Elizabeth Quans father had made a success in the New World, but he longed for his home in China. So in the early 1920s, he and his family set out on an arduous trip to the far side of the world. By train, ship, ferry, cart, and on foot, Elizabeth, her parents, and her brothers and sisters set off from Toronto to a village in China to visit the grandmother they have never met. From the mountain of luggage to the whales breaching in the Pacific and geishas on wooden sandals on the cobbled streets of Yokohama, Elizabeth Quan describes sights that would captivate any child. But hers is also a journey of personal discovery. Did she fit in in Canada, where her straight dark hair and even the foods she ate set her apart? Would she fit in in China where she was just as different to the people she met? In the course of her familys travels she learns that home is a state of mind and that the moon can find us, no matter where we are. The rhythms of travel and the longing for connection are conveyed in lyrical text and lovely watercolors in a truly memorable book. From the Hardcover edition.

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The gentleman from San Francisco-nobody either in Capri or Naples ever remembered his name-was setting out with his wife and daughter for the Old World, to spend there two years of pleasure. He was fully convinced of his right to rest, to enjoy long and comfortable travels, and so forth. Because, in the first place he was rich, and in the second place, notwithstanding his fifty-eight years, he was just starting to live. Up to the present he had not lived, but only existed; quite well, it is true, yet with all his hopes on the future. He had worked incessantly-and the Chinamen whom he employed by the thousand in his factories knew what that meant. Now at last he realized that a great deal had been accomplished, and that he had almost reached the level of those whom he had taken as his ideals, so he made up his mind to pause for a breathing space. Men of his class usually began their enjoyments with a trip to Europe, India, Egypt. He decided to do the same. He wished naturally to reward himself in the first place for all his years of toil, but he was quite glad that his wife and daughter should also share in his pleasures. True, his wife was not distinguished by any marked susceptibilities, but then elderly American women are all passionate travellers. As for his daughter, a girl no longer young and somewhat delicate, travel was really necessary for her: apart from the question of health, do not happy meetings often take place in the course of travel? One may find one's self sitting next to a multimillionaire at table, or examining frescoes side by side with him.

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It is not a good year for Elizabeth Lowrie. Everything she is committed to is being undone: her work, the day-to-day responsibilities of family and a commitment made to the ex. In the process of considering whether or not to retire, Elizabeth's world begins to fall apart when Liz Gilbert publishes Committed, the sequel to her best seller Eat, Pray, Love. In Committed, Liz and her new beau (Felipe) are described as survivors of 'very, very bad divorces'. This is a huge shock to Elizabeth Lowrie, 'Felipe's' ex-wife: she had always believed their split had been gracious. In order to try and make sense of the chaos around her, Elizabeth embarks on the trip of a life time - to move 'the energy' to a better place and to make decisions about her future. She explores what a professional woman considers when retiring. This is the story of Elizabeth's journey of healing from her initial feelings of grief and betrayal to finding inner peace and compassion. It is an 18 month memoir of personal, emotional and spiritual growth as Elizabeth white water rafts down the Grand Canyon, meditates for six weeks in Brazil, and travels across Canada by train. This story is Elizabeth's truth.

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There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical and architectural landmarks and provides pictures to help out when those pesky street addresses are missing. Every tour also includes a quick primer on identifying architectural styles seen on American streets. In 1857 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts began to fill in the tidal flats west of the city center. The fill began at the Public Garden and spread westward, eventually taking 25 years to complete the project. From the beginning, Back Bay was designed to be a residential community; over the next 60 years more than 1,500 houses and apartments were built here. Back Bay represented one of the country's first concerted efforts to create a homogeneous urban environment on a grand scale. The wide streets and large building lots attracted wealthy Bostonians from Beacon Hill from the beginning. America's top architects from the Gilded Age are represented throughout the neighborhod. World War I and the Depression led to the dissolution of many of these magnificent single-family mansions and the infiltration of retail establishments. This walking tour of the Back Bay will begin in Copley Square, home to several of America's most significant buildings.

