2009 April travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

Bulgaria is an ideal place for a summer holiday provides the relaxing atmosphere, healthy climate, golden sands and clean water. Emerald Resort is located in the small tourists’ town of Ravda, less than 15 km from Bourgas Airport and only 5 km from the popular Sunny Beach Resort. Also it’s close to the historic resort of Nessebur – a UNESCO World Heritage site. 
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Pearl of the Orient, Paris of the East. For a century and a half  Shanghai was the wildest, wealthiest, flashiest city in Asia—the rival of any world capital. Western visitors were captivated by the crowded, chaotic, yet thoroughly cosmopolitan city. Foreign powers carved out concession zones featuring their own cafes, clubs, police forces, and legions of prostitutes.
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Duisberg is a lovely German town, located on about 36 miles from Dusseldorf. Duisburg isn’t so famous, even in Europe. For those who have heard of it, it’s synonymous with the Ruhrgebiet—the former industrial heartland of Germany, now mainly remembered for the hard times of the 1980s, under the weight of ecological degradation, economic crisis, and soaring unemployment.
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Brussels is a surreal linguistic city between the Dutch-speaking Flemish and the French-speaking Walloons, many transactions occur in neither language. But people just speak English. Its modest character made Brussels the perfect compromise for postwar rivals choosing a headquarters for the European Union and NATO, while all the diplomats and a swirl 
of immigrants from North and Central Africa give it 
an intense international, cosmopolitan flavor rare for such a small city. The picture displays the Atomiumis, built in 1956 for the World’s Fair, an homage to the future. It recently reopened after a complete renovation.
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The Sunborn Yacht Hotel offers an amazing waterfront in the historic Royal Victoria Dock, London. With the spectacular views, lovely atmosphere and unmatched services the hotel will makes your vacation a memorable experience. The Yacht assures wedding parties, conference delegates and first class restaurant and bar, creating a perfect hotel with true 5 star standards.
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The Montreal Expo 67 defined today Montreal as a design spot to watch. Though Montreal isn’t booming quite like Toronto or Calgary, the European stone streets of the Old City are still a favorite of tourists—and of the American under-21 set looking for a beer. Many famous architects have designed university buildings and museums all over Montreal like the Faculty of Music Building at McGill University and several boutiques.
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ContaineR is a traveling film house dedicated to the cultural countdown to the winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010. The creators are a wonderful trio form of architect Robert Duke, designers Keith Doyle and Iain Sinclair, and artistic directors Nicole Mion and Evann Seibens. The containeR can fit up to 25 guests who look up to the screen in the vaulted space where they watch projected short films about movement, dance, and sports.
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 The Anna Hotel is located in the centre of Munich, between the main train station and only one kilometer of the Opera House. The clear design gives special character of the hotel, transforming it into the historical Imperial house.
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Palacio de Cristal is a very lovely building made of metal and glass, built in 1887 as a winter garden. The building was planned as a magnificent hothouse to display exotic plants and flowers. It stands in the heart of the Retiro Park( Madrid), reflecting charismatically in a small lake inhabited by ducks, grey lag and geese.
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The record speed for a wind powered vehicle is 126.1 miles per hour! That is the record set by Richard Jenkins this past weekend at the Ivenpah Lake in Nevada, where he finally managed to do what he set out to do 10 years ago – pilot the fastest wind powered vehicle in the world.
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