November to February, visit the Monarch Butterfly Natural Reserve in Santa Cruz to see gorgeous monarch butterflies fluttering in the trees.
Read more…Day of the Dead
November 1 and 2 is the Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – a holiday celebrated in Mexico, Central America, and Latino communities around the United States. Families remember and honor deceased relatives with special foods, flowers, candles, altars, nichos, and smiling skeletons.
Read more…Sail the seas: Barcelona waterfront
The sea is the heart of Barcelona, and kids will have a great time exploring the Barcelona waterfront. Columbus dropped anchor in Barcelona when he returned from the new world, great war ships departed from the harbor, and today, take a sightseeing cruise, visit the Maritime Museum, and learn about Mediterranean sea creatures at L’Aquarium.
Read more…Eastern Sierra October holiday weekend
For the October Columbus Day holiday weekend, we traveled to the Eastern Sierra – Mammoth and Reds Meadow Valley.
Read more…Fun food for kids Montreal
Lots of fun food for kids to try in Montreal – French pastries such as pain au chocolat, brioche, fruit tarts, muffins, Quebec specialties poutine and maple cornets, and bagels, Montreal style.
Read more…Montreal Gardens of Light
Every fall the Montreal Botanical Garden (Jardins Botanique) has a lantern festival, this year Gardens of Light (Jardins de Lumiere). It’s absolutely magical for kids to wander through the Chinese Garden, over a waterfall flowing into Dream Lake, going in and out of the pavilions – the entire garden is decorated with large silk lanterns. A parent writes, “My kids loved it so much we had to go twice!”
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