The Grand 2009 Trip

Before grad school at Darden, I drove from Virginia to California and back, and then backpacked around Europe for a bit. If you are likewise contemplating two years studying accounting, finance, marketing, organizational behavior, management — and thus staring at endless PowerPoint and Excel screens — I highly recommend a pre-MBA escape to see the real world.

If you type any of these cities in the search bar on the Forks in the Road homepage, you should find a post or two. And now, the recap:

The Grand 2009 Trip

1. Across the country

- Norfolk, Va.
- Savannah, Ga.
- Pensacola, Fla.
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- Atlanta
- Clemson, S.C.
- Durham, N.C.
- Washington, D.C.
- Baltimore
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- Norfolk, Va.
- Roanoke, Va.
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Thibodaux, La.
- New Orleans, La.
- Dallas, Texas
- Austin, Texas
- Carlsbad, N.M.
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- El Paso, Texas
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- Irvine, Calif.
- up the Pacific Coast Highway
- Santa Cruz, Calif.
- Mount Herman, Calif.
- Chico, Calif.
- Portland, Oregon
- Seattle, Washington
- San Francisco, Calif.
- Lake Tahoe
- Arches National Park
- Denver, Colo.
- Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Omaha, Neb.
- Chicago
- Detroit
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Washington, D.C. area
- Charlottesville, Va.

2. Across the pond

- Dulles International Airport, Va.
- Paris
- Rome
- Florence
- Pisa
- Barcelona, Spain
- Madrid, Spain
- Paris
- Brussels
- Ghent, Belgium
- Amsterdam
- Cinque Terre, Italy
- Lake Como, Italy
- Milan
- London
- Washington, D.C.
- Norfolk, Va.
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