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Synopsis - About TurnThe educated, well-travelled John Xavier travels from his continental base to set up a European business centre in Dublin for his employers in the late 1990s. He brings over 100s of young foreign workers with a vision to create the best working conditions possible. Sorcha Cassidy is a new hire to the HR department, having left her low-paid charity job in town, attracted by the possibilities. She joins careerists looking for a bright future and moves out to the developing suburbs. Sorcha starts to become distanced from the life she knew before as she becomes immersed in the new culture. Courtney, an American with connections to the company, has arrived to set up home with her Irish husband and they rent an apartment in the area. Sorcha's neighbours are a Polish and French couple hoping to have a family life in the new country. There are also countless Europeans and Irish locals taking their chance on a bright future. The initial start up bonhomie is short-lived as the parent company announces financial trouble and major cutbacks. The management team slowly fractures and Sorcha's already busy schedule is increased. The combination of work and lack of a personal life hits her hard. Her family history and a concern about making her life work obliges her to do an 'about turn' and reconsider her situation. Religion does not provide any answers and she finds herself attracted to the burgeoning anti-capitalist movement. A trip to the US shows large divisions between rich and poor. She realises that she has little choice but to stay within the system for the time being while consciously working on a plan of her own to create her own ideal existence.

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Five women, four forty years old, and one matron of sixty-one take a holiday to France anxious to escape their robotic lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Wendy, the travel agent, Penny, owner of a needlework shop, Sarah, accomplished artist, Vernie, executive director of the Portland Symphony, and Rose, who is a recent widow all wind their way through Provence with adventures conflicts, and a generous portion of food and wine. Each evening they gather around the large plane tree at their renter farmhouse to vent and give advice to each other. Conflicts emerge when Sarah has an affair, the rest of the group blasts her behavior, and Wendy's constant critical comments to Rose almost tear the group apart. By the end of the trip, each return home recharged to explore hidden dreams and change their lives.

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Cannes is probably the most urban of all the Riviera resorts. When not lounging on terraces overlooking the water (the quintessential Cannes accommodation is a rented apartment with a sea or pool view), experienced visitors spend a lot of time "en promenade." Before lunch on La Croisette is the traditional time and place to stroll, window shop, see and be seen. For aficionados of "old towns," the area known as Le Suquet around Cannes' oldest harbor is where what little remains of the city's pre-19th century history can be found. A medieval castle atop the old city, the views over La Croisette, the Bay of Cannes and the Iles de Lerins make it clear why the first defensive structures of ancient Canois were built here. The castle now standing was built at the end of the 11th century. The keep, the Romanesque Chapel of Sainte Anne, and the cisterns date from the original structure. I discovered that I loved Antibes on my first trip to the South of France. Maybe that is why it has remained my favorite town on the Riviera ever since. In the ruelles of the Vielle Ville, every house seemed bursting with flowers. Geraniums, oleanders, bougainvilla, grape vines, palms and yucca plants framed windows, tumbled out of pots and covered golden stone walls. Rounding a bend we would be surprised by a sudden view of one of the ports, of the ramparts and fort. Or a market table loaded with oranges and lemons, their fragrance saturating the air. Or a shady square. Or the tiny shop where I bought needles in paper packets, embroidery silk, brightly printed Provencal fabrics and armloads of fresh flowers. Some afternoons we chilled, drinking menthe et l'eau or Ricard along the front at Juan les Pins, watching women in high heels and gold bikinis shop the designer stores while my friend hummed Music to Watch Girls By. At nights, we watched fireworks, set to music, over the harbor, listened to fabulous jazz in Juan les Pins or tried our luck at the casino. Americ.

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The Good The Bad & The Truth" are six sets of true stories, creating some 120,315 words of none-stop laughs. All set in some seriously rough periods in and around the developing remote Kimberley, and the new West Australian town of Kununurra."The Royal picnic" tells in painful detail my experience as the captain of a private chartered boat trip, travelling up the Ord River to entertain the visiting Crown Prince of Thailand. This boat trip quickly became a bureaucratic nightmare. Then with a little help, and much luck, I managed to save the accident-prone Prince three times in as many hours from serious injury."The diamond fever epidemic" is a true and accurate description of the twisted and deceptive race to find what would eventually become AK1, the world's largest producing diamond mine."Do you agree I was here first?" This is a moving true story of how my business partner and I were involved with the original Argyle mining claim and registration of this huge diamond mine, and the unusual dramatic build-up to its discovery."The curse of Gold" is a very spooky story. Four gold prospectors, working together find a perfect 27oz gold nugget. Within a month, all four faced with death in differing circumstances, places, and time… The first frightening tragedy only hours from the gold find, with the loss of an arm."Tale of two wives" will have you laughing nonstop… What some men do when they run away from their wife and the city family home. Then head for the bush a new life… and wife… only to die rather expectantly."Strange facts" uncovered. Not many know the Kimberley area in Western Australia on the Ord River was named after Lord Kimberley, the British Secretary of State for the colonies. Six years prior, this same bloke had named the Kimberley area on the Orange River in South Africa, both areas known for their huge diamond mines. The SA diamond mines discovered in 1873, and the WA AK1 mine discovered in 1979, yes exactly 100 years apart, both rivers initialled O.R.

