Although I currently teach AP World History (& loving it!) my heart is really set in AP Art History. However until I actually started teaching AP World I never realized just how much potential crossover there is between the two curriculums. Unfortunately, a lot of that global crossover will disappear with the AP World redesign, I [...]
Category: Travel
#56. Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain
Art Historical Background After the Umayyad Dynasty was ousted from Syria by the conquering Abbasid Dynasty they made their way across North Africa to a new home in Andalusia, Spain. The Umayyad prince, Abd al-Rahman I, recreated aspects of his previous capital in his new home, Córdoba. In 786, after Abd al-Rahman conquered the Visigoths, he transformed [...]
2018 Italy Planning: November Edition
At this point I am down to things I REALLY need to do vs. things that can wait until like the week before. Here is my list of things that are giving me anxiety that they're not done yet: Book rental car from Rome FCO airport (Will's job) Book Copenhagen airport hotel (after writing this 2 [...]
Weekend Getaway: Cape Cod
We are heading out tomorrow to Cape Cod for my husband's cousin's wedding and I'm really, really looking forward to some legit fall. In Central Florida, it has been like 70s and breezy this week (which is SUPER exciting for us but not really fall-like). It'll be a busy family filled weekend, my favorite! 🙂 [...]
Hospital de la Caridad, Sevilla
This blog post could also be subtitled: when the travel books let you down royally. Or a second option: the only church I have ever been pissed to have paid to go inside. So some back story before my rant on why the Hospital de la Caridad isn't worth the 8 euro price. History The hospital/church [...]
2018 Italy Planning: October Edition
So it honestly doesn't feel like I have done much this month so far but I think I have our itinerary more or less down and now just need to do some more research with final tweaks and prices. We arrive in Rome on December 27th at 11:35 am. That gives us time to pick [...]
My Love/Hate Relationship with Bucket Lists
I love making lists. I make lists for everything: groceries, weekly to dos, trip planning, packing, future goals, upcoming blog posts, you name it! I love the satisfaction of crossing items off a list. Heck, I'll even retroactively put something on a list that I already completed just to see it on there to cross [...]
