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SUMMER TIME: Paris – TLV

Posted on June 20, 2011 by admin

Last day in Paris, a walk and play day before the flight to Tel Aviv. We promised the kids will go to the playground in Jardin du Luxembourg so we took a long walk to our featured destination. We found … Continue reading →

Posted in .bread, .croissant, .Jardin_du_Luxembourg, .Musée_du_Luxembourg, .museum, .Paris, .play, .playground, .TLV, Poilâne | Tagged Fête de la Musique, Jardin du Luxembourg, Musée du Luxembourg, Outre-Mer Art contemporain, Panthéon, Poilâne, Rue de Buci | Leave a comment

PARIS: Day 2 | Cherchez le Dôme

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

Another early morning start brings us at Notre Dame again. This time we find a cute little playground and park to warm up the day. We are among the first visitors of Notre Dame, and it is still too early … Continue reading →

Posted in .archaeology, .architecture, .Atelier_Brancusi, .cathedral, .Conciergerie, .Crypt_under_Parvis_de_Notre-Dame, .Jardin_du_Luxembourg, .Notre_Dame, .Panthéon, .photo, .Pompidou, .Sainte_Chapelle, .video | Tagged Atelier Brancusi, Centre Pompidou, Cherchez le Dôme, Children and Families, Conciergerie, Crypt under the Parvis de Notre-Dame de Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg, Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris Children’s Site, Panthéon, Paris, Paris Museum Pass, Sainte Chapelle, The Towers and the Crypt, Théâtre des Marionnettes du Jardin du Luxembourg | 2 Comments

PARIS: Day 1 | Tour Eiffel & Louvre

Posted on June 18, 2011 by admin

First things first, Tour Eiffel & Louvre! This was the top of our wish list and with a little help from a jetlagged morning… here we are, all Saint-Germain-des-Prés for ourselves, with all cafes closed on a Saturday very early … Continue reading →

Posted in .bread, .Louvre, .Paris, .photo, .Tour_Eiffel, .video, 2011.06-07.PAR.TLV.ROME.ITALY, Poilâne | Tagged CHILDREN'S EIFFEL TOWER, Croque Monsieur, Edgardo Carmona, Fauchon, Follow Gus, Italian Renaissance Painting Trail, LOUVRE, Mona Lisa, Paris, Place de la Madeleine, Poilâne bread, Sculptures au fil de l’eau, Statue of Liberty, Tour Eiffel | Leave a comment

SUMMER TIME: SFO – Paris

Posted on June 17, 2011 by admin

A trip starting at SFO has the nice touch of an art exhibition, so we were delighted to see two, The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank and The Spirited Folk Arts of Mexico. Our first destination is Paris, and we … Continue reading →

Posted in .Notre_Dame, .Paris, .photo, .restaurant, .SFO, 2011.06-07.PAR.TLV.ROME.ITALY, ice cream | Tagged Berthillon, Les Gourmands de l'Île, Notre Dame de Paris Children’s Site, Paris, SFO, SUMMER TRIP 2011, The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank, The Spirited Folk Arts of Mexico | Leave a comment

DOMES AROUND THE WORLD

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

It all started with a geodome science fair project 🙂 ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, Ohio, USA ASTRODOME, Houston, Texas, USA BIOSPHERE, Montreal, Canada CLIMATRON, St. Louis, Missouri, USA DOME OF THE ROCK, Jerusalem, Israel EDEN PROJECT, Cornwall, UK FLORENCE … Continue reading →

