Family Vacation Destinations Blog Posts
October 20, 2014
Iguazu Falls
By: Noemi Gamel There is something magical about waterfalls. Perhaps it is the power they convey, the crystalline beauty of the curtain of water, or the deafening roar they produce. You can imagine our delight to witnessing arguably the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. When we first entered Iguazu National…
Glacial Lakes
By: Beth O’Donnell You know that gorgeous green-blue color of the lakes in all the pictures from the Canadian Rockies? It is even MORE beautiful in person! And the color comes from the sediment of the glaciers, called “glacier flour”. What happens is glacial erosion causes tiny particles of bedrock to enter the meltwater (water…
October 27, 2014
Futbol in Argentina
By: Noemi Gamel While we were in Buenos Aires, we decided to go to a futbol (aka soccer to you Americans) match. Tristan loves futbol but had never been to a live game before. Argentina has the reputation for having some of the most devout and passionate futbol fans in the world. In fact, that…
Sextant, Compass, and GPS
Did you know the Galapagos Islands belong to Ecuador… and Ecuador has the equator running smack through it? Yup, Zero Latitude. What better place to feed your fascination with the whole idea of aligning stars, managing agriculture, calculating time and distance, and navigating directions? Imagine hanging out right where the center of the world is,…
Wait! I Thought I Spoke Spanish!
This week’s post from the Gamel family’s yearlong journey around the world, written by Noemi Gamel, with photography by Chris Gamel: While traveling through Peru and Bolivia, I have experienced some comical results using my native Mexican Spanish in South America. Just as my British friends look at me quizzically when I say “y’all” and…