Category: Mikhaila’s Memories
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The Perfect Spanish Dish!
Read more: The Perfect Spanish Dish!As we are cooking traditional foods in every country, for Spain, we found a cooking class where we learned how to cook a dish called seafood paella (pronounced pie-ye -ya). It was a really neat class and the paella was delicious! There were also other people in the class, about 20 people including our family. We…
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Good Gaudi!
Read more: Good Gaudi!Who was Antoni Gaudi? Most people know him as the architect of the world famous church the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. But what many people don’t know are things about his personal life. For instance, did you know Gaudi’s first work was a gas lamp? He created it when he was 23 years old for the…
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Captivating Carcassonne
Read more: Captivating CarcassonneCarcassonne, a medieval walled city so old, it goes all the way back to the 6th century B.C. We visited the city for the whole day because it was there was a lot to see. We visited the highlights on a self guided walking tour and learned some really interesting facts. Like I said before,…
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Let the Sun Shine!
Read more: Let the Sun Shine!“Mom, why aren’t the lights turning on?” Staying in Bagneres-de-Bigorre for 2 weeks was really interesting as we were living “off the grid“. This means the house is not connected to the power lines which deliver electricity. The house, all it’s appliances and electric fencing for the animals is run on solar power. Solar power is a way…
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Les Cochons et les Chevres- Ooh La La!
Read more: Les Cochons et les Chevres- Ooh La La!Oink, bleat, baah, cluck! While staying in Bagnere-de-Bigorre for 2 weeks, we had the chance to look after different types of farm animals. After our stay, we learned many things about the animals. Here are different things we learned about the pigs and goats while on the farm.