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US Soldiers in Europe - WWII Black & White War Photography

2011-06-28T18:43:00.000-07:00

American soldiers on their tay to cut Off St. Vith Houffalize Road in Belgium, During WWII

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Belgium is a small patcwork country with a population density that is one of the highest in the world and with only the Ardennes as a stretch of romantic landscape. The people live a very 20th century kind of life and yet the Bruges is one of the world's few places where a medieval landscape is intact and unspoiled. The patchwork quality is further emphasized by conflict between the Flemish and French speaking parts of the country (with French speking Brussels as an officially bi-lingual buffer zone). The country has been invaded and ruled by outsiders many times.

Temperate if somewhat unreliable. May through September are suggested as the best times to visit Belgium.

Both French and Flemish are official languages, depending on the part of the country. Some German spoken, particularly in Brussels. Some people speak English. The predominant religion in Belgium is Catholic.

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2010-12-22T06:37:00.000-08:00

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2010-12-22T06:27:00.000-08:00

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A Luxurious Cruise On Yangtze River

2010-12-10T01:38:00.000-08:00

Experience A Luxurious Cruise On The Magnificent Yangtze River

The exclusive Premier Series Five-Star ships of Victoria Cruises

Victoria Cruises, the only American-managed cruise line sailing the Yangtze River, established new standards of excellence when its first ship was launched on the Yangtze River in 1994. Today, Victoria’s fleet is recognized for outstanding innovation, quality and service. All of Pacific Delight Tours Yangtze River cruises sail on ships of Victoria’s prestigious Premier Series fleet: Victoria Jenna, Victoria Anna, Victoria Katarina, Victoria Empress, Victoria Queen, Victoria Star, And Victoria Prince.

China, Yangtze River, Three Gorges, Cityscape of Fengjie by the River

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Each of Victoria’s exclusive Five-Star ships boasts the latest in luxury standards – from tastefullyappointed cabins with a private balcony and full bathtub, to elegant public areas with sparkling chandeliers and gleaming woods, and a Dynasty Dining Room serving delectable Chinese specialties and fine Western cuisine.

All ships have central heating and air conditioning, internet access, flat-screen LCD TVs, HBO and CNN, fitness facilities, spa and acupuncture centers, gift shop, library, lecture room, lounges and observation deck. Unique evening entertainment based on ancient Chinese traditions and a wide variety of activities as Tai Chi lessons, Chinese brush painting, kite-flying and dumpling-making to name a few, are included on every cruise. International multilingual cruise directors and well-trained local staff are dedicated to meet your needs, assuring that your cruise is one of relaxed comfort.

Each of Victoria Cruises’ Premier Series Yangtze River ship features staterooms with deluxe accommodations, and include a private balcony and full bath.

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Escorted Tours are accompanied by a professional bilingual Tour Director from arrival in China or Asia to departure.

Locally Guided Tours are accompanied by local guides who will meet and assist you in each city along the way.

Travel through Asia: Cuisine is an integral part

2010-12-10T01:13:00.000-08:00

Cuisine is an integral part of any travel through Asia as it ties together its history and culture and is a key ingredient in all kinds of celebrations. While traveling through Asia, make sure to try some of the following delicacies.

Known as a top delicacy around the world, Beijing Roast Duck has crisp skin and tender meat, and is usually sliced into many thin pieces. The slices of duck are wrapped in specially prepared thin pancakes together with other seasonings.

Dim Sum, Char Sui and Fresh Seafood are all must-eats in Hong Kong but don’t forget to start ther day off right with a tasty breakfast. The flaky cream filled egg tart is the perfect companion to a cup of milk tea, a lightly sweetened black tea drink dating back to Hong Kong’s colonial days. Enjoy these local delicacies at any one of the city’s neighborhood tea shops before venturing out for a day of adventure.

Food in India ranges in variety, taste, and flavor and due to the great geographical diversity of the country, each region has its own cuisine and style of preparation. Indian cuisine, renowned for its exotic gravies, immense variety of flavors, spices, and curry seems complicated for any newcomer. An authentic Indian curry is an intricate combination of a stir-fried masala (spice) - a mixture of onion, garlic, ginger, and tomatoes; various spices and seasonings with which meat; poultry, vegetables or fish is prepared to produce a stew-type dish.

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Kaiseki Ryori is regarded as Japan's most exquisite specialty. It is a traditional multi-course haute cuisine consisting mainly of vegetables and fish with a seasoning base of seaweed and mushrooms. The dish is characterized by its refined savor and the meticulous beauty in their presentation. Today, Kaiseki is served in specialized restaurants or can be enjoyed it at a ryokan (Japanese style inn).

Bibimbap is a dish made by mixing rice with a variety of cooked vegetables. It is pleasing to the eye, and full of nutrients. The city of Jeonju’s version of Bibimbap is the most popular in Korea.

As the birthplace of fusion cuisine, Macau will have something to please all palates. Macanese cuisine combines elements from not just China and Portugal, but all the places that the Portuguese visited during their years of traveling around the world. In Africa and India the Portuguese learned how to use spices with the result that Macau's most popular dishes include African and Goan's elents, like Macau's signature dishes: African chicken and Devils Prawns; all baked or grilled with peppers and chilies. Macau's Dim Sums are also renowed around the world as the most creative and delicious. At the end of your meal, make sure to try one of Macau's signature deserts: Portuguese Egg Tarts, almond cookies, coconut cake or Serradura, a delicious pudin made of cookies.

A visit to the Philippines would not be complete without savoring Pancit, an all-encompassing term for countless kinds of dishes of rice, corn or egg noodles, which is a favorite meal or snack all over the islands. Among the favorites, pancit palabok and pancit luglug both use round rice noodle smothered with a thick, golden shrimp sauce and topped with shrimp, bits of pork rind, hard-boiled eggs, smoked fish and freshly minced green onion. On the other hand, pancit Malabon draws heavily from the seafood available in the busy fish port city from where it derives its name and may include fresh shrimp, squid, oysters as well as hard-boiled duck or hen eggs and tender slivers of pork.

What do you get when you combine Chinese, Malay, and Indonesian flavors with aromatic herbs and spices, such as lemongrass, chillies, and shrimp paste that is unique to Singapore? Peranakan cuisine! Notably Singaporean Laksa, a dish consisting of noodles, fishcake, prawns, cockles and chopped bean sprouts served in a spicy coconut-based soup is the most popular of Peranakan cuisine. However, as most Peranakan recipes go, it has since developed into several variations based on influences from around the region. Laksa lemak, named for its rich and creamy coconut gravy, is a variant unique to Singapore.

Siam Sunrays is based on the Thai ingredients that have made Tom Yam soup world renowned including freshly-picked lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, and Thai lime and Thai bird chili (phrik kee nuu). All these play a key part in the unique culinary experience Thailand has to offer and leave the first-time visitor with a very distinct and long-lasting impression. The recipe for this revitalizing cocktail drink, which also calls for coconut liqueur, was created by Surasakdi Pantaisong, winner of the 2008 Bar Tender Championship hosted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand and the Thai Hotel Association.

Tyler Burke New York City Painting Art Print

2010-08-28T13:08:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-28T13:01:00.000-07:00

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2010-07-17T15:37:00.000-07:00

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Kusadasi attractions, Travel to Turkey

2010-05-09T17:41:00.000-07:00

Tourism Office:Liman Street. Iskele Square Kusadasi

One of Turkey's most popular holiday resorts, offers an excellent environment for an excellent holiday. Situated on the west coast of Turkey, Kusadasi, is reputed as one of the most attractive cities of the Aegean Sea, as it is close to the important historical sites including Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary, Seven Sleepers, Didyma, Temple of Artemis, Goddess Artemis, Priene, Miletos - the principal of ancient times, and ideal for sightseers. Kusadasi, Aydin has a typical Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild winters, providing a long tourism season. The city is bathed in sunshine for 300 days of the year.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Ephesus - Mary’s House (5 hours - daily)
Visit the shrine of Virgin Mary; St. Paul, Temples, Library, Great Theatre, Stadium, Archeological Museum, Isabey Mosque, Basilica St. John, Temple of Diana.

