Celebrity Travel: Go away with Pictoria Vark
A: Iowa City is so underrated, especially if you’re doing a cross-country road trip. There’s a lot of really wonderful music festivals – Mission Creek, FEaST, Witching Hour – throughout the year, a variety of restaurants and walkable charm. If you go, you need to check out Prairie Lights Books and Cafe, FilmScene, Hickory Hill Park and Tru Coffee. Also Boise, Idaho. Go for the Treefort Music Fest and stay all week. It’s the best festival.
Q: What's the most important thing you've learned from your travels?
A: Running away from your life won’t magically fix all of your problems. Tough lesson, but an important one.
Q: If you've ever gone away for the holidays, which was the best trip?
A: The best one was when my family and I went to Singapore for Christmas in 2018. My dad spent much of his early life there and it was the first time he had been back in a long time. Even though it was so different from when he was growing up, it was so nice to see and to try so much food. Talk about a place for foodies! Also the airport there is amazing.
Q: Do you speak any foreign languages?
A: I have a degree in French, actually! I’d love to use it more but I can watch French shows without subtitles so that’s pretty fun. It was always the subject in school that came the easiest to me. Something about learning foreign languages clicks in my brain. I hope to learn Korean sometime in the future.
Q: Where would you like to go that you have never been to before?
A: Seoul, Busan, Jeju Island, Tokyo, Osaka, Iceland, Bristol, Dublin, Glasgow, and Marrakesh.
Q: When you go away, what are some of your must-have items?
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