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Category: Field Trips

  • Xel-Ha

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    In general I am not an amusement park type of girl. With that said I absolutely love Xel-Ha. When I first started researching activities for our trip I was very skeptical about Xel-Ha. The admission for Xel Ha is not cheap at first glance.Fortunately, my dear friend Sonia who lives in Mexico convinced me to…

  • Ki’Xocolatl

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    It is difficult to study the Mayans and not crave a little chocolate. After a wonderful morning touring the Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya we were all ready for a little chocolate snack. Ki’Xocolatl is a quaint cafe with a  variety of chocolate confections. They have some exotic flavors like chocolate with oregano, and chocolate…

  • Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya

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    The Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya is an absolutely beautiful museum in Merida. The Museum is very large with an extensive collection of not only Mayan artifacts but dinosaur bones, geological exhibits, touch screen microscopes and “Maya Max” a beautiful large screen theater. The museum is temperature controlled due to the delicate nature of the…

  • Tulum

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    A beautiful ancient Mayan archaeological sight resides in Tulum. Tulum is a small coastal town on the Mayan Riviera. The vistas from the ruins are completely breathtaking. They stand poised on a cliff with the beautiful blue ocean as a backdrop. After our impressive guide at Chichen Itza we once again opted to hire a…

  • Chichen Itza

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    Chichen Itza really is a marvel. After our field trip to Mexico I was struck by how incredibly complex, and detail oriented the Mayans were when constructing Chichen Itza . We did a fair amount of reading, watching documentaries and researching Chichen Itza on line before our trip. We quickly came to realize a lot…

  • Viking Museum

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    The Vikings were truly remarkable and worth studying. Frequently we just think of them as barbaric warriors but they were far more complex. The Vikings were democratic and women even had rights in Viking society. It is believed they actually discovered America…sorry Christopher Columbus. Vikings also did not typically have horns on their helmets. The…

  • San Luis Mission State Park

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    Sometimes the unplanned, spur of the moment field trips turn out just as well as the ones so carefully planned. This field trip would definitely fall in that category. Our family went to visit our nephew and several very dear family friends in Tallahassee. One of the days we were there my husband and his…

  • Veni Vidi Vici!

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    My family was very skeptical when I began planning a road trip to South Carolina to see a Roman Legion reenactment.   After an afternoon at the Roman encampment we all agreed it was amazing!  The people who put together these reenactments have a passion and a love for this time in history.  They are eager…