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Bulgaria Unit
After years of randomly skipping around Europe, I finally said, let’s just get through this in a somewhat organized fashion. We finished off the countries that were partially done, and then I sat down starting from the beginning of the alphabet and worked our way through the beginning of Europe, so we could finally be…
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Romania Unit
Our Romania unit was a fun one. There wasn’t much to it, but Romania has a bit of fun personality to its portrayal in the movies. According to what I’ve learned, there is an element of truth in that portrayal, which made me smile. All in all a rather fun geography lesson, let’s talk about…
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San Marino Unit
Sometimes you learn things you never expected to learn. For instance, with our San Marino unit, I learned there is not one, but two completely independent countries INSIDE Italy. I knew about Vatican City, which endlessly amuses my kids, but San Marino was a new one for me. If I hadn’t known better I would…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina unit
Growing up in the 1990s means certain things were in the news all the time, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were in the news all the time. They were establishing their independence from the Soviet Union and were fighting over who would be in control and just where their borders would be. My freshman history teacher…
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Albania Unit
The most amusing fact I found for Albania had to do with Mother Teresa. Did you know Mother Teresa was born in Albania? It’s true, but since she was born the lines of Europe have been redrawn a few times, and her birthplace has moved into a few different countries over the many decades, and…