Backround Information for your Trip

Planet Earth Home Page: scroll to files and counters and click on numbers for currency exchange, distances, clocks and time zone converters. Click on Internet country codes to locate sources on the Net.
Measurement Converter a site everyone will use and learn from! Convert temperatures, speeds, distances capacity and volume and more. Ideal for your FL class projects.
Measuring Units Conversion Tables select this site for US to metric length, area, volume mass and temperatures.

Phonebooks Around the World: Pull up phonebooks from countries from around the globe.
EurRail Pass Express: the definitive site for traveling through Europe by train. Click on articles in English for planning your 17 country European train trip. Order online, look up timetables and if you wish, download a trip planning program. Scroll to links for more European travel information.
Virtual Railroading on the Web: links to sites about European prototype railways, train models and Model RR electronics. Scroll to Magazines section for RR picture galleries, RR museums and even a German-English RR dictionary.
Mercurio's Railway Server Links:Europe and rest of the World: extensive links to European Railway sites and pages, arranged by country. Scroll to bottom of page for major sites throughout the world.

The Kidproj Multi-Cultural Calendar: scroll down to months/holidays/countries/authors to learn about the ways kids from many countries celebrate their holidays and festivals. Don't miss the link to help teachers connect this calendar with ongoing curriculum. Select the link at the bottom of page to add your own submissions!

European TV: Guides, Listings and More: a virtual TV Guide to weekly programs in 15 European countries. Click on country of choice for weekly offerings with lots of information in language of country.

Weather World-Wide: select forecasts and weather reports by world-wide region.
USA Today's Index to World Weather: scroll to continent and selected country to link to information on 5 day weather and prcipitation forecasts.
Weather for US, Canada, and Cuba: find weather reports for each area.

Trips To Spanish-Speaking Places

Trip to Spain

Office of Tourism for Spain: guide to regions of Spain.
Si Spain: find lots of information on tourism and cultural topics related to Spain.
Si Spain: Additional WWW Sites About Spain: more sites and excellent topics about Spain and her people, including music and Flamenco, from the Spanish Embassy.
Recursos e informacion sobre España: backround information on Spain in Spanish.

Alojamiento Restauracion: a central site in Spanish for links to hotels, restaurants, residences and apartments in Spain. Assign each student to find a hotel then pull up online restaurants for an online menu.

Travelling in Spain: information on passports, currency, customs and other backround information in English.
Phonebooks Around the World: Pull up phonebooks from countries from around the globe.

Centro Virtual Cervantes visit this excellent site from Spain for investigations in Spanish on many topics relating to the Spanish speaking world. There are links to the entire Spanish-language world, including dictionaries, online texts and literature; search engines in Spanish; sites dealing with politics and government of many countries and media. For information on individual Spanish-speaking countries, scroll down to Recursos de Internet; click on buscadores, indices y directiones then on area of your choice including Hispanoamerica, Spain, and Spanish-speaking countries from around the world.

Rent-A-Holiday: pick a Foreign Language including French, Spanish, Italian and German for information on housing and tourism all over the world. Visit their site on ski rentals too.

Coleman's Hispanic Studies: click here for geography, history, government and politics of Spain, Cuba and Mexico.
Aviation Information: information in Spanish on airlines and on flying lessons in Spain.
Tourist Guide to Spain: guide to hotels and tourism throughout Spain.
Madrid Zoo: take a tour of the Madrid zoo.
Subway Point to Point Information: select point of departure and destination stops for stations in between.
Expedition: Spain to Argentina: all about a Spanish-Argentinian cultural exchange in Spanish.
Bullfighting: learn in Spanish about festivals and fights in Spain.
Spain Uncovered: clck to learn in Spanish about sports, bullfighting in Spain and in Europe and to read government bulletins from Spain.
Coleman's Websites for Hispanists: Culture: search here to learn of celebrations, foods and recipes, sports and art sites for Spain and many Spanish speaking countries.

Trip to Mexico

Coleman's Hispanic Studies: click for geography, history, government and politics of Spain, Cuba and Mexico.
Coleman's Websites for Hispanists: Culture: search to learn of celebrations, foods and recipes, sports and art sites for Spain and many Spanish speaking countries.
Web Turistico de Mexico: click on map for information on 5 regions of Mexico.
Mexico: click for the University of Guadalajara guide in Spanish to Mexico's geography, history, sports, tourism, arts and culture (including cooking).
Mexico: search for information in Spanish on Mexico.
Mexico: click for websites and information in English about Mexico.
Mexico Home Page click for information on Mexico.

Trip To Andorra

Andorra: click to find out about Andorra in Spanish, English and Catalan.
Andorra: more information in English about tiny Andorra.

Trip to Other Spanish Speaking Countries

Coleman's Hispanic Studies: click for geography, history, government and politics of Spain, Cuba and Mexico.
Coleman's Websites for Hispanists: Culture: search to learn of celebrations, foods and recipes, sports and art sites for Spain and many Spanish speaking countries.
U Texas-Lanic Home Pages: click on country for information on history, tourism and culture.
City Net Guides to South America: click on country of choice for much information.
Yahoo search By Region: select country and specify topic (geography; culture; history; cooking; arts; literature) of choice.
Chavez Page: Spanish Links: search here for lots of resources for Spanish studies.


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