All cultures have a major festival time where families and friends gather and many can lay aside the tools of their work for a short period and spend time on family and friendships. Christmas, Chinese New year, Holi, Hanukah, Ramadan … Read more
Pictures just received from one of our groups in Italy. Venetian masks are a well known icon which have a rich history going back 100’s of years. We arrange special classes with master mask maker Mario Belloni. Great timing as these … Read more
Passport Travel has been operating adult special interest niche tours for many years. We also organise tours for groups of teachers and friends or family. Here is an example of a current small group adult tour. The theme could also … Read more
Passport Travel and educationtravelcom.au started their association with language tours in the final days of the Soviet regime. We organised groups of Russian language students from Australia and New Zealand (adults and … Read more
In days gone by French was the dominant foreign language taught in Australian schools. After all it was the official ‘diplomatic language’ and thus on all our passports.
As time progressed and immigration increased we saw Italian emerge. German came back as people became more detached from WW2 and re-embraced the heritage resulting from large 19th century influxes of Germans to South Australia. Likewise as Japan increased its importance as a trading partner Japanese became a leader in popularity, helped along by introducing Japanese as an option at primary schools. … Read more
Something for your next trivia night
With towering twin peaks, one 5642 metres and the other 5621 metres, Russia’s Mt Elbrus is the HIGHEST MOUNTAIN in Europe. … Read more
One of the great thrills, and souvenirs of one’s travel, is not only the experience of different foods, sights and smells, but sounds. I try to collect a sample of local music from the places I visit and have collected tapes/CD’s, from Nepali flute … Read more