD LIKE TO GO TO "ARCELONA ) D LIKE TO SEE THE -EDITERRANEAN ;3EA= THE ISLAND OF #ORSICA WHICH IS A &RENCH ISLAND x ) WANT TO GO TO .EW :EALAND x 4HERE S STILL PLACES IN THE 5 3 ) D LIKE TO GO x 4HERE S NOT ENOUGH TIME IN A LIFETIME v
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