November 12, 2010 We followed the same formula as yesterday and did a good schooling session in the morning. I have forgotten to mention that we finally managed to get hold of a Macbook Air of the type we wanted. All 3 kids can now do school work on a read more…

November 11, 2010 We learned yesterday that school in the afternoon/evening does not work very well when we´ve had a day full of activities. We tried a new formula and did school in the morning, Much better! Everyone worked hard and we kept going until 1pm. After some lunch we read more…

November 10, 2010 Disney World! Oh, the taste of that name. October, 1971. I am watching the opening of Disney World on TV together with my parents and my sister. There is a gigantic parade. There are lots of well known Disney characters, happy dancing people and smiling children. It read more…

Mardi 9 novembre 2010 Ce matin, lever très tôt pour aller prendre l’avion pour Orlando. On craignait l’heure de pointe, mais la circulation dans Atlanta n’est pas aussi chargée que dans New York et Washington. De toute facon, l’aéroport se trouvant à l’extérieur de la ville, nous étions à contre-sens read more…

November 8, 2010 In the morning we went back to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Site. Mike had told us that the place we went to last time was run by King´s family and that across the street there was a museum run by the National Park Authorities which read more…

November 7, 2010 We had a good session of home schooling in the morning before we headed out for today´s main event. Since we were going to share an experience with about 70 000 other people we decided to leave the car at home. Just next to the bus stop read more…

Samedi 6 novembre Martin Luther King et Coca-Cola Nous avons commencé la journée par une visite du King Center. Fondé en 1968 par Coretta Scott King, femme de Martin Luther King, le “Centre du King” est le mémorial vivant dédié à la promotion de l’héritage de Martin Luther King, Jr., chef de read more…

Vendredi 5 novembre Etape de transport vers Atlanta La matinée a été consacrée à faire les bagages et scanner les derniers livres d’école qui avaient échappé à notre attention lors des préparatifs avant le départ. Maintenant, plus d’excuse pour ne pas faire de sciences naturelles. Même si les enfants ont read more…

Jeudi 5 novembre 2010 Dernier jour à Chattanooga – Creative Discovery Museum Après un lever tardif et quelques heures passées à trainer et régler des bricoles, nous avons décolé en direction du musée créatif de découverte, notre activité principale de la journée. L’objectif du musée est de stimuler l’esprit créatif et la curiosité read more…

November 3, 2010 This morning all 3 children did their own blog entry about our day yesterday and some school work. Bob showed us a piece of high voltage cable this morning. The same kind my father (Foffo) worked with up at Raccoon Mountain. This cable is certified for 161 read more…