Culture and Travel

Cultural experiences can be transformative, and luckily opportunities are everywhere.  Culture is all around us. Defined as the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a people – it is neither high-brow or low, but it can be either.

Culture is what we do along the way, not just at journey’s end. If it’s part of our everyday lives – past or present – it’s part of our culture. Discover the stories, histories, and cultural insights that make our travels interesting.

Cultural Travel:

• Crazy Canucks, Hot Mounties, and the Spirit of Canada
• Caribbean Carnival on the Fourth of July
• Is Travel In Our DNA? Pilgrimage to Luján, Argentina
• Nassau, Bahamas – The Pompey Museum of Slavery and Emancipation
• Historic Sites In New York – Yankee Doodle Came to Fort Crailo
• Spiderman the Musical, and Other Feats of Great Daring in Times Square
• Nekkid Contrapposto – Amid the Greek and Roman Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Chinatown – A Fun Thing To Do With Kids In New York City

Holiday Stories:

• Jack of the Lantern and Stingy Jack
• Apple Bobbing, Apple Dooking, Apple Ducking or maybe Snap Apple?
• You’ve Been Booed!
• Why Do We Wrap Gifts?
• The Secret Life of Christmas Elves
• “Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus”
• A Ghost Story of Christmas
• When Does Christmas End?
• The Chinese Legend of How the Animals Gave Their Names to the Years
• Of Metal Rabbits and Wood Dragons
• Why We Let an Animal Tell the Weather, and Incorrectly at That
• Sweethearts for the Sweet
• A Rose is a Rose but a Pear Blossom is Everlasting Friendship
• Have a Slice of 3.1415926535
• What Color Does a Leprechaun Wear?
• The Possible History of April Fool’s Day or I Could be Making This Whole Thing Up
• Small Ovoids of Turkish Delight in Multiple Bright Colors

And interesting histories:

• The Unknown Seuss
• The Strange Story of Einstein’s Brain
• Two Little Known Facts About Winston Churchill
• Who Said “I Cannot Live Without Books?”
• Stuff You Never Knew About the Adirondacks, Part 1: How Lake Placid is Related to the Dewey Decimal System
• Stuff You Never Knew About the Adirondacks: Part 2 – The Adirondack, Burnell, Westport or Muskoka Chair
• Stuff You Never Knew About the Adirondacks: Part 3 – The First President Roosevelt Story
• How to Comport Yourself in Today’s World According to George Washington

Museum Adventures:

• Shrine of the Muses
• A Visit To The Girl Scout Mecca In New York City
• Day Trip to the Adirondack Museum
• Capitol Hauntings: Halloween Tour of the NY State Capitol (Albany, NY)
• Things That Go Bump In The Night at the Farmer’s Museum
• MIT Museum – Visiting the MITERS, Computer Geek HQ (Boston, MA)
• A World Tour Day Trip to New York City: United Nations, NBC Studio Tour, Nintendo World, and Chinatown
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Tips for a Fun Thing To Do With Kids In New York City
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Storybook Setting for The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler