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SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – CHINESE NEW YEAR
Instead of a location today I will post about a celebration that originated in China that now sees festivities worldwide. Chinese New Year (also referred to as Spring Festival and the Lunar New Year) has its roots dating back centuries. Although unclear the origins, myths and stories abound as does the original date of the…
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SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – DALMATIAN COAST
Along the eastern edge of the Adriatic Sea lies a land of rugged beauty spotted with sensational beaches, coves and islands all showered with hours upon hours of sunshine. Its past spans back into antiquity holding stories of life, commerce, politics and war even into its recent history. Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast is now a landing…
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How To Save A Few Dollars in Vegas
It is VERY easy to spend money, lots of it, in Las Vegas. After all, the city was built on losers. Gambling was and is a big draw. Perhaps you have heard the phrase “The house always wins”. Add all the designer shops, show-stopping entertainers, fancy restaurants, wild nightclubs and well, ya may just leave…
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SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – RIALTO BRIDGE
Completed in 1591 C.E., Venice’s Rialto Bridge is its oldest and most famous. For centuries this famed bridge was the only passage across the waters of Grand Canal by foot. This stunning stone bridge was erected to replace a former wooden bridge that was deemed unsafe (and probably not as eye-pleasing). The honour of the…
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THE PRE-TRIP RITUALS
In a couple days time I will be headed to Las Vegas to celebrate my best friend’s birthday. And what a way to do it, after all, Vegas is known as “Sin City”!! Although we do not plan to get crazy it will be great to get away. We decided that we wanted to do…
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SMALL SACRIFICES
We wish we could have it all. Ya know, have our cake and eat it too. The reality is that life does not always work like that. It may in some situations but sometimes you just have to make sacrifices. You pick A over B, you make a choice as to what you really want.…
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SUNDAY’S SPECIAL SPOT – EASTER ISLAND
An isolated island on the eastern edge of the South Pacific, Rapa Nui presents a mystery on it soil. Towering monoliths pepper the quiet rolling hills of this eerily alien land. A testimony to the determined people who carved this incredible and massive moai. A testimony of beliefs? Ancestors? That question piques my interest in…
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WELCOME
Hello hello! Welcome to my blog, Wanders the World. If you are new here, thanks for stopping by. If you’re one of my readers who followed me over from my previous blog at Blogger (Eeva’s Wanderings) thanks for visiting. I am very excited to be at WordPress. I am new to this platform so bear…
