Learn Your Animals in Croatian!

Slon  :  Elephant
Zmija  :  Snake

Cačak  :  Cat
Pas  :  Dog
Lav  :  Lion
Majmun  :  Monkey
Ovca  :  Sheep
Konj  :  Horse
Leptir  :  Butterfly
Sova : Owl
Sma :  Deer
Kurjak : Wolf
Jelen : Stag

Know them all? Play this fun game here!
Have you checked out our Sma, Kurjak, Sova, and Jelen clothes this season? :

Happy St. Stephen’s Day!

Today is a Hungarian national holiday, celebrating St. Stephen I, Hungary’s patron saint and First King (between 1000 and 1038 AD). Through his powerful role as King he helped to establish the Kingdom of Hungary, so August 20th, while commemorating his life, also celebrates the birth of Hungary. During the Soviet occupation of Hungary St. [...]

Land of Falling Lakes

I’ve wanted to visit Croatia ever since I saw the PBS special Land of Falling Lakes about Plitvice Lakes National Park.  I could barely believe such a majestic landscape actually existed.   Sixteen bright turquoise lakes are nestled in woodland-covered mountains, and are connected by waterfalls, caverns and bubbling streams.  Plitvice Lakes was named a [...]

Random Acts of Inspiration: World Map

Check out this beautiful World Map by Famille Summerbelle.

Video of owner Julie making the map:

Favorite Childhood Travel Stories from our Facebook Fans

Happy Wednesday!
Every week as part of Tote Tuesday, we ask a different question on Facebook. You can win our Little Citizens tote.
Just wanted to share some of our Fans’ Childhood travel stories and one of my own.
From Sarah (this week’s winner): Driving to Canada to see Niagra Falls and getting watermelon flavored French gum [...]

Count to Ten in Hungarian!

1   Egy
2   Kettö (két before a noun)
3   Három
4   Négy
5   Öt
6   Hat
7   Hét
8   Nyolc
9   Kilenc
10   Tíz
Want to double-check your memorization? Take this little quiz here!
Interested in the phonetics of the Hungarian alphabet? Check out this handy chart here.

The Photographs of Tošo Dabac

Tošo Dabac was a Croatian photographer, whose work largely focused on the streets of Zagreb between 1920 and his death in 1970. A contemporary of other famous European photographers of the time such as Robert Doisneau and Henri Cartier-Bresson, his photographs have been exhibited widely throughout the world.

Dabac’s work portrays the moments of daily life [...]

From the Public Bikes Blog – Dad, Let’s Hit the Road.

At Tea, we really believe in going there and bringing your kids. On the Public Bikes blog, there’s an interesting discussion and observation about biking with your kids and how easy and popular it is to do in Copenhagen and Amsterdam.
PUBLIC wants to “Rethink The Way We Get Around” and we think that’s pretty cool.
We’d [...]

Ernő and the Rubik’s Cube

Did you know that the Rubik’s cube was invented by a Hungarian? Erno Rubik, an architecture professor and sculptor, invented the game in 1974. Believed to be one of the bestselling games in the world, the Rubik’s cube has sold more than 350 million puzzles. If you think the Rubik’s cube is just for kids, [...]

Kolacky Recipe

One of my favorite ways to explore a new country is through taste. Whenever I travel I try my best to eat locally, from street vendors, small restaurants, or whenever possible, local people’s kitchens. I’ve eaten fresh feta salads in Greece, baked fish in Morocco, foufou in the Congo, and tamales here in San Francisco. [...]