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 … [Read more...]
Belarus Unit Study
I have to admit I don't know much about Eastern Europe. Apparently not many other people do either because my search to learn more about Belarus didn't yield much but they have the world's largest dump truck. It was truly disappointing, so I emailed my friend Natalie to find out … [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...]
Azerbaijan Unit
This is going to be another geography lesson where my library had nothing for me. I searched around for interesting things to learn about Azerbaijan, and basically found out they really like rugs, and there are some really interesting foods, but nothing I could twist around to … [Read more...]
Andorra Unit Study
I headed into the Andorra Unit Study thinking of Andorians from Star Trek. That was actually the joke I got from my kids and husband every time I said we were going to study Andorra. Just in case you were wondering, no the people of Andorra are not blue-skinned and they do not … [Read more...]
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