remind me of the Shenandoah Valley. A field in Madagascar is reminiscent of the foothills of Colorado. Valparaiso in Chile looks like Sonoma in California. Today, I travel extensively. Sometimes it’s for work, sometimes for fun, often it’s both. I’m fortunate to have set foot on all seven continents. I have visited out-of-the- ordinary places like Antananarivo, Barrow, Kathmandu, Tenerife, and Guyana. I’ve also spent my fair share of time in less exotic locales like Omaha, Indianapolis, and Kernersville. So far, I’ve traveled to 44 countries and another 15 territories. There is a lot more of the world to see, of course. Part of Greensboro Day School’s mission is to help its students “…become constructive contributors to the world.” This part of By: Jeb Brooks ’01 I’m grateful to Greensboro Day School for helping me “become a constructive contributor to the world” who doesn’t “vegetate in one little corner of the earth.” Although, let’s face it, our corner here in the Triad is pretty special! Istood on a beach in Fiji when my thoughts suddenly turned to Pompeii. Nearly twenty years earlier, thanks to a school-sponsored trip, I’d explored a Roman town frozen in time with my high-school classmates. The memory flashed back as the sunrise brought Taveuni into view. It’s the largest volcano in Fiji. How could I not recall the first time I saw Vesuvius? It was on that trip with Ms. Arnette between my sophomore and junior years. One of my favorite parts of travel is finding connections between two disparate places like Fiji and Pompeii. Almost from the instant I arrive in a new place, I seek connections to somewhere more familiar. The hills in Tasmania Living on the Steppe in Mongolia. CURIOSITY AND WANDERLUST 34 | Winter 2017