Albania is a gorgeous country on Europe’s Balkan peninsula, that borders Greece. The climate is Mediterranean with mild winters and warm sunny summers. Its landscapes are stunning with mountains, castles, and a gorgeous coastline with exotic beaches. There is so much great food here, but most importantly to Albanians is their love of coffee. It’s […]

Fairy Tales and nursery rhymes are a part of all of our childhood. These short folklore tales are told to us for entertainment while we’re young, and mostly now read from books or made into movies. Many were written Once upon a time – two centuries ago or even more, and live long in our […]

Algeria is a beautiful country in northern Africa. It also ranks at the top as the largest. The coastline sits along the Mediterranean sea. Mountains separate the north from the Sahara desert and create the most stunning views. There are several beach resorts and even has skiing in the mountains! Algeria is full of energy! […]

Morocco is a vibrant country along the both the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea in North Africa. Did you know it only takes an hour on a ferry boat to get to Spain from Morocco? The climate is tropical, warm with a wet and a dry season, while the coast is Mediterranean climate, hot […]

Bolivia is a country in western South America. It’s covered with untouched landscapes including varied climates that consist of mountains, deserts, and rainforests. So much diverse nature leads to diverse wildlife. Bolivia is home to bears, jaguars, capybara, vicuna, alpacas, and llamas. In fact, the Llama is the national animal of Bolivia. If you love […]

Sweden is a gorgeous country in northern Europe, it is the largest of the Nordic countries. It’s rich with nature. Sweden has 30 national parks and over 5000 nature reserves all packed with wildlife like Moose, Reindeer, Bear Arctic Fox, Beaver, and Otters. The entire country is covered with lakes and archipelagos (groups of islands) […]

Madagascar is a stunning island country off the shore of East Africa. This, the fourth largest island in the world, is filled to the brim with nature, wildlife, and lots of food! There are numerous climates including rain forests, deserts, grasslands, and over 3,000 miles of coastline with diverse coral reefs that inhabit 6000 species […]

Tanzania is a diverse country in East Africa, just south of the equator. There is a mountainous region where you can find the famous Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano. Tanzania sits on the coast of the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain is tropical and humid with heavy rainfall. The Serengeti National Park is in Tanzania […]

Fruitcake is a standard Christmas dessert. This cake filled with dried and candied fruits and nuts goes all the way back to the middle ages, in the 1500s! People in Europe discovered that it was a good (and delicious) way to preserve fruit. This “cake” is very dense and sometimes too sweet. That’s the reason […]

Kenya is a gorgeous country in East Africa that is filled with nature, culture, great food, sports and safari! There are so many incredible animals to see like majestic elephants, lions, zebra, and rhinos. The national parks and game reserves are not only filled with animals, but also filled with people on safari. 2 million […]