Celebrate Project Runway Tim Gunn’s Birthday Week!

Kids Discover the World with TeamMarcoPolo

Team Marco Polo is a kids travel show that makes learning about other countries, cultures and languages fun and exciting.

It is fast paced and engaging with lots of humor and laughs thrown in the mix. Think “Bill Nye” meets “Rick Steves”.

Check it out!

How To: Make an Authentic Renaissance Hairstyle!

From Team Marco Polo fan Janet’s YouTube channel!

Italofile: Cool Obscure works of Art in Rome!

Stormin’ the Bastille: July 14 is Bastille Day!

Bastille Day coming up!

Don’t forget to check out Team Marco Polo for the upcoming Bastille Day video!

A Storm’s a comin’

History Schmistory: July 2nd – Hey…whose that guy on the train?

July 2nd – 1901, Montana – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob train! They get away with $40,000!

Robert Redford as The Sundance Kid and Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy from the hit 1969 film

 

 

History Schmistory: July 1st – William conquers!

July 1st 1690, Ireland – The Battle of the Boyne between the deposed British King James the II and the guy that took his crown, William III. This was the decisive battle in a long protracted struggle between the Catholic James and Protestant William, in the period know as the Glorious Revolution….and another example of how Williams are often destined to rule!

'Oh yeah, I got this in the bag!"  By Robert Payne (Prince William) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

‘Oh yeah, I got this in the bag!”
By Robert Payne (Prince William) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Do you drone on about castles in Europe?

Well, here’s the video for you!

 

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