Our California coast has an abundance of seals and sea lions, from San Diego to the North Coast. Wondering how to tell a harbor seal from a California sea lion? Hint – who barks, has long flippers, ear flaps, and rides the waves?
Read more…Arizona Spring Break Vacation
One year we took a drive trip to the Grand Canyon and northern Arizona for our spring break family vacation. Along with the Grand Canyon, there were sites in northeastern Arizona to explore: Canyon de Chelly, Petrified Forest and Meteor Crater.
Read more…Matisse in bloom
Get out your scissors and colored paper – here’s four fabulous new books about French artist Henri Matisse.
Read more…Basel: Take a walk through the Old City
Where can you walk through a beautifully preserved medieval old city and see St. George and the dragon, and lots of basilisks?
Here’s our favorite walk through the Old City in Basel.
Read more…Taxis take you … everywhere
Visiting a big city in the United States, we only take taxis a few blocks, but traveling in Asia and South America, we discovered taxis are a great way to go … everywhere.
Read more…Books that inspired us to go there
Tua and the Elephant, a story about a girl who rescues an elephant in Thailand, inspired us to visit the Elephant Nature Park outside Chiang Mai.
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