2. Priene - Milletus - Didyma (5 hours - daily)
Priene - Theatre, Temple of Athena, Altar of Zeus.Miletus - Theatre, Byzantine Fortress, Mosque.Didyma - Temple of Apollo.

3. Pamukkale (12 hours)
Hierapolis, Karahayit, Amphitheatre, Thermal Pool.

4. Bodrum (12 hours)
Bafa lake, Bodrum Castle, Boat Tour.

Kusadasi Sights and local attractions: House of Virgin Mary, Seven Sleepers, Didyma, Ephesus, Milet, Priene, Pamukkale, Bodrum, Samos (Greece)

Kusadasi, Aydin

Population: 65,764 (2000)
Altitude: Sea Level
Airport: Adnan Menderes Aydin Airport 70 Km.
Transfer: Bus, mini bus, taxi.
Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 6/12; Feb 5/12; Mar 6/14; Apr 12/20; May 17/25; Jun 22/32; Ju125/3S; Aug 25/3S; Sep 20/30; Oct 16/25; Nov 12/1S; Dec S/14.

Marmaris Hotels Mugla Turkey

2010-05-09T17:35:00.000-07:00

KNIDOS HOTEL, MARMARIS - MUGLA

DATCA YOLU HISARONU MEVKII CABUCAK KOYU MARMARIS

277 Rooms, 570 Beds,12 Suites

All Rooms with Private Balcony, Private Bathroom, Direct dial telephone, Music, Lift, Minibar, TV satellite system, Video channel, Security Box, Balcony, Air condition and central heating
2 Restaurants Total cap. 750, Banquette & Meeting Facilities cap. 450, 6 Bars, Snack Bar & Grill, SunTerrace, GaMe Room, Turkish Bath, Sauna, Massage, Market, Fitness Centre, Coiffeur, Night Club, Indoor & Outdoor Pool, Water Sports, Disco, Live Entertainment, Tennis Courts, Table Tennis, Billards, Volleyball, Basketball, Football (International & Mini Size), Scuba Diving, Private Beach, Private Parking, Mini Club, Lifts, Laundry service, Operation Period 12 months, Distance to sea

Marmaris 18 km, Airport 100 km. (Dalaman)

L’ETOILE HOTEL MARMARIS - MUGLA

KENAN EVREN BUL. 37 ICMELER, 48700 MARMARIS

144 Rooms, 300 Rooms, 4 Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct dial telephone, Music, TV Satellite system, Aircondition, Hair dryer, Minibar, Balcony

2 Restaurants (Indoor cap. 250, Outdoor cap. 500), Cafeteria, Patisseria, Snack bar, 2 Bars, Turkish bath, Sauna, Fitness center, Market, Coiffeur, Health Cabin, Garage, Banquet facilities cap. 300, Conference Hall cap. 300, Swimming pool with children section, Disco, Tennis, Table tennis, Water sports, Beach

Marmaris 7 km, Airport 107 km. Dalaman

THE HOTEL GRAND AZUR THE PLACE TO ESCAPE LIFE’S PRESSURES AND REDISCOVER IT’S PLEASURES

The magnificent Hotel Grand Azur, situated on the shores of Marmaris Bay, resembles a sleek and opulent ocean liner, both in its graceful architecture and the luxurious decor within.
Expansive terraces and lush tropical gardens encompass the imaginative swimming pools, with winding channels, animated by underwater air jets, water slides and inviting jacuzzi pools.
Attractive lawned areas lead to, the sandy beach with chaises longues, umbrellas, water sports, yacht pier beach bar/restaurant.

Fitness centre, saunas, massage room, jacuzzi and tennis courts.

Professional live entertainment.

285 double rooms, 31 suites plus a Grand Suite, fully air conditioned.

4 bars, 3 restaurants with international & Turkish cuisines. Night club, casino and conference rooms with professional staff at your disposal.

Kenan Evren Bulvari No: 11. Marmaris 48700 - TURKEY

Enjoy Amsterdam Holland travel attractions

2010-05-03T05:50:00.000-07:00

Plan for Amsterdam Holland and enjoy Amsterdam Holland travel attractions like relaxing and strolling in the famous Amsterdam museums like Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk (Municipal) Museum, Van Gogh Museum, Tropical Museum in Amsterdam, Anne Frank House Museum, etc. The international transport system is, along with Holland, one of the best in Europe.

Amsterdam is a city of fantastic surprises, a place crammed with sights and activities that seem to bear not the slightest resemblance to the picture of tulips, cheese, and wooden shoes that most visitors expect to find. You'll enjoy much more than just dinner at Amsterdam-area restaurants. Leidseplein is the best dining area in Amsterdam city and incredibly beautiful. Here the locals and tourist come to drink beer and have coffee on the side walk cafes that line this square.

The Singel, Prinsengracht, Herengracht and Keizergracht canals wind their way past the sights, so in many ways the canal boats give you the best introduction to the city. They're cheap during the day. Amsterdam has amazing restaurants, sidewalk cafes, coffee shops and pubs along the canals.

Amsterdam sidewalk cafes

2010-05-03T05:33:00.000-07:00

This activity in the evening (which may also be practiced during the day) is a major activity in Amsterdam and a cheap and convenient, too. No sidewalk will not ask you one more cup of coffee, you are allowed to spend the evening together, as the passing parade in Amsterdam, the two major attractions: the Rembrandtplein and the Leidseplein clock.

Of the two, has the Rembrandtplein a little more activity, and here at sidewalk cafes with their table areas are aligned roughly stable on both sides of the square. On the Leidseplein, the large outdoor cafes which are operated by the American Hotel and modern cafe, but the three most exciting here Hoopman the cellar, Reynders coffee, and coffee Eylders, all three on Leidsedwarsstraat Korte, on the Leidseplein, nearby (but on another small square of) the opera. Among them, the Café Coffee Reynders outstanding student in Amsterdam, the condescension widely Amsterdam version of the Beatnik, with its strikingly beautiful, companion pony tail. Of course, there is no minimum order, no admission to sit for you and to meet people all evening. Eylders Coffee is a little more polite version of Reynders and Hoopman Bodega is a stylish bar a little, sponsored by some elderly. During the winter, continue to make all three areas at full speed, but without the tables on the sidewalk.

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Budget hotels in Amsterdam - Canals tour

2010-05-03T05:15:00.000-07:00

The budget hotels in Amsterdam are like no other on earth. Located primarily in canal houses built 17th and 18th centuries they ride, not. If these buildings are narrow staircases are like a building manager thin edges that require a ramp support. Outside each house, you will see a beam of iron pulley that moves with the roof. For transporting heavy furniture and other items that simply can not be transported up the steep stairs?

But do not let the situation get discouraged stairs, older tourists are always placed on the ground or lower floors, and younger or stronger will focus on the staircase as a tourist attraction!

The first thing to do in Amsterdam? Why is making a tour along the canals and the port of Amsterdam in one of the many canal boats glass walls that run throughout the year in Amsterdam. Are there no better way to see all the essential features of the city, and to see that in one fifteen time. The boats pass by the facades of old patrician houses the Herengracht and the others they go by the District of debauchery Dike, and the point on the famous 15th century Schreier-Storen, where the wives Dutch sailors used tears to say goodbye to their men, they show you the picturesque Brug Skinny on the Amstel, and furniture, hooks above the canal houses, they spend tens of other important sites, and finally, they surf the large port of Amsterdam, cargo increased from exotic lands and past the docks where the ships were huge lifted from the water for cleaning and repairs. Throughout the guides pretty girl-and-mind maintain a commentary on the sights you pass along the path.

Rome Terminal Station Area Albergo Diurno Fountains of Tivoli

2009-07-27T15:23:00.000-07:00

Your train will arrive in Rome at Terminal Station (Stazione di Roma Termini)-a big ultra-modernistic building that's city itself. If you've been rumpled by the ride, then all you need do is walk downstairs to the Albergo Diurno (Day Hotel), where you'll find baths and showers, a barber shop, women's hairdresser, cleaners, many other conceniences. In addition to these facilities, the station has restaurants, money-changers, offices, even a deparment store. The plaza in front of Terminal Station is a starting point for many of the city's bus and trolley lines, and we'll supply a quick summary of them.

