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Enjoy the Night Life of Paris

Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 11:45 pm

Have you always wanted to have a taste of what Paris’ night life is like? In the following section, we will delve a bit deeper into how you can enjoy one of the most dazzling aspects of living in or touring Paris – its nightlife. But first, here are a few quick facts for the first time travellers to the city. The coldest month in Paris is January, when even the locals get out of the city to ward off the cold. If you don’t mind the weather, then you can definitely sill enjoy plenty of activities in Paris during…

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Sailing Vacations In the Wake of Odysseus

Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at 10:27 am

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Odysseus’ journey is surely one of the most fabulous in literature, and you can plan a fun trip with a yacht rental visiting some of the places in the Mediterranean which are thought to have inspired Homer in his account of Odysseus’ travels. Along the way he encounters the horrible one-eyed Cyclops, has a seven-year affair with the enchanting Calypso, meets his dead mother in the underworld, and rescues his men from the heady and addictive lotus flowers, among other adventures. Meanwhile, his wife Penelope is peeling off leech-like suitors and managing her role as single mother as best she…

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Magical Madrid – The Highlights of Spain’s Capital City

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011 at 3:06 am

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Stylish and sophisticated, sensuous and hedonistic, cultural and cosmopolitan; Spain’s capital city achieves all of these characteristics with laid-back ease. The third largest city in Europe and often considered the most Spanish of Spanish cities, Madrid dances to a twenty-four hour rhythm and the pulse is irresistibly infectious. If Madrid can be considered to have a beating heart from which all city life radiates, then this must be the Puerta del Sol: the ‘Gate of the Sun’. The centre point of this sweeping crescent-shaped plaza is ‘Kilometre Zero’ – the point from which each of Madrid’s six national roads officially…

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Hidden Holiday Locations, UK

Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at 1:02 am

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The United Kingdom is a collection of Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Many foreign visitors to the country go straight to London and will know all about Buckingham Palace, Nelson`s Column and the like, but there are plenty of other great places to go and see the Best of British. Heading to the coast will take you to a variety of lovely seaside resorts most of which are very traditional and have some interesting Victorian architecture and history too. Quite literally, the best of these is Lymington, originally a Georgian Market Town it was recently voted the best in…

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Chianti Wine Road: Tuscan Villas, Towns and Landscapes

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 at 4:25 am

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The Chianti region in Tuscany, Italy was already world-famous during the past centuries. British and German Romantic writers, Goethe among many others, discovered here a piece of natural beauty. Gently guided by the hard working hands of countrymen who reclaimed many hectares of woods to create a patchwork of combed cultivated fields, the natural landscape has ever since been the main asset of Tuscany. And the terroir of Chianti, with its distinctive asperities, is among the most suggestive of all Tuscan views. However, the word Chianti unavoidably evokes the homonym wine produced on this land. The very first wine to…

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Caesars Palace Hotel Las Vegas – Roman Tower Room Review

Friday, April 8th, 2011 at 5:41 am

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For our last few days in Vegas we decided to stay at Caesars Palace. We had stayed here before on a previous visit but at that time we were given an upgraded room in the Forum Tower. This time, we were offered an upgrade for $50.00 but we declined and so we had a standard room in the Roman Tower. Check-in On check-in the guy checking us in tried to get us to upgrade to a better room for an extra $50 a night but since we had the upgraded room before and as we weren’t really all that impressed we declined…

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A Day Tour into the Bavarian Alpine Region of Germany – A Personal Account

Thursday, May 27th, 2010 at 11:49 am

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Starting on a cold November morning, somewhere in the range of zero degrees Celsius, I headed to the meeting point across the road from the Munich Train Station, crunching the ice on the footpath and trying my hardest not to slip up. Finally boarding the bus to get out of the cold, I got to meet fellow travellers for our sojourn into the Bavarian Alpine Region mainly to see the castles of King Ludwig II. The guide we had was very informative pointing out various points of interest within Munich and nearby surrounds before we headed in a southerly direction…

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What You Will See At The Colosseum In Rome

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at 8:44 am

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Did you know that the iconic Colosseum (sometimes spelled Coliseum) in Rome is now officially one of the ‘new’ Seven Wonders of the World’? The campaign for ‘new’ wonders was the brainchild of a Swiss businessman called Bernard Weber. He wanted people to vote for the wonders…“So everybody can decide what the new seven wonders should be and not some government, not some individuals, not some institutions.” The Seven are not ranked and they were voted for by over 100 million people! Here’s why the Colosseum is so popular. It’s an elliptical (almost oval) shaped Amphitheater which was built sometime…

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Experience the Beauty of Crete the Island of the Minotaur – All about Crete

Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 12:16 pm

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Crete is a hugely popular island for holidaymakers. Over 20% of all flights in Greece go there every year – and with good reason! Crete has something for everyone and if you get away from the main towns, there are still traditional areas to delight in. You can choose from large hotels with all the ameneties that you would expect, stay in family run apartments or even camp. You can travel there by flying to Heraklion or Chania or by ferry to Heraklion, Chania, Rethimno or Agios Nikolaos. Let’s take a look at why Crete is so popular. Quick Facts…

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