Posted in .Agra, .architecture, .ATLANTA, .BC, .BEIJING, .book, .Brasilia, .CANBERRA, .Carbondale, .Cornwall, .FLORENCE, .Houston, .Istanbul, .Jena, .Jerusalem, .Materials_Park, .Missouri_Botanical_Garden, .Montreal, .Panthéon, .Pantheon, .South_America, .St_Louis, .St_Peter_Basilica, .TORONTO, .UNITED_STATES_CAPITOL, .Vancouver, .VATICAN, .WASHINGTON, 2011.06-07.PAR.TLV.ROME.ITALY, Buckminster Fuller, Filippo Brunelleschi, Oscar Niemeyer | Tagged ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, ASTRODOME, Atlanta, Australia, Beijing, BIOSPHERE, Brasilia, Brazil, Buckminster Fuller, Canada, Canberra, Carbondale, China, CLIMATRON, Cornwall, Disney's Epcot, DOME OF THE ROCK, DOMES AROUND THE WORLD, EDEN PROJECT, Filippo Brunelleschi, Florence, FLORENCE CATHEDRAL, Foucault pendulum, Geauga County, Georgia, GEORGIA DOME, Germany, HAGIA SOPHIA, Hawaiian Village Hotel Kaiser Dome, Houston, Illinois, Istanbul, Italy, Jena, John Terence Kelly, Le Panthéon, Léon Foucault, Materials Park, MIHRIMAH MOSQUE, Missouri, Missouri Botanical Garden, Montreal, Montreal Biosphère, MONTREAL OLYMPIC STADIUM, Mumtaz Mahal, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NATIONAL MUSEUM AND CATHEDRAL, Ohio, Ontario, Oscar Niemeyer, Panthéon, Pippo the Fool, SAINT PETER BASILICA, Shah Jahan, SKY DOME, SPACESHIP EARTH, St. Louis, Synergetics, TAJ MAHAL, TC Howard, Texas, The Egg, The Shine Dome, Toronto, Turkey, UK, UNITED STATES CAPITOL, USA, VANCOUVER SCIENCE WORLD, VATICAN, Vatican City, WAIKIKI GEODOME, ZEISS PLANETARIUM | 7 Comments

Hello world!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by admin

This is the future home of children friendly itineraries and stories from around the world. Come back soon and we hope you will like what you will find!

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BARCELONA underground – FIGUERES highlights

Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin

Back to Passeig de Gràcia railway station, right in time for an express train to Dali‘s Figueres. We even had time for a short visit to Casa Amatller‘s kitchen and for a snack. Only that the underground cafe clock had … Continue reading →

Posted in .BARCELONA, .Casa_Amatller, .CATALONIA, .Dali_Theatre_Museum, .Figueres, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Salvador Dali | Tagged BARCELONA underground, Casa Amatller, Dali's Theatre-Museum, FIGUERES highlights, Passeig de Gràcia railway station, Salvador Dali - The First Twenty Years, Toy Museum of Catalonia | 1 Comment

Barcelona MX: mmm… xocolata!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by admin

We’ve planned this day for a trip to Figueres, waked up early in the morning and were at Passeig de Gràcia railway station late enough to miss the express train, so decided to sweeten our day at the Gran Via … Continue reading →

Posted in .BARCELONA, .Barceloneta, .chocolate, .Parc_de_la_Ciutadella, .Picasso_Museum, .Port_Vell, .restaurant, .video, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Lluís Domènech i Montaner | Tagged Antoni Tàpies, BARCELONA, Barcelona MX, Barceloneta, Barri Gòtic, caracoles, Castell dels Tres Dragons, chipirones, Chocolate Museum, Homenatge a Picasso, L'Aliança del Poble Nou, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, mejillones, mmm… xocolata!, Parc de la Ciutadella, Passeig de Gràcia railway station, Pastry School, Picasso Museum, Poble Nou | Leave a comment

EIXAMPLE: A Modernista Fairyland

Posted on August 6, 2009 by admin

Our main itinerary in Eixample started by chance near FARMÀCIA NORDBECK and Fundació Vila Casas. An enchanted walk brought us to Passeig de Gràcia, where even a CocaCola window and McDonald’s look … different! Our first destination is La Pedrera. … Continue reading →

Posted in .Casa_Batlló, .Eixample, .itinerary, .La_Pedrera, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Antoni Gaudí | Tagged A Modernista Fairyland, BARCELONA, Casa Batlló, FARMÀCIA NORDBECK, Fundació Vila Casas, Gaudi's ABC, La Pedrera, Passeig de Gràcia, Patisseries Mauri | 1 Comment

TIBIDABO: On top of the world

Posted on August 1, 2009 by admin

Next on our P L A Y list was Tibidabo Park, and we picked it with this modernista route in mind, thus the tram blau itinerary: – metro L7 from Plaça Catalunya – tram blau – Tibidabo funicular Piece of … Continue reading →

Posted in .Plaça_de_Catalunya, .Tibidabo, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN | Tagged BARCELONA, Carrer de Pelai, modernista route, Plaça Catalunya, Tibidabo, tram blau | Leave a comment

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