On Living History Day at the Petaluma Adobe, step back in time to a working ranch of 1840. Volunteers dress up in historic clothing, and kids have fun with hands-on activities – write with a quill pen, stamp designs on leather, weave a basket , rope a “bull,” listen to music, find out what life is like 150 years ago.
Read more…Sonoma Farm Trails: Hello baby goats & lambs
Kids will have fun on spring Farm Trails, a weekend visiting working farms in Sonoma County, seeing (and petting) baby goats, lambs, pot-bellied pigs, chickens, miniature horses, and sampling locally produced eggs, cheese, honey.
Read more…Southern Utah: Land of sleeping rainbows
Southern Utah is world famous for its stunning desert landscape, slot canyons, arches, and spires, a “land of sleeping rainbows.” Here’s two of our favorite “hidden gems” for family trips: Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument and Capitol Reef National Park.
Read more…“Vamos a Feria” in Seville
It’s time for the spring fair in Seville – Feria de Abril. Horse drawn carriages clip clop through the streets, at the fairground families and friends gather in “casetas” to eat, drink, sing and dance, kids rush onto amusement park rides, thousands of lights twinkle and glow in the darkness at night.
Read more…Florence Palazzo Davanzati: Step into the Middle Ages
In Florence, visit the Palazzo Davanzati, a mansion from the Middle Ages. Kids will step into the life of a noble family – a multi-story residence, with great halls for entertaining, beautifully decorated bedrooms, a private well, indoor bathrooms and kitchen.
Read more…Where is the Last Spike?
Where is the original (Last Spike (Golden Spike), used to commemorate the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit Utah on May 10, 1869?
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