Tag: New York State

Frost Valley YMCA in the Catskills has Something For Everyone

Visiting the Winter Olympic Legacy Sites in Lake Placid

Snowboarding Whiteface Mountain, Home of the 1980 Olympics

Visiting Niagara Falls with Kids

Visiting the Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca in Toledo, Spain
My son and I arrived in Toledo, Spain, tired from a week of soccer in Madrid. We were in Madrid so my son could have an intense week of soccer training, but some bad weather hit the eastern United States, and we found ourselves with an extended stay in Spain. With a few days added […]
Mosque of Cristo de la Luz in Toledo, Spain is an Example of the City’s Rich History
One of my favorite things to do while visiting Europe is to wander around and visit old churches. Churches, particularly in Europe, tell the story of a people. Sometimes church history is uplifting, and sometimes it shows the darkest parts of humanity. Either way, churches are the stories of the people and the communities they […]
Legends Museum in Madrid is a Football/Soccer/Futbol Lover’s Dream
As my son and I approached Legends: The Home of Football, my expectations had dropped. I had high hopes for visiting Legends since my son and I are huge soccer fans and we were in Madrid because my son was playing in Madrid for the week. I had envisioned a massive museum before going and […]
The Difficult Task of Saying Goodbye to Man’s Best Friend
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dobby the House Elf perishes while saving Harry Potter and his friends. Dobby, more than anything, wanted to be a friend to Harry Potter. Harry, so grief-stricken, buries Dobby with his own hands instead of using a simple spell. The manual labor of digging a grave and placing […]
Is Operation Mincemeat Appropriate for Kids?
There are a lot of wild stories that came out of World War II, but none of them are equal to the weirdness that is found in Operation Mincemeat. The Broadway musical Operation Mincemeat is a true story about an espionage plot in 1943. Allied forces were struggling against the Axis powers and willing to […]

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