To get to the Vatican area (where we'll recommend several hotels), take bus No. 64, which is also marked "San Pietro". The streetcars marked "ES" or "ED" also go to the St. Peter's area. The trolley marked "CD" goes to the Coleosseum; change later to bus. No. 118 for the Baths of Caracalla. At night, the bus marked "Roma-Tivoli" takes you from the plaza of Terminal Station to the illuminated Fountains of Tivoli, a favorite meeting place in Rome.

Rome - basic facts about Rome

2009-07-27T14:46:00.000-07:00

A vast number of Americans saw "La Dolce Vita" and have ached to get here ever since. They won't be disappointed. The excitement of Rome has an almost physical impact as you step from the train. You immediately know this is a Capital-a pulsating center of creation and activity, whose ideas and tastes are felt round the world.

But keep in mind two very basic facts about Rome. First, this is not a city which can be covered in two or three days of touring. Rome is too large, too varied, too abundant wiht sights. If you're to realize anything from your stay, you must schedule several more days to it than you devoted to other comparable European towns. Second, this is not an easy city in which to keep costs down-although it doesn't approach Paris in respect. Nevertheless, you can be clipped unmercifully if you wander by mistake into the wrong hotel or restaurant.

Picture: Roma: Il Colosseo

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2009-04-04T14:12:00.000-07:00

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2009-04-04T13:49:00.000-07:00

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2009-02-13T21:53:00.000-08:00

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2008-12-26T07:32:00.000-08:00

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Dilbert Grumman Vintage Travel Advertisement

2008-12-26T06:45:00.000-08:00

College graduates who join the new Navy Aviation Officer Candidate Program really have it made. Instead of going through flight schools as cadets, kept single by regulations, they are made ensigns after 4 months of preflight school. For the next 14 months, until they get their wings, they earn $438.58 a month, more if married.

Dilbert never had it that good.

Come to think of it, many a civilian doesn't have it as good either. Figure the retirement pay these ensigns will draw after a mere 20 years. Even if they never get a promotion (impossible, since ensigns make "jg" in 18 months) they'll get $280.00 a month for life. To get the same, you would have to pay $35.00 a month for 20-years worth of $80,000 endowment insurance.

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2008-12-23T08:32:00.000-08:00

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2008-12-23T08:20:00.000-08:00

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2008-12-23T08:18:00.000-08:00

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Ege Palas, Izmir Turkey

2008-07-14T11:51:00.000-07:00

EGE PALAS

Cumhuriyet Blv. No: 210 Almanya ve Yunan Konsolosluklari Arkasi 35220 Alsancak / Izmir

112 Rooms, 224 Beds, 2 Suites, 1 Presidential Suit

All rooms with direct dial telephone, private bathroom, hair dryer, TV satellite system, air condition, minibar, balcony

Patisserie, Snack Bar, Cafeteria, 5 Bars, Banquet facilities cap. 400-100, Conference Hall cap. 400, Meeting Hall cap. 150, Sauna, Fitness center, Couffier, Market, Garage, Safety Boxes, Air condition & Central heating, Swimming pool, Night club

In city center, Airport 20 km, Izmir

Istanbul Polat Renaissance Hotel

2008-07-14T11:39:00.000-07:00

ISTANBUL POLAT RENAISSANCE HOTEL

SAHIL CAD. YESILYURT ISTANBUL

390 Rooms; 19 Junior, 9 Executive, 1 Presidential Suites, 3 Handicapped Rooms

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Massage Shower, Direct Dial telephone, Music, Air-Condition, Minibar, TV Satellite System, Hairdryer

4 Restaurants total cap. 470. 2 Bars. Bierstube.

Banquet Facilities for 3000.

Conference Center cap. 1600 with simultaneous translation system.

10 Meeting Rooms total cap. 580.

Turkish bath. Sauna. Steam bath, Fitness center. Squash. Massage. Solarium. Indoor and outdoor swimming pools with children section. Tennis. Disco. Hair & beauty salon.

Shuttle service to city center

Airport 4 km.

Kaya Hotel Manavgat Antalya

2008-07-13T17:00:00.000-07:00

KAYA HOTEL TITREYENGOL MEVKII. P. K. 26 07601 MANAVGAT / ANTALYA

275 Rooms, 633 Beds. 21 Suites, 52 Anex (Villas)

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Telephone, Music, Minibar, Aircondition, TV Satellite System, Balcony

Indoor & Outdoor Restaurants total cap. 1500.

Conference Hall cap. 320 with Simultaneous Translation system

Meeting Room cap.150.

Banquet Facilities.

Parking.

Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools. Disco. 4 Bars. Playing Ground & Swimming Pool For Children. Coiffure. Laundry. Sauna. Turkish Bath. Shopping Center. Tennis. Mini Golf. Table Tennis. Billiards. Various Ball Games. All Water Sports

Manavgat 5 km, Airport 70 km, (Antalya)

Grand Prestige Hotel, Side

2008-07-13T16:56:00.000-07:00

GRAND PRESTIGE HOTEL SIDE

TITREYENGOL SORGUN 07600 MANAVGAT / ANTALYA

342 Rooms, 800 Beds. 36 Suites, 6 King suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Telephone, Music, Minibar, Air-Condition, TV Satellite System, Central Heating, Balcony, Hair Dryer

6 Restaurants (Indoor cap. 1000, Outdoor cap. 1000).

Conference Room cap. 800 with Simultaneous Translation System

Patisserie. Snack Bar. Banquet Facilities. Disco. Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools. 7 Bars. Night Club. Amphitheatre. Coiffure. Laundry. Sauna. Turkish Bath. Fitness Center. Doctor. Shopping Center. Basketball. Tennis. Volleyball. Mini football. Wind Surf. Sailing. Water Skiing, Banana, Parasailing. Horse Riding

Side 7 km, Airport 70 km (Antalya)

Cesars Hotel, Kumkoy, Antalya

2008-07-13T16:43:00.000-07:00

CESARS HOTEL

KUMKOY / ANTALYA

219 Rooms, 569 Beds. 46 Suites. 2 King Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Hair Dryer, Direct Dial Telephone, Music, Satellite TV System, Air-Condition, Minibar, Room Service and Laundry Service are available to rooms.

3 Restaurants (Total Indoor cap. 400, Outdoor cap. 575) Lancome Beauty Farm, Man / Woman Hair Stylist Shopping Mall. Doctor. Massage. Turkish bath. Sauna. Jacuzzi. Fitness Room. Tennis Courts.

Basketball. Beach. Volleyball. Table Tennis 3 Ball Billiards. Horseback Riding. Jogging Indoor / Outdoor and Children Pools. Official Size Soccer Field. Water Sports. 6 different bars fulfill the nights.

Conference & Meeting Rooms total cap. 400

5 km Side. 55 km Airport (Antalya)

Asteria Hotel, Side - Antalya

2008-07-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

ASTERIA HOTEL

07330 SIDE ANTALYA

310 Rooms, 700 Beds. 14 Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Balcony, Direct Dial Telephone, Minibar, Music, TV Satellite System, Self Control, Hairdryer, Air-Condition

2 Restaurants (Indoor cap. 700, Outdoor cap. 700).

Meeting Rooms cap. 1200.

Banquet facilities.

Cafe. Night Club. Disco.

Conference Hall with simultaneous translation system cap. 700.

Indoor Heated Swimming Pool, Outdoor swimming pool in olympic size with children section

6 Bars. Shopping Center. Sauna Complete Fitness - Facilities. Massage

3 Tennis Courts. Mini Football

Billiards. Table Tennis. Para sailing. Wind Surf. Water Skiing. Canoe. Jet ski, Jacuzzi

In City Center Airport 64 km, (Antalya)

Manavgat, Side Sights and local attractions

2008-07-13T16:22:00.000-07:00

Population: Manavgat 199,385 - Side 12.300 (2007)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Antalya Airport 70-80 Km

Transfer: Taxi, mini bus

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 6/15; Feb 7/15; Mar 8/18; Apr 11/21; May 15/25; Jun 20/33; Jul 25/36; Aug 23/36; Sep 18/33; Oct 15/27; Nov 11/21; Dec 8/17.

