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  • Las Vegas as a Multicultural Experience

    Las Vegas as a Multicultural Experience

    While the Las Vegas strip won’t give you an authentic cultural encounter of the places the various hotels are mimicking, it’s nice to at least get a taste of that culture. With hotels such as The Luxor, The Venetian, Paris, Caesar’s Palace, and New York New York, one can experience a bit of the architecture…

  • Activities that Break the Language Barrier

    Activities that Break the Language Barrier

    Lately we’ve been spending a lot of time with a family from Ecuador. They only speak Spanish, and save for a few stilted Spanish phrases from me, everyone in my family only speaks English. But our kids have enjoyed playing together, and we’ve had some interesting conversations with the help of translation apps and expressive…