Visit Valley Forge, winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Kids can step in replica log huts, run around the grassy parade ground where young soldiers trained, climb on cannons, and walk through George Washington’s headquarters – history comes alive!
Read more…Petaluma Adobe: Rancho Living History Day
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…“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…Lan Su Chinese Garden Portland
In busy downtown Portland, step into a 16th century China family home and garden. Kids can explore halls, pavilions courtyards, look for dragonfish, bats of happiness, guardian lions, and learn about Chinese traditions and culture.
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