City transport: Taxi, mini bus

Sights and local attractions: Manavgat Waterfall, Seleukia, Etenna, Selge, Olukkopru National Park

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Antalya

Aspendos, Perge, Duden and Kursunlu waterfalls, Antalya Archeology Museum, Marina, Lara

2. Alanya

Alarahan, Damlatas Inn, Alanya Castle, Red Tower, Ulas Park, Manavgat waterfall

3. Olukkopru National Park and Selge

HOTEL NEVSEHIR DEDEMAN

2008-07-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

HOTEL NEVSEHIR DEDEMAN

URGUP YOLU 2. km. 50200 NEVSEHIR

349 Rooms, 734 Beds. 1 King Suite. 34 Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom Direct Dial Telephone, Music, Radio, Minibar, Air-Condition, Satellite TV

2 Indoor Restaurants total cap.1200.

Conference Rooms cap.525. 2 Meeting Rooms cap. 180. Banquet Facilities . Bektash Cafe Shop. Indoor, Outdoor Swimming Pools. Disco.

4 Bars. Laundry. Coiffure. Sauna. Turkish Bath. Shopping Center. Playing Ground for Children. Tennis & Table Tennis. Volleyball. Basketball. Football. Fame and Game Centre . Solarium

Nevsehir 2 km, Airport 75 km (Kayseri)

Black sea region, Turkey

2008-07-13T12:14:00.000-07:00

The Black Sea, 1881 Giclee Print
Aivazovsky Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
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Dense forest and greenery the steeply rising mountains and foothills of the Black sea region, where the main crops are tea, tobacco and hazelnuts grown on the narrow coastal plain and lower hills.

Protected from Central Anatolia byhigh and desolate peaks, the Black Sea Comnene Empire of Trebizond was the last Byzantine foothold to submit to Turkish domination, eight years af ter the fall of Istanbul.

Zigana Pass, Eastern Black Sea Mountains Photographic Print
Keribar, Izzet
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The hilly terrain has hindered ready access to what are some of Turkey's finest sand beaches and scenic coastline. In the west, within easy reach of Istanbul are Kilyos, Sile, and Agva. To the east of these are Akcakoca, Amasra, a picturesque town with a Byzantine citadel, Sinop, the birthplace of Diogenes, the Greek satirist and philosopher, and Giresun, the native land of the cherry tree, introduced to Europe by the Roman general and epicure Lucullus.

For historical monuments Trabzon is the best endowed of the Black Sea towns, with a number of Byzantine buildings, the most notable being the ehurch of Saint Sophia and the 14th century Monastery of Sumela, which clings to a sheer rock face south of Trabzon.

Beyond Trabzon is Rize, the centre of Turkish tea cultivation. In early summer the mountain slopes here are bright with purple rhododendrons.

Safranbolu, south of Amasra, is a Ottoman market town by-passed by the 20th century, where the elegant spacious timber and adobe houses have been restored and present an unspoilt picture of traditional Turkish architecture in situ.

Top Stores United States - Statue of Liberty Print Poster

2008-07-13T08:39:00.000-07:00

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Atelier New York

125 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012; $$$$

Monochromatic Atelier is understatement defined. An irresistible selection of fashion-forward apparel from the likes of Ann Demeulemeester, Carpe Diem, and Les Hommes is presented in a minimal interior.

Our pick Rick Owens featherweight lamb-leather bomber Jacket, $1.950.
Fred Segal

8100 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046; $$$$

This is one-stop shopping for the Hollywood A-list. Leave your map to the stars at home and head to this ivy-covered institution, which has the best menswear each season, plus top-line skin-care products, music, books, a hair salon, a cafe, and a who's who of LA client list.

Our pick Aquanautic Bara Cuda Black Rim watch, $1,450.

MAC

387 Greve Street, San Francisco, CA 94102; 415-863-3011 $$ Further demonstrating a cultural shift from Downtown Frisco to the Hayes Valley 'hood is this family-run operation that specializes in "haberdashery with humor." For fun design and wacky pieces no one else you know will own, get a MAC attack.

Our pick Walter Van Beirendonck Trompe I'oeil wrist strap, $150.

Opening Ceremony

35 Howard Street, New York, NY 10013; $$$

By focusing on a different country each year, Opening Ceremony highlights small designers who might otherwise never see the light of day. And the seamless fusion of high-fashion streetwear (pick up a funky accent piece to boost your basics) and a slick interior make it a must-visit.

Our pick Patrik Ervell ripstop nylon windbreaker, $295.

SHERATON ANKARA HOTEL & TOWERS

2008-07-12T18:01:00.000-07:00

SHERATON ANKARA HOTEL & TOWERS

NOKTALI SOK.KAVAKLIDERE 06700 ANKARA

175 Rooms, 108 Special Rooms, 606 Beds. 20 Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct Dial Telephone, Music, Cable TV, Minibar, Air condition, 24 Hrs. Room Service, Hairdryer

3 Indoor Restaurants total cap. 256 (La jardin, Vineyard, Vienna Cafe). Lobby Bar. Telepino Bar. Ball Room cap. 900. 5 Meeting Rooms (cap. 15 to 60) Banquet Facilities Beauty Parlor. Coiffure (man and women).

Health & Recreation Center.

Swimming Pool. Jacuzzi. Laundry Service. Drug store. Book store.

2 Squash courts

In City Center. Airport 34 km.

Grand Hotel Ankara

2008-07-12T17:45:00.000-07:00

GRAND HOTEL ANKARA

ATATURK BULVARI 183 06680 KAVAKLIDERE / ANKARA

193 Rooms, 401 Beds. 14 Suites, 2 Luxoroms

All Rooms with Direct Dial Telephone Private Bathroom, Music, TV Satellite System, Air-condition, Minibar, Hair Dryer, Central Heating

2 Indoor Restaurant. Bar. Patisserie. Banquet Facilities. Conference Room cap. 350. Meeting Room cap. 70. Sauna. Gymnasium Hall. Coiffure. Health Cabin. Laundry. Swimming pool. Night Club.

In city center, Airport: 26 km.

Ankara Hilton Hotel

2008-07-12T17:28:00.000-07:00

ANKARA HILTON HOTEL

TAHRAN CAD.12 KAVAKLIDERE 06700 ANKARA

324 Rooms, 670 Beds. 1 King Suite. 1 Junior Suite, 4 Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Hairdryer, Direct Dial Telephone, Music, Minibar, Air-Condition, Satellite television, High-speed Internet connections, Safes, Tea and coffee-making facilities, Electronic Locks

2 Restaurants cap. 300. Terrace Restaurant cap. 70. Cafeteria.

Conference Rooms cap. 750 with Simultaneous Translation System

6 Meeting Rooms cap. 750.

Banquet Facilities cap. 1000.

Parking cap. 136.

Disco. Bar. Beauty Parlour. Coiffure. Turkish Bath. Solarium . Jacuzzi. Sauna. Business Center. Massage Room. Indoor swimming pool. Drug store. Post office

In City Center, Airport 34 km

Ankara Buyuk Surmeli Hotel

2008-07-12T17:19:00.000-07:00

ANKARA BUYUK SURMELI HOTEL

CIHAN SOK.6 SIHHIYE 06430 ANKARA

206 Rooms, 412 Beds, 10 Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct Dial Telephone, Music, Minibar, Air-Condition, TV Satellite System, Hair dryer

4 Indoor Restaurants total cap. 440. 3 Meeting Rooms cap. 750. Banquet Facilities cap. 750. Garage. Indoor Swimming Pool. American Bar. Snack Bar. Patisserie. Night Club. Coiffure. Laundry. Sauna. Turkish Bath. Shopping Center. Solarium.

24 Hours Room Service

In City Center, Airport 26 km (Ankara)

Ankara Sightseeing Tours and Excursion

2008-07-12T17:08:00.000-07:00

Changing of the Guard at Ataturk Monument, Anit Kabir Mausoleum, Ankara, Turkey Photographic Print
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Population: 4,466,756 (2007)

Altitude: 850m.

