So far this fall our Travel School has been spectacular. We started September 1st with two weeks of homeschool at home. Then, the field trips began! Here is a partial list of where we have been so far this school year:
Sophia and Oliver’s Travel School
2015 “Locations of Study” (as of 11/1/15)
Portugal
Centro Cultural de Cascais: Sam Shaw, Photography Exhibit. Cascais, Portugal
Art Collection of the Condes de Castro Guimarães. Cascais, Portugal
Condes de Castro Guimarães Museum. Cascais, Portugal
The Palacio Nacional da Pena, Sintra, Portugal
Castelo de Sao Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal
Alfarma District, Lisbon, Portugal
Capela dos Ossos (Bones Chapel) Evora, Portugal
Se Catedral de Evora, Portugal
Templo de Diana (Roman Temple) Evora, Portugal
Spain
Santa Maria de la Sede Cathedral/climbed the Minaret Tower, Seville, Spain
Iglesia de San Marcos, Seville, Spain
Parque Maria Luisa and Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain
Flamenco, Seville, Spain
Alcazar Palace, Seville, Spain
Alhambra Palace of Granada, Spain
Albaycin of Granada, Spain
Volvo Ocean Race Headquarters, Alicante, Spain
L’Hemisfèric, Valencia, Spain
L’Umbracle — Architectural Gardens; Valencia, Spain
El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe — Science Museum Valencia, Spain
Oceanografic — Open-air aquarium/oceanographic park; Valencia, Spain
Mercado Colon and Serano Towers, Valencia, Spain
Turkey
Aya Sofya (Haghia Sophia) Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (built in 537 AD)
Blue Mosque (Called Sultanahmet Camii), Istanbul, Turkey
Yerebatan Sarayi (Cistern Basilica), Istanbul, Turkey
Hippodrome of Constantinople or Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul, Turkey
Bosphorus River, Turkey
Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul Modern (Museum of Modern Art) Istanbul, Turkey
Pera Museum, of Art Istanbul, Turkey
Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church, Istanbul
15th Century Kapalicarsi (Grand Bazaar) Istanbul
The Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology, Bodrum, Turkey
Bodrum Castle, Bodrum, Turkey
4-day cruise aboard OBELIX on the Aegean Sea, Bodrum/South Turkey
Tour of North Sails facility, Istanbul
Asia
Walking/tour and dinners, Asia (Istanbul/Asian side)
Newport, RI