Italy: a Visit To Civita di Bagnoregio
September 30, 2007
Italy: a Visit To Civita di Bagnoregio
by: Davide Farace
Between the Tevere River and Bolsena lake, in the green latium countryside, on the top of a clay hill, rises the small town “Civita di Bagnoregio”.
Civita appears isolated on a cliff spur to dominate the around valley and, thanks to this isolation, the town shows intact its medieval architectonical structure.
Joined to Bagnoregio, and to the world, through only one bridge, Civita appears in an unreal isolation due to landslip series and downfall of argillaceous ground on which the entire town is built and that is still in danger.
The History of Civita and Bagnoregio links each to other and the legend wants that Longobardi’s king Desiderio named the city Bagnoregium after he was there to cure serious disease with local thermal water (Bagnoregio is a word composed by bagno (means: bath) and regio (regal, king)).
The urban planning of the city is of Etruscan origin, constituted from ortogonal alleys as Etruscan and later roman use, while the entire architectonic has medioeval and rinascimentale styles. Several sculptures of medieval age, pertaining to buildings destroyed for continuous landslips are inglobated on the arc and in the wall to the sides of town access gate.
Time To Visit Celebration In Florida
September 29, 2007
Time To Visit Celebration In Florida
by: Peter Kenny
Market Street at Celebration hosts some of the world’s leading architects, visible in it’s quaint shops, restaurants, beautiful homes and buildings. When you visit this community you feel as if you are stepping back in time as everything is just perfect.
It feels as if it is staged but it is not. Disney World may have originally built this community (please note it has now been bought over) but real people live in this beautiful town. The homes are stunning and boast pretty porches complete with rocking chairs. This is a very friendly community which is apparent when you speak to the people of Celebration.
If you’re feeling peckish Market Street has some lovely restaurants to suit every taste buds. All the restaurants offer the choice of both indoor and patio dining with stunning lakeside views- a magnificent way to enjoy your meal. Some of the cuisine on offer includes Italian, American, Spanish, Cuban, Seafood and much more.
Café D`Antonio:
Free Advertising for Vacation Rentals and Holiday
September 28, 2007
Free Advertising for Vacation Rentals and Holiday
by: Milan Matchev
Do you have a vacation rental or holiday home that you want to allow someone else to stay in? If so, then this website, Arrange Your Vacation, has a special offer - free advertising of your vacation rental or holiday home. This offer comes with several advantages in order to allow you to advertise your rental and attract the right people to your property.
Placing a free advertisement for vacation rentals or holiday homes will have unlimited opportunities. First, this site is not limited to a particular place in the world. From Canada to China and everything in between, you will be able to specify online the area where your rental is. This will allow the visitors to this site the option of discovering new areas where they think would be best for them to stay.
Another advantage to the advertising that is offered on this site is in relation to the different ways in which you can advertise. Several free services can be used as part of the listing process about your rental. Part of the free advertising includes five pictures that you can put next to your rental or home listing. You will also be offered a page that includes keywords within a customized article. These will be posted in relation to the property that you are advertising, allowing for more traffic flow to come to your particular listing.
Fatima In Portugal Moves Mountains
September 27, 2007
Fatima In Portugal Moves Mountains
by: Ken Morris
Fatima, Portugal is one of the few places on earth that everyone, be they christians or not, associates with the word miracle and deep faith. It was once a poor village in the Beira region where the economy was in a profound depression and there was just enough to get by on and life was a big struggle. But one day the appearance of the Virgen Mary or as others have called them the Marian Apparitions changed the life and fame and everyone referred to the Virgen as Our Lady of Fatima. It rapidly became a great sanctuary of pilgrimage, and today it is one of the most important ones in all of Europe.
Messages from Fatima
Castles, Raisins and Paella - Denia, Spain
September 27, 2007
Castles, Raisins and Paella - Denia, Spain
by: Shari Hearn
I just love trips where I’m never bored. I mean, don’t you just hate to go
to a destination where there’s really only one attraction? Only one type of
architecture? One thing the place is known for? That’s why I love Denia,
Spain, which sits on the Mediterranean Sea. It’s so out of the ordinary.
Denia can’t help but be out of the ordinary. Again, it does sit on the
Mediterranean. And, take into account the many cultures that have dominated
Denia in its history: the Roman, Greeks, Arabs, Moors. They all have had an
impact on the culture, architecture and food of the region.