Airport: Esenboga 35 Km. from city centre

Transfer: airport coach to city air terminal, train station, bus station and taxi.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan -4/4; Feb 3/6; Mar 0/11; Apr 5/9; May 10/22;
Jun 13/26; Jul 15/30; Aug 15/30; Sep 13/26; Oct 8/20; Nov 3/14; Dec 1/7.

City transport: bus, taxi, car rental.

Sights and local attractions: The Citadel, Hittite Museum, Ethnographic Museum, Temple of Augustus, Roman Baths, Mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk, Copper Market, Night clubs, theatres, opera

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Morning City Sightseeing - Ankara (3 1/2 hours - daily) Ancient Anatolian Civilisations Museums, the Citadel, Temple of Augustus, Roman Baths, Julian's Column, Mosques of Haci Bayram, Aslanhane, copper market.

2. Full Day to Gordion (8 hours) Phyrigian necropolis, great earth tumulus of King Midas, the Gordion Museum, Midas city and rock carvings.

3. Full Day Tour to Hattusas (9 hours) Bogazkale, Hittite city, cyclopean fortifications, Royal Gate, Lions Gate, Temple of Storm God, Yazilikaya.

Kocatepe Cami Mosque in Ankara, Turkey Photographic Print
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Fethiye Sights and local attractions

2008-07-12T16:56:00.000-07:00

Olu Deniz, Nr. Fethiye, Turkey Photographic Print
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Population: 68,000 (2008)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Dalaman Airport 55 Km.

Transfer: Taxi, Mini bus.

Average temperature in centigrade: Apr 21; May 25; Jun 30; Jul 34; Aug 34; Sep 31; Oct 26; Nov 22.

City transport: Taxi and mini-buses

Sights and local attractions: Lykia rock tombs, Kayakoy, Cadianda, Tlos, Pınara, Letoon, Xanthos, Patara, Kaunos, Sdyma, Oludeniz, Gemiler Island, Calis beach, 12 Islands, Gunluk, Katranci, Gocek.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Kayakoy- Gemiler bay.

2. Kas-Kekova.

3. Xanthos, Patara, Letoon.

4. Dalyan, Kaunos.

5. Pamukkale.

6. Tlos, Saklikent, Ulupinar.

7. Horse tour.

8. Pamukkale, Ephesus.

9.12 Islands, by boat.

Tourism Office: Iskele Meydani, No. 1, Fethiye / Mugla

Tomb of Amyhias, Lycian Rock Cut Tomb, Dating from 350 Bc, Near Fethiye, Anatolia, Turkey Photographic Print
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MAGIC LIFE DER CLUB SARIGERME

2008-07-12T16:52:00.000-07:00

Lycian Rock Tombs, Carian, Dalyan, Mugla Province, Anatolia, Turkey, Eurasia Photographic Print
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MAGIC LIFE DER CLUB SARIGERME

PK. 15, SARIGERME, ORTACA- MUGLA

222 Rooms, 454 Beds, 6 Suites

All Rooms with Private bathroom, Direct dial telephone, Music, TV satellite system, Air-condition, Hair dryer, Minibar, Safe, Balcony

2 Restaurants (Indoor cap. 300, Outdoor cap. 300). 3 Bars. Disco. Conference Hall cap. 120. Turkish bath. Sauna. Coiffeur. Fitness center. Market. Indoor, outdoor and children swimming pools. Health Cabin. Tennis. Table tennis. Mini golf Volleyball. Boccia. Water sports. Private beach. Billiard.

Airport 16 km. (Dalaman)

Triumphal Arch of Emperor Vespasian from Lycian Era, Xanthos, Mugla, Turkey Photographic Print
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Moored Yachts with Mountains Behind, Fethiye, Mugla, Turkey Photographic Print
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Bolu, Abant Sights and local attractions

2008-07-12T16:37:00.000-07:00

Kemal Ataturk circa 1925-30 Giclee Print
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Bolu, Abant Sights and local attractions

Sights and local attractions: Abant Lake, Seven Lakes National Park, Golcuk, Aladag, Kartalkaya, Sarialan, Akcakoca( Ceneviz Castle)

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Abant & Golcuk:

Pic-nics and thermal tours

2. Sarialan:

Picnics in Summer, Ski tours in Winter

3. Seven Lakes National Park:

Picnics in summer and winter

Mersin Hilton, Turkey

2008-07-11T10:41:00.000-07:00

Poppies and Corinthian Columns, Mersin, Turkey Photographic Print
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MERSIN HILTON

ADNAN MENDERES BULVARI. 33110 MERSIN, TURKEY

188 Rooms. 274 Beds. 22 Suites. 22 Corner. 1 Presidential Suite

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct Dial Telephone, Music, TV Satellite System, Air Condition, Hairdryer, Minibar, Balcony

Indoor and Outdoor Restaurant total cap. 331.

3 Conference Rooms total cap. 535.

4 Meeting Rooms total cap. 155.

Banquet facilities for up to 700.

3 Bars ("The Bar", Pool Bar). Sauna. Jewellery. Bookstore. Shopping Center Beauty Hall. Coiffeur . Medical Center. Fitness center. Laundry. Disco. Swimming Pool. Tennis courts.

In city center, Airport 67 km. (Adana)

Mersin Sights and local attractions

2008-07-11T10:26:00.000-07:00

Saint Paul Giclee Print
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Population: 1,056,331 (2007)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Adana Airport 69 Km.

Transfer: Bus, mini bus, taxi.

Average temperature in centigrade: Jan 9; Feb 10; Mar 13; Apr 17; May 23; Jun 27; Jul 31; Aug 31; Sep 27; Oct 23; Nov 17; Dec 13.

City transport: Bus, mini bus, taxi.

Sights and local attractions: Yumuktepe - Viransehir (Pompeipolis) / Mersin; Museum Waterfall - Eshab'i kehf - St. Paulus / Tarsus; Kanlidivane - Ayas / Erdemli; Kizkalesi - Cennet, Cehennem, Dilek Caves - Mosaic Museum, Silifke Museum, Tasucu, Bagsak / Silifke; Anahan Monastery / Mut; Anamurium -Mamune Castle-Kosekbuku Inn / Anamur.

Tourism Office: Ismet Ononu Bulv. Liman Girisi Mersin

Europe Inexpensive Auto Rentals

2008-07-11T10:07:00.000-07:00

24 Heures du le Mans, 1961 Art Print
Beligond, Michel
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By all rights, the subject of auto rentals has no place here. For, unless you're a party of three or more persons who can split costs, traveling by car is not the cheapest way to travel through Europe. Proof for that statement? Assume that you've bought a round-trip air ticket to Amsterdam. You can extend that ticket to Rome and thereby obtain extra-city stopover privileges in such widely-scattered spots as London, Brussels, Paris, Zurich, Geneva, Nice, Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Hanover and Bremen.

Furthermore, car travel will necessarily limit the number and variety of your stops in Europe. For, while distances on a European map may seem short, they are deceptively short. Excepting only a few major highways in France and Germany, the normal European road will not permit you to travel as fast as you might in the United States. And if you're to cross mountains on your ride, you'll crawl. The route from Munich to Venice may seem like a short one-but it's over the Alps!

Finally, to complete this recital of horrors, European auto rental agencies are not normally geared to permit the free exchange of cars from city to city. In the United States, a tourist may drive a rented car from New York to Chicago, for example, and then leave the car with the agency at Chicago, where it'll be rented to someone else. Under the European system, you would, in contrast, have to pay a driver to pick up your car in Chicago and drive it back to New York. Though there are some exceptions to this role, normally you must add a stiff pick-up charge to the cost of renting a European car.

But having painted the foregoing gloomy picture, and having conceded all the drawbacks, I can now with good conscience assert the following stubborn proposition: no one has seen Europe who has not traveled in it by car. The life of the continent from an auto window is a closely-felt, personal experience. It should be tried:
not, perhaps, on a first trıp to Europe, when you'll want to see a great many cities, in a number of countries-but ultimately, when you 're content to examine at leisure a particular country or area through which you've earlier passed. How can that be done at the least cost? There are a number of alternatives.

