Schools in the U.S.A. have a lot of Senior Year traditions, like prom, senior portraits and senior class trips, but other countries have different ways to celebrate graduation and coming of age.

Once a year, museums all over Berlin invite visitors in after hours. Read all about my experience with this tradition, called the Long Night of Museums, Lange Nacht der Museen in German.

What lies in wait in the little town of Giverny? What was it in nature that inspired the painter, Claude Monet? Check out this Field Note about the art tradition of Impressionism.

Do you have a hobby? In Finland, different handcrafts, like sewing or knitting, are very popular. Come check out this cool tradition!

The Jewish tradition of a day of rest, known as the Sabbath or Shabbat in Hebrew, begins at sundown on Friday and ends after sunset on Saturday. It is often celebrated with a large dinner.

I took a day trip to the mountains and found absolutely no mushrooms, but in many ways, the trip was a great success. There were lots of laughs, new friends, and I learned about a Spanish tradition!

In this post, I discuss my experience attending an important and well-known British ceremony, the changing of the Windsor Castle Guard in London.