After taking in the beauty of the Mediterranean, it’s good to begin your trip
to Denia with a visit to the hill-top castle which dominates over the city. The
castle was once an Arab fortress, and now houses The Archaeological Museum,
which has a great number of remains of all the different cultures which has
invaded this area.
The Old Man on the Mountain
September 26, 2007
The Old Man on the Mountain
by: Scott Bianchi
I have written some travel related articles in the past and they are usually related to Disney. This is partially because I really enjoy my time there and partially because is a well-known vacation destination and most people can relate to it when discussing different travel related topics. However, being from New England I feel I am doing a disservice by not discussing some of the wonderful attractions in the Northeast.
The title of the article reflects an attraction located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The attraction was a natural stone formation that looked like an old man’s face from the profile. You could see this driving up the highway through the White Mountains and people would stop and take pictures. It was one thing New Hampshire was very famous for. The old man is no longer on the mountain. He finally fell a couple of years back on May 3, 2003. Here is the website dedicated to the old man, http://www.franconianotchstatepark.com/oldman.html.
Iggy’s Holiday T-Shirts
September 25, 2007
Iggy’s Holiday T-Shirts
by: Iggy Quazi
Earlier this week I was looking for some t-shirts to take away with me on holiday, I wanted something different with original designs, not the usual boring stuff. After looking around for a while I found a shop displaying a great selection of t-shirts, sporting some truly unique designs - they looked ideal, that was until I noticed the price tags.
“These are all limited edition designs,” said the assistant “so they cost a bit more,” a bit more? I thought - it would be cheaper to wear a painting from the Tate!
That night I remembered a article in a computer magazine about printing your own t-shirt at home. It said all I needed was a t-shirt, an Inkjet printer, an iron, a sheet of ordinary white copier paper and a pack of inkjet transfer paper. So all I needed to pick up was a t-shirt and the transfer paper. According to this article all I had to do was print out my design or photo onto the transfer paper and then iron it onto the t-shirt, peel off the backing paper and voila you have your own very unique t-shirt, sounds easy enough I thought.
Nunavut Canadas Diamond
September 24, 2007
Nunavut Canadas Diamond
by: Ashton Billesberger
The province known as NUNAVUT has supported a continuous population for more then 4000 years. The province was founded by Martin Frobisher back in 1576 while leading an expedition to find the Northwest Passage. In 1976, talks for a land claim agreement and the new territory between the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada and the federal government began. Then in April 1, 1999 Nunavut Act were passed by the Canadian Parliament.
The population of Nunavut as of 2004 is 29,300, the economy is based on, mining, diamonds, gold, zinc, lead, copper, and nickel. There are a lot of companies investing there money to look for diamonds as we speak.
Here are some quick facts
- Iqaluit is the largest city
- The Population 29,300
- 13th province Admittance into Confederation on April 1, 1999
- 13thTime zone
Flying High
September 23, 2007
Flying High
by: Robert Thatcher
Traveling can be a wondrous experience that has the capacity to broaden one’s perspective about life through numerous new experiences and discoveries along the course of a journey. It can also be very taxing and costly which is why there are quite a number of people who just dream continuously about dream vacation they will never take.
A lonely planet
While the earth is essentially a lonely planet in it’s galaxy being the single planet that hosts the most diverse life forms and unique biodiversity, one need not be lonely in this lonely planet. Go out and explore the only world you’ve got, making the most out of life by seeing the bigger picture through extensive travels.
The book called Lonely Planet has a version for each country in the world that will help you, the adventurous traveler, a new world to explore at every turn– inexpensively.
A lonely bank account
Favourite British Scenic Drives: St Just To St Ives
September 22, 2007
Favourite British Scenic Drives: St Just To St Ives
by: Steven Cronin
The barbed Atlantic winds screamed at me relentlessly, penetrating the bones and drowning the songs of seabirds. Cape Cornwall stood defiantly in the face of the mighty Atlantic Ocean, sculptured over time by driving currents, wind and rain.
Cape Cornwall lies in the far west of county Cornwall, deep in the south-westerly reaches of England. Standing sentry against the intensity of the Atlantic, Cape Cornwall guards the town of St Just from the worst of the elements.
St Just is the last major town in England before the shipping graveyard of Land’s End and its treacherous stretch of rugged coastline. A delightful little town, St Just is just minutes from the ancient monument site of Carn Gluze on the Penwith Heritage Coast.
Travelling north from St Just along the B3306, you soon descend a steep gradient before passing through the sleepy little village of Botallack. A little further is the enchanting Pendeen, home to the old Geevor Tin Mines, offering a glimpse of days gone by and unenviable working practises.