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Not even time itself could keep them apart"Malcolm "Colm" MacRobert is ordered by his chief to travel through time and return with a woman. Not just any woman, the daughter of Laird and Lady Grant. There's one problem, though. Everyone knows the Grants never had a daughter. Who is he bringing back? And why is she so important that his laird using the village witch to send Colm over 200 years into the future When Piper Grant agreed to take her friend's place on a trip to Scotland, she didn't know it was a singles tour. Desperately trying to avoid her fellow tourists, she wanders around the Highland Games being held at Blair Castle, however she can't shake the feeling that someone's watching her. After one glance, Colm knows Piper is meant for him. The hard part is convincing her that he's not crazy, and that he really needs her. Colm takes Piper with him back to 1793 Scotland hoping that she'll eventually forgive him. With a witch aligning their fates as if pieces on a chessboard, Colm and Piper have more than their own relationship to worry about. Can Colm win Piper's heart, save his clan, and come out unscathed?

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This is a book that Christians will enjoy reading because it is both entertaining and educational as well. Obviously it takes place around the time the Roman Empire encompassed pretty much all of Europe and a large section of Africa as well. It was during this time that a man walked the earth that came not to free Israel from their Roman captors but to free the whole world. It takes place after Jesus walked the earth but it draws upon events that took place during his time of ministry to the Israelites and the Gentiles to a lesser degree. The main characters are a Roman soldier, a Centurion in fact, who embarks upon a trip to travel some of the very paths that Jesus Christ traveled. An unlikely traveling companion from Greece is a fellow seeker of the truth behind some of the miracles that Jesus Christ did while he was in the world. Chapter after chapter takes you from one city to another where you will encounter many people you have studied about in the Word of God. And you'll also meet up with some people who aren't in any version of the Bible. An advance warning to some who are quite literal in their interpretation of the Word of God. This is a simple novel, not a treatise on Jesus' ministry. This is, by no means, an attempt to rewrite the Bible on my part. If you approach this book keeping in mind that it is a novel and not a study guide then you will enjoy it. The reason this matter was even brought up is that some people tend to tear a novel, story, or movie apart by submitting it to a strictly literal interpretation of the Bible. While there is plenty of biblical truth to this story there is also a fair amount of materials that cannot be found in a Bible. Many of the miracles and events presented in this book are a puzzle to many people who have studied them and who continue to study them seeking the full depth of their real meanings. A light-hearted approach to the miracles and events was used but rest assured that it is not an affront to the Savior or those

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One of Brazil's greatest legacies is the heritage and natural beauty of the Northeast Region. Once little more than forgotten hinterlands, the Northeast today has a number of prosperous cities and amazing cultural diversity. Apart from the tropical warmth and the customary cordiality of the local population, it is difficult to generalize about the region. There are infinite variations on the cuisine, but it revolves around basic themes such as shellfish along the coast, rustic inland dishes, such as sun-dried beef (carne de sol), and manioc served everywhere in its various forms. The coastline offers mangrove and coconut groves, the beaches with different textures of sand, different water colors, some with dunes, some with coral reefs, some with transparent deltas and sand bars, some crowded, some deserted. This book focuses on the Lower Northeast and Salvador. This region includes grand old Bahia state, with its famous and sophisticated capital of Salvador, the site of much South American history, and a coastline dotted with spectacular beaches and inland destinations. Salvador is one of Brazil's top destinations for beaches and cultural life. The rich Colonial past dotted Salvador with churches and fortresses, giving this colorful city a romantic backdrop. The tropical climate, easy-going style of the baianos and baianas, and sultry nightlife make Salvador immortal in the Brazilian imagination. Colonial history began when Portuguese explorer Tome de Souza built up Salvador da Bahia in 1549 as the Governor-General of the Brazilian colonies shortly after the arrival of Europeans. Salvador claims to have the only truly medieval castle in Brazil from this period. Most people want to enjoy the beaches, and if this is your goal you might consider one of the excellent resorts or side-trips to the Coconut Coast, a day-trip to Itaparica Island or even catch a ferry or single-engine air-taxi to whisk you to the Dende Coast for a two- or three-day side-trip. Scuba diving.