The Prado Museum, Madrid

2008-07-11T09:49:00.000-07:00

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THE PRADO: Surely, this is the greatest museum in the world. It is smaller and better arranged than the Louvre; it is far more selective and would never think of accepting the trivia (murals by David) with which the Louvre fills its halls; and it has a greater concentration of masterpieces than even the Uffizzi in Florence-works by El Greco, Goya, Velazquez, Titian, Tintoretto, Rubens, Van Dyck, Murillo, Ribera, Brueghel-you will reel from the impact of this great art collected in one spot. High spot of the museum, in my poor opinion, is the room of sketches by Goya on the 1st floor, which make fierce, passionate commentaries on the themes of war, death, poverty, tyranny. The Valezquez room is another indispensable stop.

.. . For lunchtime visitors, the Prado maintains a courtyard buffet restaurant next to its room of Brueghels, with sandwiches, and a particularly-popular meal: soup, a beefsteak with fried egg and mushrooms, and dessert. . . . Schedule the Prado for the beginning of your Madrid stay; you'll want to shoot yourself if you find only a few hours available for this profound experience at the end of your visit.

Ayvalik, Turkey Sights and local attractions

2008-07-11T07:11:00.000-07:00

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Population: 58.738 (2007)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Adnan Menderes Airport 160 Km.

Transfer: Taxi, bus, mini bus.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 5/11; Feb 5/13; Mar 10/16; Apr 15/23; May /24; Jun 22/30; July 27/33; Aug 23/34; Sep 20/28; Oct 15/23; Nov 10/16; Dec 8/13

City transport: Taxi, mini bus.

Sights and local attractions: Sarimsakli beach, Alibey (Cunda), Seytan Sofrasi, Taksiyarhis church, Altinova beach.

Tourism Office: Çamlık Caddesi Yat Limani Karsisi Ayvalik

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

Boat Tours To 23 Islands Around Ayvalik

Midilli (By boat)

Bergama-Troya-Assos-Dikili-Candarli-Oren-Akcay (By boat and bus)

GRAND HOTEL TEMIZEL, Ayvalik Turkey

2008-07-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

Aegean Garden Art Print
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GRAND HOTEL TEMIZEL

SARMISAKLI SAHIL BOYU, AYVALIK 10425 BALIKESIR

164 Rooms, 336 Beds, 8 Suites

All Rooms with Telephone, Private bathroom, Music, TV Satellite System, Air-condition, Minibar, Hairdryer, Balcony

2 Restaurants (Indoor cap. 350, Outdoor cap. 200), Patisserie, Snack bar, Cafeteria, 6 Bars, Turkish bath, Sauna, Fitness center, Coiffeur, Market, Ballroom cap. 120, Conference Room cap. 100, Meeting room cap. 60, Swimming Pool with children section, Disco, Tennis, Table tennis, Football, Voleyball, Canoe, Windsurf, Jakuzzi

Ayvalik 7 km, Airport 160 km. (İzmir)

Canakkale Sights and local attractions

2008-07-11T06:38:00.000-07:00

Harbor at Canakkale, Turkey Photographic Print
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Population: 115,775 (2007)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Adnan Menderes Airport 316 Km.

Transfer: Bus, Mini bus, Ferry Boat (from Çanakkale to Eceabat, from Lapseki to Gelibolu, from Canakkale to Gokceada, from Odunluk harbour "Geyikli" to Bozcaada)

Average temperature in centigrade: Jan 3.6/16.4; Feb 7/17.3; Mar 1.5/ 16.1; Apr 13.4/ 22.7; Jun.11.2/32.2; Jul 15/33; Aug 14/33.4; Sep 12.1/30.4; Oct 5.2/31; Nov 2/20.2; Dec 5.3/15

City transport: Taxi, Mini bus.

Sights and local attractions: Troya, The National Park of Gelibolu Peninsula (Memorials and Cemeteries), Guzelyali, Cimenlik Castle, Kilitbahir Castle, Assos, Behramkale.

British Officer Leads an Attack: A Charge by the Naval Division on the Gallipoli Peninsula Giclee Print
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Turks Rout the English at Gallipoli Giclee Print
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Behramkale Assos

2008-07-11T06:24:00.000-07:00

Fish Boats on Wharf, Assos, Turkey Photographic Print
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Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Adnan Menderes Airport 265 Km.

Transfer: Bus

Average temperature in centigrade: Jan -3.6/ 16.4; Feb -7/ 17.3; Mar -1.5/16.1; Apr 3.4/22.7; May 8.8/26; Jun 11/32; Jul 15/33; Aug 14/33.4; Sep 12.1/30.4; Oct 5.2/31.2; Nov 2/20.2; Dec -5.3/15.

Sights and local attractions:

Fishing Port on the Gulf of Edremit, Behramakale, Assos, Turkey, Aegean, Eurasia Photographic Print
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ASSOS (Athen Temple, Behramkale Mosque, Antique Harbour, Assos Bridge, Theatre, Agora, Gymnasium),

Columns of the Temple of Athena, Under Reconstruction, Assos (Behramakale), Anatolia, Turkey Photographic Print
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BABAKALE (Castle and Mosque),

GULPINAR (Aspendos),

KUCUKKUYU (Zeus Temple-Adatepe)

Hotel Karavanserei on the Harbour, Behramakale, Assos, Turkey, Aegean, Eurasia Photographic Print
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Ottoman Bridge Dating from the 14th Century, Assos, Aegean, Turkey, Anatolia, Eurasia Photographic Print
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MUNAMAR HOTEL Icmeler, Marmaris

2008-07-11T05:26:00.000-07:00

Low Aerial View over the Harbour and Town of Marmaris, Anatolia, Turkey Minor, Eurasia Photographic Print
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MUNAMAR HOTEL

ICMELER, 48700 MARMARIS

150 Rooms, 13 Suites, 2 King Suites, 318 Beds

All rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct dial telephone, Music, TV Satellite system, Aircondition, Hair dryer, Minibar

2 Restaurants (Indoor cap. 300, Outdoor cap. 325), Coffee Shop cap. 80, Cafeteria, Patisseria, Snack bar, Turkish bath, Jacuzzi, Sauna, Fitness Center, Drugstore, Boutique, Coiffeur, Health Cabin, Garagge, Jewellery Shop, Cocktaillounge, Gazebo Bar, Barracuda Bar, Sedir Cafe, River side Cafe, Disco, Night Club, Conference Room cap. 300, Swimming pool with children section, Canoe, Windsurf, Waterski, Banana sailing, Diving, Riding, Billiard, Speed Boat, Jetski, Table Tennis, Central Heating, Aircondition, Whirl pool, Dart, Private Beach, Special yacth voyages

Marmaris 8 km, Dalaman Airport 100 km.

Harbor & Mountain, Marmaris, Mediterranean Photographic Print
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CLUB RESORT SELECT MARIS

2008-07-11T05:14:00.000-07:00

Marmaris Harbour, Turkey, Eurasia Photographic Print
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CLUB RESORT SELECT MARIS

HISARONU MEVKII, DATCA YOLU 30. km 48700 MARMARIS / MUGLA

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct dial telephone, Music, Aircondition, Balcony or French Window, Safety Box

Restaurants, Bars, Meeting room, Conferance Hall, Private Garden, TV Room, Aircondition and central heating, Turkish Bath, Sauna, Fitness Equipment, Market, Parking, Pool with children section, Disco, Billiards, Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, Waterski, Banana Sailing, Diving, Jogging

Datca 30 km, Airport 130 km. (Dalaman)

Yacht Marina and Castle, Marmaris, Aegean Coast, Anatolia, Turkey Photographic Print
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Marmaris Harbour, Turkey, Eurasia Photographic Print
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Club Ilayda Marmaris Turkey

2008-07-11T05:00:00.000-07:00

Sunset over Marmaris Harbor, Turquoise Coast, Turkey Photographic Print
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CLUB ILAYDA

KEMERALTI MAH. ANFI TIYATRO YANI MARMARIS - TURKEY

One bedroom apartment for up to 4 adults consists of

Double or twin room

Lounge area with double sofa bed

Direct Dial Telephone, Minibar, BaLcony, TV Satellite System, Air-condition

Restaurant, Snack Bar, Bool Bar, Garden, TV Room, Sauna, Market, Parking, Outdoor and Indoor (Heated) Swimming Pool with children section, Tennis court, Volleyball, Basketball, Children playing ground

