The Exploratorium science museum in San Francisco is always new.
Read more…Celebrate Mardi Gras and Carnival
New Orleans Mardi Gras is famous for colorful parades, but there’s also world-wide Carnival celebrations, such as the yearly samba festival in Rio de Janeiro and costumed party-goers in Venice. Celebrate at home – cook a King Cake, listen to Brazilian samba music, make Venetian Carnival masks.
Read more…Travel through Africa, with books
We are eager to travel more in Africa, but in the meantime, here are new and favorite children’s books. Read inspiring and original stories of contemporary life in Gambia, Malawi, Cameroon, South Sudan, Kenya, Botswana, South Africa.
Read more…Tips for USA family road trips
The United States has such a diverse and glorious landscape, family road trips are a tradition. Drive trips have lots of advantages. You bring more stuff with you, no limits about liquids in carry-on luggage, and you can go at your own pace. But family road trips also conjure up cranky kids and searching for gas stations in the middle of the night.
Read more…Marie Antoinette: Vienna and Versailles
Marie Antoinette was a symbol of the monarchy of France, but she wasn’t French. Born Maria Antonia, she was Austrian, and grew up in Vienna at the Habsburg court. Her favorite palaces were Schoenbrunn, summer palace outside Vienna, and the Petit Trianon and Hamlet at Versailles.
Read more…Marco Polo’s favorite city in China
Hangzhou, ‘City of Heaven,’ was Marco Polo’s favorite city in China. He wrote, “it is without a doubt the finest and most splendid city in the world.”
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