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Short Story Press Presents Accidental Expectations by Jessie QuLove can happen, at any place, any time, with any given person. Many people dream of having a rendezvous with a foreigner in a foreign country and have the romance of a lifetime. And that's exactly what Sophie got when she traveled to Firenze for a short vacation while work-studying abroad. In the outskirts of Tuscany, a fuse sparked, leaving behind the entrails of an undesirable fire, slowly burning away the remains of those left behind. The love between Sophie and Alessandro seemed shallow and childish at best. From their initial confrontations to their constant arguments and differences, the gap between their relationships continued to push them further apart. Left with nothing more than a surreal dream with lingering desires, what will Sophie and Alessandro do when the reality of life finally takes over the world of fancy and dreams? Are the trips to Trieste, Paris, and Slovenia merely a desire for sexual deviance or a sign of true love? With an engagement ring and a lifetime promise, can Sophie really risk having something more than just a measly fling with Alessandro? As each encounter became more complicated, the initial accident turned into constant expectations with no ends.

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Short Story Press Presents Church Street by Tara Mitchell"Church Street" tells the story of a young woman named Mattie, who, after suffering a break-up of a long term relationship felt she would never find love. In the absence of a relationship, Mattie needed time to think and reassess her life. Who was she apart from Dillon, her boyfriend of three years Mattie invites her friend Rebecca to travel to Florida with her for two weeks of fun in the sun. A trip that had been planned as an anniversary getaway for Mattie and Dillon. In the midst of a street party, Mattie encounters a mysterious, handsome sailor with eyes only for her. She agrees to be his date for one evening. That one evening turns into two days. Mattie was so taken with the man that she finds herself invested in a whirlwind romance that seems doomed to end as rapidly as it began. Mattie decides to throw caution to the wind and make the most of a two day romance. The timing and circumstances to their meeting gave them precious little time together. However, the short time they would have with each other would change the course of both their lives.

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There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. Whether you are preparing for a road trip or just out to look at your own town in a new way, a downloadable walking tour from walkthetown.com is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical and architectural landmarks and provides pictures to help out when those pesky street addresses are missing. Every tour also includes a quick primer on identifying architectural styles seen on American streets. Geographically, downtown Washington is broadly considered to be anything north of Constitution Avenue - this tour takes in the part of downtown between Pennsylvania Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue between the Capitol and the White House. It is a land of office buildings and hotels, Chinatown and the Verizon Center, home of Washington's professional indoor sports teams. Unlike other large cities in America, Washington's downtown has a low skyline. In 1899, Congress passed the Heights of Buildings Act in response to the 14-story Cairo apartment tower, which at the time was reviled as a monstrosity overshadowing its Dupont Circle neighborhood. (It is now admired as one of Washington's most beautiful residential buildings.) The original law limited buildings to the height of the Capitol, but was amended in 1910 to the width of the adjacent street plus 20 feet, so a building facing a 90-foot-wide street could be only 110 feet tall. The basic intent was the same: No skyscrapers. The result is a boxy appearance to the streetscape - as you walk around you can see older buildings that had extra floors built on their roofs to maximize the space allotted to them by law. The tallest commercial building in Washington DC is at One Franklin Square, only 210 feet high. This walking tour will start at its northernmost point, in Mount Vernon Square.

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Emily Phillips had everything figured out - or at least that's what she thought when she moved to the scenic town of Gold Creek. But, her short stay to save money for a trip to Paris became a permanent venture when she unexpectedly inherited the local pottery painting studio. In less than two years she's transformed the shop into a soaring success, becoming the local hotspot for the kids birthday party circuit. Unfortunately, her personal life was a different story. After breaking up with her two-timing boyfriend, and getting an offer to buy her shop, she questions her future in Gold Creek. And, when a customer leaves behind a magazine, she can't resist taking the quiz she finds inside. Her abysmal score convinces her that it's the perfect time to dust off her original plan and book a ticket to the City of Love. Ben Nichols, an outdoor adventure guide, hasn't taken his eyes off Emily since the day she started work at the pottery shop next to his apartment. But a disastrous first date plunged him to the depths of the friend zone two years ago. With her plan to move to Paris in high gear, he's got to work fast if hopes to have a second chance at love before it's too late. Author's Note: Sweet Somethings is a standalone sweet romance story (10,000 words) that introduces the upcoming Gold Creek Series. Tucked away in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the town is known for its scenic beauty, sprawling cattle ranches, and rich past, located at the heart of the historic California Gold Rush. In Gold Creek you'll find a contemporary small town steeped in old west charm, where you're as likely to meet a cowboy tending his cattle ranch, as you are a shop owner catering to the locals and tourists that visit the quaint downtown. It's a town brimming with romance and filled with friendly people ready to offer a helping hand. But like any small town, gossip travels at lightning speed, and secrets are hard to keep. Enjoy your visit to Gold Creek. Coming in August 2015!Flirtin

