Old ghost towns are often found in the western half of the United States. Many individuals spend vacation time traveling around the western States, visiting the old towns. If you love the history of this country, it is a great adventure to visit one of these areas, but did you know there are ghost towns in the eastern States as well?

Although not as popular the towns in the west, the eastern ghost towns have just as much history and lore. However, the ghost towns in the east are no longer vis
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As a religious formality Ash Wednesday obliged people to fast and as a result people needed to use up meat, butter and eggs. This became an excuse for a party that echoed pagan festivities and the word carnival was derived from the Latin for "Farewell, meat!".

After the Republic defeated the Patriarch of Aquileia in 1162 the Carnival tradition began with the slaughtering of a bull and 12 pigs in the Piazza San Marco to commemorate the victory. This celebration gradually grew and in 1268 the f
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It all begins with the airfare. Can you afford to fly to your next holiday destination? Well, it depends. How flexible are you? Savvy travelers are those that do not travel in the height of any season or can wait a week or two in order to find the best fares. You've probably heard this before, but it really does pay off to have a bit of leeway to when exactly you can jet off.

It is also wise to start your search about 3 months in advance. Yes. Don't wait until a month before to start looking
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Our next stop, Stockholm, is a handsome city spread out on fourteen islands, and is called the Venice of the North. Didn't we hear St Petersburg called that? On our own we left the ship, walked down the pier and clambered on a ferry that stopped at some of Stockholm's leading tourist attractions, among them the local Tivoli, and the museum where a seventeenth century warship the Vasa is housed. The ship sank in 1628 on her maiden voyage, was salvaged, and now a building is built around the well-
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Everybody likes to spend the X-Mas vacation with their family and friends at some places outside their residing city or town. That is why you will face a lot of difficulty in getting tickets to your favourite tourist destinations during this time of the year. There are a lot of place to visit during this vacation time.

The Gardens have recently been fully restored at a cost of approximately £6.69 million and they are the only Botanical Gardens in the country to have undertaken such a comple
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