Nearest beach: 800 metres

Main resort area: 1.5 kms

112 apartments

In city center, Airport 100 km. (Dalaman)

CHATEAU DE VILLE HOTEL

2008-07-11T04:50:00.000-07:00

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CHATEAU DE VILLE HOTEL

KAYABAL CD. 190 ICMELER MARMARIS / MUGLA

1 suit, 22 Sea View, 8 forest view rooms, 8 triple rooms, 21 double rooms (7 rooms have connection to next rooms)

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct Dial Telephone, Music, TV Satellite System, Air Condition, Balcony

Indoor and Outdoor Restaurants total Cap. 250. Snack Bar. Terrace Bar. Laundry. Swimming Pools one for children

Marmaris 6 km, Airport 100 km (Dalaman)

THE LAGUNA HOTEL AZUR

2008-07-11T04:37:00.000-07:00

THE LAGUNA HOTEL AZUR

ON THE SHORES OF SOUTH WEST TURKEY YOUR OWN SERENE OASIS

The exclusive Laguna Hotel on the shores of Icmeler Bay has been created and designed to accommodate you in a private world of luxurious and relaxed self-indulgence. Furnished tastefully throughout providing the ulimate in comfort.

Overlooking the wide, elear bay, dotted with islands and encompassed by a panorama of verdant mountains. üwn private sandy beach shaded by mature palm treas, ideal for serenity and safe swimming.

A varied choice of restaurants and bars set in convivial surroundings offering international and Turkish cuisines to suit your appetite and mood.

Professional live entertainment.

64 double rooms including four suites, fully air conditioned, spacious reception areas, fitness centre, Turkish bath, sauna, jacuzzi, games room, swimming pool, water sports, seminar room and professional staff are all at your disposal.

Turkish Slippers on Sale in Marmaris, Turkey Photographic Print
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Icmeler-Marmaris TURKEY

Charter flights - cheapest method of getting to Europe

2008-07-09T07:43:00.000-07:00

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CHARTER FLIGHTS

Actually, of course, the cheapest method of getting to Europe is via a "charter flight." Those words refer to a practice whereby a club or organization "rents" a plane and crew from one of the major airlines, and then splits the cost of the rental among the eighty-or-so members of the organization making the trip. Since even a 130-passenger jet and crew can be rented to fly to Europe.

The airlines "rent" (charter) their planes on this low-cost basis in order to make use of equipment and crews that would otherwise lie idle. The business of flying a million Americans to Europe each year is, after all, inherently a wasteful one. In early summer when most tourists make the trip, planes may fly to Europe filled to capacity-but return half-empty. In August or September, they may fly over half-empty, but return fully packed. The airlines came to realize that if they could schedule rentals of planes for the slack periods of the travel season, on dates of the airlines'-not passengers' -choosing, they could realize substantial savings. Moreover, they saw that by renting eighty seats at one clip to an organization or club, they could avoid the heavy administrative and bookkeeping expense involved in selling tickets one-at-a-time. The combined savings would permit a drastic reduction of round-trip fares, and still insure a profit.

At the same time, the airlines feared (and I am explaining their attitude, not justifying it) that the indiscriminate rental of idle planes might jeopardize their normal rate structure on the scheduled flights. Therefore, a compromise was worked out. Low-cost rentals would be permitted, but only on a moderate, carefully-controlled basis designed to check their too-widespread use. The only groups permitted to charter planes would be those which had not been formed for the purpose of travel. Thus, if you were to organize a "Let's Go to Europe Club," or if a travel agent sought to rent a plane and sell tickets for it to the public, both you and he would not be permitted to charter a plane. But if, by chance, you already happened to be a member of an established, non-travel club or organization, and that group wanted to charter a plane, then you could fly to Europe.

The precise rule, as it is set forth in I.A.T.A. regulations, provides that a person may charter a plane only "on behalf of members of a group which has principal purposes, aims and objectives other than travel, and sufficient affinity existing prior to the application for charter transportation to distinguish it and set it apart from the general public." The club may not publicize the flight widely; it can solicit passengers only through "personal letters, circulars and telephone calls . . . [or through] group publications intended solely for members of the group." Moreover, "each member of the party to be transported [must be] a member of the group at the time of application for the charter and [have] been such a member for at least six months prior to the date on which charter operations are to be commenced." However, the immediate family of a member (spouse and dependent children) may also go on the charter flight.

Despite these restrictions, an enormous number of organizations in the United States-from pigeon fanciers to chamber music societies-have enthusiastically seized upon the charter flight idea.

They need only persuade forty members and their wives, husbands or families to vacation in Europe and to leave and return at the same time. Depending on the time of year and the availability of aircraft, the round-trip fare to the less remote European cities will cost anywhere. And traveling via charter does not imply any requirement of "togetherness" upon arrival in Europe. The group can split up immediately on landing.

They need only rendezvous together in the city of departure on the date of the return trip, which can be either three, four, or five weeks later.

if you'd like to organize a charter flight among members of your club, merely write to the Traffic Department of any of the overseas airlines for specific information, or contact a travel agent.

They aren't permitted to organize their own charters, but they'll be tickled silly to handle your organization's request, because they can reap a large commission on a planeload of passengers.

American Traveler Gateway to Europe

2008-07-09T07:29:00.000-07:00

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With the money question under control, you'll now want to plan the schedule of your trip and your travel itinerary. The scheduling part is easy. By far the great majority of trans-Atlantic flights leave in the evening, arrive in Europe the next morning, after you've had a night's sleep.

As for your itinerary, most trips to Europe are planned around a key "gateway"-a major city at which you'll either arrive, or from which you'll later depart on the return trip. It used to be that travel counselors advised choosing London, as the gateway, on the theory that the lack of a language barrier would ease you into European life by gradual degrees. But that ancient advice has little relevance to the travel conditions of modern-day Europe-particularly in such countries as Holland, where English is virtually a second language.

Far more important than the number of persons who speak English is how they speak it-whether they do so with sincerity and warmth, thus enabling you to begin your trip in a pleasant and enjoyable manner. On that score, the Dutch rank high as one of the warmest, most outgoing people in Europe.

In choosing a gateway, it's obviously far better to rely on practical considerations, not cliches. You'll want, first, to begin your trip in a city that is conveniently located for a tour of the continent. For that purpose, I usually choose Amsterdam, which stands at the very entrance to the heartland of Europe-with Paris, Brussels and London just an hour away by plane, Frankfurt and Copenhagen less than an hour and a half away, Rome just two hours and ten minutes distant.

There are, in addition, several budget considerations that usually point to Amsterdam as your most advantageous gateway. For one thing, the auto rental rates in Holland are generally acknowledged to be the lowest in Europe. If, therefore, you've planned a trip by car through Europe, you can achieve substantial savings by picking up the car in Amsterdam. You can, in addition, purchase a European car, tax-free, at the famous "Ship-Side Showroom" located on the very grounds of Amsterdam International Airport.

This unique auto agency will complete the arrangements for you in less than an hour after you've stepped off the plane-the purchase itself, issuance of all necessary papers, delivery of the car.

Finally, in choosing a departure point for your return trip to the U.S. or Canada, Amsterdam is probably once again your best bet.