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Melting pot metropolis Glamorous in the Roaring Twenties, destroyed during World War II and divided afterwards, rebuilt in the 1950s, and now reunited, Berlin is a city of vibrant contrasts where diverse cultures form a multihued urban fabric. Derelict former Communist neighborhoods have been reincarnated as haunts for artists and designers while elsewhere the city's old traditions are also still very much alive. Places Angelika Taschen recommends you stay while visiting Berlin include everything from classic hotels like Regent Schlosshotel, bed and breakfast-style pensions such as N rnberger Eck and Askanischer Hof in Charlottenburg, or the serviced apartments Lux 11 in Berlin-Mitte. And of course none of the hotel books would be complete without a copious helping of hotspots to visit and places at which to eat and drink during your stay. Favorite recommendations for Berlin: include Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's New National Gallery, the Helmut Newton Foundation, a curry wurst stand in Prenzlauerberg where Berlin's signature dish was invented and a ballroom nearly a century old. About the series: Angelika Taschen's Hotel series books are much more than simple hotel guides. They are meant to be taken along on your trip, as they not only feature the best and most interesting places to stay? from low budget to luxury? but also list hot spots for each hotel's neighborhood. Once you re installed in the hotel of your choice, you can peruse our suggestions for restaurants, bars, boutiques, specialty shops, and more.

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This is an e-guide to a 10 days trip in the land of the Etruscan, from Florence to Rome through Fiesole, Arezzo, Orvieto, Viterbo, Veii and Citta di Castello. It is ideal for use on your smart phone, it contains active links to the web sites of many Tripadvisor reviews for the best recommended restaurants that are at the location described. There are active links to the Tripadvisor review pages, you can use them if you have an active Internet connection, but, if you don't, you have the basic information ready: the name, address and telephone number are included in the guide. There is the possibility of making reservations for places where to stay: Hotels, Apartments, Farm Houses, Bed & Breakfasts, Condo Hotels and Country Houses. And of course there are extensive descriptions and photos of the attractions.

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The principal apartments in all Japanese houses are at the back, looking out on these miniature landscapes. A lake, a rockwork, a bridge, a stone lantern, and a deformed pine, are indispensable; but whenever means and circumstances admit of it, quaintnesses of all kinds are introduced. Small pavilions, retreats for tea-making, reading, sleeping in quiet and coolness, fishing under cover, and drinking saké.¬ -from "Letter XVI"Taking the form of letters to a beloved sister, this chronicle of an 1878 trip to Japan is a classic Victorian travel journal. Isabella Bird was a woman who, she readily admits herself, was ill-suited to the middle-class British life she was brought up in and much more at home in the "savage wilds." Intrigued by the "real" Japan, the outlying areas that were then yet untouched by galloping Westernization, she spent time in the remote villages of the Ainu, the ancient peoples of Japan, and touring much of the backcountry of that exotic land. Charming and insightful, this lovely book will please readers of travel adventure. British writer ISABELLA LUCY BIRD (1831-1904) traveled extensively around the globe. She is also the author of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879), Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan (1891), and Among the Tibetans (1894).~ ~ ~

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Author Ken McAlpine stands in his front yard one night in Ventura, California, trying to see the stars. His view is diminished by light pollution, making it hard to see much of anything in the sky. Our fast-paced, technologically advanced society, he concludes, is not conducive to stargazing or soul-searching. Taking a page from Thoreau's Walden, he decides to get away from the clamor of everyday life, journeying alone through California's Channel Islands National Park. There, he imagines, he might be able to "breathe slowly and think clearly, to examine how we live and what we live for."In between his week-long solo trips through these pristine islands, McAlpine reaches out to try to better understand his fellow man: he eats lunch with the homeless in Beverly Hills, sits in the desert with a 98-year-old Benedictine monk, and befriends a sidewalk celebrity impersonator in Hollywood. What he discovers about himself and the world we live in will inspire anyone who wishes they had the time to slow down and notice the wonders of nature and humanity. To learn more about the author, visit his website at www. kenmcalpine.com.

