You spend a lot of time mapping out the perfect itinerary, taking in all the sites you can cram into each day and sometimes even pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone to experience something new. All that and you’re thinking of bringing home a T-shirt to remember your trip? Before you go on the hunt Read More …
Just because school is on hiatus during summer doesn’t mean your fundraising efforts have to take a break. Turn your breather into a breath of fresh air for your moneymaking activities. For one, take advantage of being out of the classroom to crank up your creativity with unique outdoor events. Who can turn down a Read More …
Roughly $191 million in fireworks were imported into the United States from China in 2010. We’re willing to bet a majority of those pyrotechnics explode the eve of July 4th, celebrating America’s Independence. But before the skies light up in red, white and blue—the day is packed with parades, barbecues and well, just kicking back Read More …
Heaven on Earth may sound trite until you actually glimpse Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park, the stone spires and graceful arches of Bryce Canyon and tiers of uplifted cliffs in the Grand Canyon’s Kaibab Plateau. But glimpsing hardly does it justice. And the sweeping landscape of ever-changing reds, purples, oranges and ochers make visiting Read More …
Ring-a-ring-a roses. A pocket full of posies. Atishoo, atishoo. We all fall down. Folklorists say that this children’s nursery rhyme originated when the Great Plague ravaged London in the mid 17th century. With symptoms of red rings on the skin, people clutching flowers to fend off the disease (remember, this was the old days) and Read More …
Ever wondered what the White House (the very one now occupied by Barack and Michelle) is modeled after? See for yourself on our Athens, Istanbul and Aegean tour where you’ll survey the foundational architecture of Western civilization. After all, democracy is an invention of ancient Greece, so experience its birthplace on the Athens sightseeing walk. Read More …
Hear Galápagos and think amazing natural history, right? But in the 1830s, it was practically the equivalent of a local post office. As you explore San Cristobal Island, one of the oldest geographically of the Galápagos archipelago, it’s hard to imagine it as it once was: a mailroom and pit stop for whalers in the Read More …
They say a picture says a thousand words…but what do a thousand words themselves capture? Ah…that’s up to the imagination, the senses and the richness of an Explorica educational tour! For teachers, travel journaling may not be top of mind curriculum. And for students, remembering to pack a digital camera over a journal may be Read More …
You’ll never be short on monuments, museums and historical sites to visit in big east coast cities. But even for die-hard urbanites, it’s nice to go beyond the desktop Zen garden and be one with nature—even for a few hours. Here are some places in Washington DC, New York and Boston, where you’ll discover nature…the Read More …
In 1967, Scott McKenzie put flower power on the map by asking visitors to San Francisco to come wearing flowers in their hair. But McKenzie wasn’t a fashion-fiend. In fact, he was a pop singer with a message. Flowers represented peace and love in an era when the USA was at war with Vietnam. And Read More …
