12 Holiday Dishes from Around the World

Crispy latkes laden with sour cream, sweet-smelling fruit pies spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, roasted turkey paired with creamy mashed potatoes and tangy cranberry sauce, a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken… The holidays are almost upon us, which means plenty of specialty dishes we can’t wait to sink our teeth into. (Yes, we meant to Read More …

Lesson plan: The walls of Avila

The town of Avila, Spain (located just west of Madrid), has the best preserved medieval walls in the country and is the second biggest wall in the world after the Great Wall of China. These ancient walls were built as a defensive mechanism but also served to control the entrances (of both people and goods) to Read More …

Edu-Travel to: Barcelona

This article was originally featured in Explorica’s 2012 fall magazine. We’ll be sharing 20 life-changing travel experiences throughout the season. Transform your students’ lives (and maybe your own) with any of these exceptional educational travel experiences.   Hear the Hall of a Hundred Columns Right from the entrance, you’re captured by the colours that zig-zag across Read More …