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Dieser eBook-Reisebuch vermittelt Ihnen einen ersten Überblick für Ihren London-Besuch. Tauchen Sie ein in diese faszinierende Weltstadt, informieren Sie sich über die wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten und holen Sie sich Tipps für die Übernachtung und Hotelbuchung! Eine Übersicht der online am besten bewerteten Hotels zeigt Ihnen, wo Sie für Ihr Geld das beste Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis erhalten. Bitte beachten Sie, dass es sich bei diesem Ebook nicht um einen klassischen Reiseführer handelt. Ausführliches Kartenmaterial steht nicht zur Verfügung. Das Ebook eignet sich besonders für die Online-Reiseplanung. Inhalt A Trip to London Die 10 wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten 1. British Museum 2. National Gallery 3. Natural History Museum 4. Tate Modern 5. Science Museum 6. Victoria and Albert Museum V & A 7. Tower of London 8. Somerset House Trust 9. St. Pauls Cathedral 10. Westminster Abbey Weitere lohnende Ziele Zu Ostern in London FamilienspaB im Sommer Halloween in London London leuchtet für Silvester London anders: die Docklands Am Abend Shoppen Essen & Trinken Gut zu wissen ÜBERNACHTEN DIE 10 BESTEN HOTELTIPPS Go Native Monument Manor House London Canaletto Apartment The Ampersand Hotel The Nadler Soho The Nadler Kensington The Alma Hotel Hotel Indigo London Kensington - Earl's Court Town Hall Hotel & Apartments Arosfa Hotel

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American lawyer and man of letters describes two trips through the U.S. taken twenty years apart, observing New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions, mostly, later traveling into the South and Midwest.

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The principal apartments in all Japanese houses are at the back, looking out on these miniature landscapes. A lake, a rockwork, a bridge, a stone lantern, and a deformed pine, are indispensable; but whenever means and circumstances admit of it, quaintnesses of all kinds are introduced. Small pavilions, retreats for tea-making, reading, sleeping in quiet and coolness, fishing under cover, and drinking saké.¬ -from "Letter XVI"Taking the form of letters to a beloved sister, this chronicle of an 1878 trip to Japan is a classic Victorian travel journal. Isabella Bird was a woman who, she readily admits herself, was ill-suited to the middle-class British life she was brought up in and much more at home in the "savage wilds." Intrigued by the "real" Japan, the outlying areas that were then yet untouched by galloping Westernization, she spent time in the remote villages of the Ainu, the ancient peoples of Japan, and touring much of the backcountry of that exotic land. Charming and insightful, this lovely book will please readers of travel adventure. British writer ISABELLA LUCY BIRD (1831-1904) traveled extensively around the globe. She is also the author of A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879), Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan (1891), and Among the Tibetans (1894).~ ~ ~

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Author: Gareth JonesThis fascinating collection of tales, some humorous, many exciting and all entertaining, have resulted from thirty two years of taking children on trips to places as far apart as Alaska, Peru and Borneo to experience things as diverse as watching the launch of a space shuttle to being breathed on by a hump backed whale. The European based stories take you to a range of intriguing destinations in the company of the children who made these journeys possible; Barcelona, Bucharest and Venice; Postojna, Opatija and Pisa amongst many others. An enjoyable read as well as an introduction to a range of destinations that any traveller, with or with out children, would be interested in adding to their list. About the AuthorGareth Jones has been teaching combinations of History, Drama and Archaeology in the South East of England for over thirty years. Very early on he realised the inestimable value of travelling for children and so he has led trips all over the world to places as far-flung as Borneo, Peru and Alaska, as well as to a range of British and European destinations. As a result he has spent the equivalent of two and a half school years on trips and expeditions and accumulated the exciting and or amusing tales contained in this book. He thinks that this entitles him to retire early….

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A hilarious guide to travelling, from the man behind The World of Karl Pilkington - one of our most innovative thinkers, visionaries and prophets, or as Ricky Gervais knows him, 'the funniest man alive in Britain today'. Pack your suitcase and take an irreverent trip with the unlikely star of The Ricky Gervais Podcast Show, Karl Pilkington, to the furthest corners of Europe. From sunbathing in t-shirts and lizards the length of Toblerones, to a toxic apartment in Ibiza with a used loo that can't be flushed - these witty musings could put you off travelling forever! Gain insight into the curious life of this comic genius from pithy anecdotes. Find out about his mum's obsession with keeping gnomes indoors and his experiences getting high on dope chocolate, to his childhood dentist who filled his perfect back teeth to give them 'extra protection'. Featuring Pilkington's original illustrations and imaginative scribblings. And now you can watch Karl taking in the seven wonders of the world on Sky1 in his new TV series An Idiot Abroad, with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, broadcasting from 23rd September 2010.

