I formally homeschooled the kids during our year abroad. We knew we were putting them back into public school in the US so we wanted to make sure they kept up with their peers. Aside from the formal homeschooling, we were able to educate the kids in lots of other…
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Visiting the the Acropolis and Parthenon was never that high on my priority list. I always figured I’d get there and it’d be cool to see, but it wasn’t a place I just HAD to visit. I definitely got more excited to see it this year as I taught the…
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El Real Alcázar de Sevilla, the Royal Alcazar of Seville in English, is the oldest royal palace still in use in Europe. It was originally founded in 913 as a Muslim fortress and has been rebuilt and expanded over time. The outside isn’t very impressive, but we were blown away…
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The Seville Cathedral, technically La Catedral de Sevilla, is the largest Gothic cathedral and the 3rd largest cathedral in the entire world. Construction began in 1402 and ended in 1506 and at the time, it was the biggest cathedral in the world. The cathedral is also noteworthy because Christopher Columbus…
