I think like many Americans in the last 20 years, most of my knowledge of the country comes from the "War on Terror," or it currently being called the Afghani War? If I had a time machine it would be fascinating to see how these past 20 years are talked of. But that has nothing … [Read more...]
Slovenia Unit
Prior to our Slovenia Unit, I might have thought Slovenia was an invention of comic books or various fictional creations that wanted a European sounding country but didn't want to actually learn about said real country, or have to have the events in their fictional work make … [Read more...]
Lithuania unit
Surprise, surprise, my library had pretty much nothing about Lithuania. I've discovered that most of the smaller European countries are hard to find information on. I can find some facts and a few videos, but I really miss the books we were able to find for some of the more … [Read more...]
Icelandic Pepper cookies recipe
Almost a decade ago when I started on our Cooking Around the World journey, I saw a recipe for a pepper cookie and instantly said, "there's no way I'll cook that, who wants pepper in a cookie?" Fast forward ten years and I either cycled back to Iceland by accident, or maybe I saw … [Read more...]
Malta Unit Study
Back in December I decided we would study four small countries. There are several countries in Europe that are basically the size of a city, so I looked around my list and decided for sure we need to go through a Malta Unit Study, especially since our family campaign had just … [Read more...]