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This e-guide covers the Lake Como, and the towns of Como, Bellagio, Menaggio and Varenna, in addition to the one-day trips you can make from one of these towns to Piona, Villa Carlotta and Villa del Balbianello. There are extensive descriptions and photos of the attractions. This e-guide is ideal for use on your smart phone or your tablet, it contain active links to the web sites of train and navigation companies, so you can with a click from the guide check the latest schedule and even buy the tickets. It gives you access to the various places where you can stay: hotels, villas, apartments and hostels. It has also listing of many Tripadvisor reviews for the best recommended restaurants that are at walking distance from the boat pier or the train station. There are active links to the Tripadvisor review pages, you can use them if you have an active Internet connection, but, if you don't, you have the basic information ready: the name, address and telephone number are included in the guide.

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1890Original Publisher: Black Subjects: Riviera (France)Riviera (Italy)Travel / Europe / GeneralTravel / Europe / FranceTravel / Europe / Italy Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Man of the Iron Mask. 51 ILES DE LERINS. By steamboat. Time, 1 hr. The steamer makes two trips, so that passengers may laud by the first at Ste. Marguerite, and by the second be carried on to St. Honorat to visit the castle. The island of Ste. Marguerite, 4J m. in circumference and 1J m. from the mainland, is covered entirely with a pine forest, except at Point Croisette, on which stands the fort founded by Richelieu, containing the apartments in which Marshal Bazaine was confined (2d Dec. 1873, and from which he escaped in the following August), and the vaulted cell associated with the name of the Man of the Iron Mask. The present entrance did not exist at that time, and the only communication was by the now walled-up door which led into the house of the governor, M. de St. Mars. From behind the prison a road, bordered by the Eucalyphis globulus, goes right through the pine plantation to the other side of the island. The name of the Man of the Iron Mask was Hercules Anthony Matthioli, a Bolognese of ancient family, born on the 1st December 1640. On the 13th of January 1661 he married Camilla, daughter of Bernard Paleotti, by whom he had two sons, one of whom only had posterity, which has long since been extinct. Early in life Matthioli was public reader in the University of Bologna, which he soon quitted to enter the service of Charles III, duke of Mantua, by whom he was finally made Secretary of State. The successor of

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An ambitious young actress comes to Berlin to convince an American ex-pat filmmaker she must be his next muse. Hartley's conscientious assistant in Berlin receives weekly letters from her boss and sends him the books he needs as he struggles in Amsterdam to stage Dutch composer Louis Andriessen's opera, "la Commedia". A commercially realistic but artistically conflicted playwright lends his Berlin apartment to a young actress friend so she can rehearse her drama school audition while he goes off to save his doomed production in New York. Hartley and his wife, Miho Nikaido, travel to Japan to see her parents and reflect on 12 years of marriage, her career ambitions, and the adventures of growing older. An artist-criminal far from home asks his assistant to pirate a rare videotape before the German Post Office Authorities come to confiscate it.

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Because of his recourse to language, photography and systems of information, On Kawara is often described as a key figure in the history of Conceptual art. Yet his work stands apart in its devotion to painting and its existential reach. On Kawara - Silence is published in conjunction with a major exhibition of Kawara's post-1964 work at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Like the exhibition itself, the structure of the book was devised in close collaboration with the late artist. The exhibition catalogue contains essays on Kawara's work by leading scholars and critics in various fields, including art history, literary studies and cultural anthropology. It also includes substantial, authoritative descriptions of every category of his production-the first time such comprehensive information has appeared in print. Richly illustrated, On Kawara - Silence reproduces many examples of the Date Paintings (Today), calendars (One Hundred Years and One Million Years), postcards (I Got Up), telegrams (I Am Still Alive), news cuttings (I Read), maps (I Went) and lists (I Met) that comprised the artist's practice beginning in the mid-1960s. Among other groups of works, the book includes images of the 97 Date Paintings (accompanied by their newspaper-lined storage boxes) that Kawara produced during a three-month run of daily painting in 1970. The catalogue also contains reproductions of paintings and drawings produced in Paris and New York in the years that precede the works for which Kawara is best known, as well as rare images of materials related to his working process. The volume is published in four differently colored covers. Text by Jeffrey Weiss, Daniel Buren, Whitney Davis, Maria Gough, Ben Highmore, Tom McCarthy, Susan Stewart and Anne Wheeler. On Kawara was born in Japan in 1933. During the 1950s he was a prominent member of the postwar Tokyo avant-garde, producing figurative work in a late-Surrealist style. Kawara left Japan in 1959, traveling to Mexico City, Paris and New York, where he settled in 1964. By 1966 he had devoted his work solely to the schematic representation of time and place through calendars, maps, lists, postcards and telegrams. Kawara's primary body of work, which occupied him until his death in 2014, is the Today series, a sequence of paintings produced according to strict protocols of size, color and technique. An incessant traveler, the artist produced Date Paintings in 136 cities and various languages.

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The U.S. Armed Forces used to promote using the motto, "Join the Navy and See the World." Based on my personal experiences traveling through 20 countries since 2009, I'm changing this motto to "Join the Amazon FBA Program and See the World." If you dream of travel, you don't have to wait until retirement to cross exploring the world off of your bucket list. You just need to get in gear for running your own business, do your homework starting with reading this book, and take off.I was definitely one of those people who continually dreamed of global travel. Then I read 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferris in 2009 and realized I could be liberated. I did not need to rely on the traditional 9-to-5 job to make a living. Ferris was working 14-hour days at his own sports nutrition supplement company. Overwhelmed by the amount of work and zero free time, he took a sabbatical and traveled through Europe, Asia, and South America. Ferris learned a great deal during these trips. He followed a streamlined system of checking email once daily and outsourcing small daily tasks to virtual assistants. In his book, Ferris argued that today's technological advancements, such as email, instant messaging and Internet-enabled smart phones, are anything but time savers. They make life much more complicated. Instead, he promotes the idea of hiring virtual assistants to free up one's personal time. Actually, the primary challenge of 4-Hour Workweek is not quitting your job and packing your suitcase. Instead, it's finding what Ferris calls a "muse," or a low-maintenance business that generates significant income. You leverage this muse to finance your ideal lifestyle, which consists of traveling around the world. When I read Ferris' book, I was already benefitting from my successful muse: FBA, which stands for Fulfillment by Amazon. In this book, I'm going to show you how to use Amazon's FBA system to automate your income and travel the world. I write

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On a cold, damp evening during Queen Victoria's reign, Barclay and Letitia Barnstormer and their company are preparing to put on a show at a village farm. Join Nicolo and Nicolette as they try the trapeze, listen to The Great Vesuvio tell of his transformation, watch Angelica Whinge singing 'Orrible Little Blue Eyes, and hiss the Landlord, Squire Squeeze, as he fluffs his lines.A production full of showstoppers, this is a non-stop entertainment and comedy which will be enjoyed by all. The pack has everything you could need for performance including character descriptions, hints for production and costumes, and a CD containing both demonstrations of all the songs, and amazing orchestrated backing tracks for performance or rehearsal. Pupils' scripts are available as a free download with the book, along with instrumental parts for B flat, E flat, or C instruments. Reviewer's Choice - Music Teacher Magazine, May 2010Originally published in 1976 and now available in its third edition, The Barnstormer tells the story of travelling actor-musicians during the reign of Queen Victoria. It is a charming work, quaintly reminiscent of a bygone era, both theatrically and also in terms of its conception as a school musical. The script is amusing, educational and historically informative, with scope for over 30 speaking parts. A well-written Piano score is provided, together with an easy-to-use CD of accompaniments, both with and without vocals. Detailed instructions for live musicians include advice to be 'nimble and lively', and a wide range of additional instrumental parts are available as free downloads. What really sets this musical apart is the variety and imagination of the music itself. A short, well-constructed overture captures the circus mood simply but extremely effectively. Each subsequent song then adds to the drama, moving from the organ-grinder's waltz through to the old-time music hall classic, 'Orrible Little Blue Eyes, via the imaginative two-part skeletal canon of the Tight-Rope Walkers. There are some lovely melodies, simple but effective harmony and modulations and many real 'sing-along' moments. It is possible that some Year 6 children might initially find The Barnstormers a little stilted; it certainly does not pander to the more contemporary styles of many musicals for this age group. Rather, its strength lies in the quality of the music, which, together with the drama, really encapsulates the Victorian mood. This is real education through drama and music with much fun to be had along the way. Excellent. - Sarah Shaw Betty Roe: The Barnstormers (Excerpt) by musicroom

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