For, by common acknowledgment, its airport possesses the largest and cheapest Tax-Free Shopping Center on the continent. That means that just prior to flight time, you can stock up on a vast array of low-priced perfume, liquor, cameras, watches, jewelry and the like, and carry them not across the continent, but simply into the planet

Izmir Hilton Hotel

2008-07-09T07:02:00.000-07:00

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IZMIR HILTON HOTEL

GAZIOSMANPASA BUL. 7, 35210 IZMIR

381 Guest Rooms including 22 Junior Suites, 2 Presidential Suites, 2 Executive Suites and Kale Suite; 2 Executive Flooors with private check-in and clubroom, Handicapped Room

All Rooms with Private Bath and Shower, Satellite TV, Radio, Direct Dial Telephone, Air-conditioning, Minibar, Message light, Voice Mail, Automatic wake-up, Data jacks, Sprinklers for fire protection, Electronic keyless room locking system, 24 hrs. room service

3 Indoor Restaurants, 2 Bars, Live entertainment, Meeting and Banquet Facilities with Ballroom, Banquet Hall and 10 meeting rooms, Car park, Helipad, 2 Night lit tennis courts, 2 squash courts, Indoor paal with outdoor decks, Sauna, Massage, Fitness room, Amusement centre with 10-pin bowling, Mini-golf, Billiards and Video game arcade, Shopping Mall

In City Center, adjacent to Convention Center, Airport 15 km. (A. Menderes)

Serapsu Hotel Konakli Alanya Antalya

2008-07-09T04:22:00.000-07:00

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SERAPSU HOTEL KONAKLI, ALANYA 07490 ANTALYA

218 Rooms, 447 Beds. 15 Suites.
5 Handicapped Rooms

All Rooms with Bathroom, Direct Dial Telephone, Music, Air-Condition, Minibar, TV Satellite System, Balcony

4 Restaurants (Indoor cap, 500, Outdoor cap. 1300). Conference Room, Meeting Room. 4 Bars. Disco. Night Club. Ampitheatre. Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools one for children. Sauna. Shopping Arcade. Fitness Center. Coiffeur. Billiards.

Central Heating and Airconditioning, Private beach, Water Sports, Tennis, Animation

Alanya 13km, Airport 100 km (Antalya)

Grand Kaptan Hotel, Alanya

2008-07-09T04:14:00.000-07:00

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GRAND KAPTAN HOTEL ALANYA

OBA GOL MEVKII, 07400 ALANYA

268 Rooms, 536 Beds, 2 Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Hair Drier, Direct Dial Telephone, Safety boxes, Aircondition, Balcony, Music, Satellite TV

Restaurants cap. 720. Patisserie. Cafeteria. Conference Hall cap. 350, 5Bars (Lobby, Pool, Beach, Terrace, Snack) TV Room. Coiffeur. Medical center. Baby Sitting. Laundry Service. Fitness center. Market. Disco. Swimming Pools one for children. Tennis. Table Tennis. Billiard. Windsurf. Parachutte. Banana Sailing. Jakuzzi. Beach. Sauna.

Alanya 3 km, Airport 110 km.

Hyatt Regency, Istanbul

2008-07-09T03:54:00.000-07:00

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HYATT REGENCY, ISTANBUL

ISTANBUL TASKISLA CD. 80090 İSTANBUL

360 Rooms, 720 Beds, 27 Suites, 1 Presidental Suite

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct Dial telephone, Music, Air-Condition, Minibar, Refrigerator, TV Satellite System, Hair Dryer, Safety Box, Voice Mail System, Central Heating

3 Restaurants (Total indoor cap. 386, Outdoor cap. 90), Harry's Jazz Bar, Polo Lounge, Gazebo Pool Bar, Vitamin Bar, Banquet facilities.

Conference Room cap. 400, 7 Meeting Rooms total cap. 700, Swimming Pool with children section, Snack Bar, Cafeteria, Tennis, Turkish Bath, Sauna, Garden, Fitness Center, Coiffeur, La Patisserie, Health Club, Jacuzzi, Shopping Center, Air condition, Central Heating, Parking

In city center, Airport 20 km.

Crowne Plaza, Istanbul

2008-07-09T03:43:00.000-07:00

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CROWNE PLAZA ISTANBUL

SAHILYOLU, 34710 ATAKOY, ISTANBUL

298 Rooms, 510 Beds, 32 Suites, 2 Disabled Rooms.

All Rooms with Private bathroom, Direct dial telephone, Music, TV Satellite System, Minibar, Aircondition, Hair dryer, Trouser Press.

2 Restaurants. 6 Bars. Ballroom. Conference hall with simultaneous translation system. 4 Meeting Rooms.

Indoor and Outdoor Swimming pools with children section, Sauna. Fitness Center. Coiffeur. Drugstore. Health club . Tennis courts . Laundry Service. Central Heating. Jakuzzi

Airport 8 km.

Club Hotel Sera, Antalya

2008-07-09T01:22:00.000-07:00

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CLUB HOTEL SERA
LARA YOLU PK. 444 07003 ANTALYA

244 Rooms, 510 Beds, 10 suites, 11 Bungalows

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct Dial Telephone, Music, Minibar, Air-Condition, TV Satellite System, Hair Dryer, Safe, Balcony

Indoor & Outdoor Restaurants, A La Carte & Self Service Cafeterias, Conference Room with Simultaneous Translation equipment, Meeting Rooms, Banquet Facilities, Outdoor & Children Swimming Pools, Disco, Bars, Night Club, Coiffeur, Laundry, Sauna, Shopping Center, Turkish Bath, Volleyball, Tennis, Football, Jogging, Fitness Center, Rent a Car, Water Sports

Antalya 12 km, Airport 7 km. (Antalya)

Hotel Adonis Antalya

2008-07-09T01:12:00.000-07:00

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HOTEL ADONIS ANTALYA

LARA YOLU, ANTALYA

227 Rooms, 478 Beds, 39 Suites, 2 King Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathrom, Direct Dial Telephone, Radio, Air-condition, Minibar, TV Satellite System, Hair Dryer, Balcony

3 Restaurants (Indoor cap. 900, Outdoor cap. 250),7 Bars (Lobby, Pool, Roof, Disco), Cafeteria, Conference Center cap. 500 with simultaneous translation equipment, 2 Meeting Rooms total cap. 100, TV Room, Turkish bath, Sauna, Fitness center, Coiffeur, Snack bar, Ballroom cap. 500 person, Shopping Hall, Swimming Pools one for children, Disco, Tennis, Table tennis, Water sports.

City Center Antalya 6 km, Airport 15 km.

Antalya Sightseeing Tours and Excursion

2008-07-09T00:59:00.000-07:00

Population: 775.157 (2007)

Altitude: 40 m.

Airport: 11 Km. from city centre.

Transfer: Airport bus to town terminal Antalya and taxi to city centre.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 6/15; Feb 7/15; Mar 8/18; Apr 11/21; May 15/25; Jun 20/33; Jul 25/36; Aug 23/36; Sep 18/33; Oct 15/27; Nov 11/21; Dec 8/17.

City transport: taxi, car rental, buses.

Sights and loeal attractions: Archaeological Museum, Hadrian's Gate, Old Harbour, Duden Waterfalls, Truncated Minaret, Fluted Minaret.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Pas (8 hours)

Perge, Side, Aspendos, Great Theatre, Stadium, Basilica, Temple of Diana.

2. Alanya (8 hours)

Museum of Alanya, Castel of Selcuk, Kizilkule, including a short boat trip.

3. Termessos (8 hours) Antique city of Termessos, Duden Waterfalls.

Suggested package tours:

Pamukkale: Antique city of Hieropolis (250 Km. from Antalya). 2 days / 1 night

Side: Antique city of Side, 2 days /1 night,

Cappadocia: Konya, Aksaray, Goreme, Adana, Silifke cities. 3 days / 2 nights.

New York City Statue of Liberty Silhouette Poster Print

2008-07-09T00:41:00.000-07:00

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New York City is currently enjoying a radiant reputation for a drastically reduced crime rate, safe subways, and a clean, family-friendly Times Square. But that hasn't stopped a few Manhattan shopkeepers from continuing to rip off tourists.

Since the March 1991 report on the proliferation of fraudulent electronics stores in midtown Manhattan, the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has issued more than 8,000 citations for such violations as holding false going-out of-business sales, selling used goods as new, pricing items above the manufacturer's suggested retail price, and altering credit card slips.

During a three-week sweep last holiday season, 30 stores citywide received a total of 1,100 citations. Marquis Galleries on Lexington Avenue topped the list with 102.
Unfortunately, the fines themselves have not increased. One store settled with the DCA for $65,000 and has been out of business ever since. But that's an exception: Rarely do fines bankrupt a store.

Says Shonna Keogan, a spokesperson for the DCA, "As we inspect more stores, we discover new types ofviolations, and new ways to prosecute." There are some rays of hope: Thanks to the department's stricter licensing practices, phony going out-of-business sales have virtually disappeared. A more personal victory for Stop Press: All nine stores mentioned in out last article either have had their licenses revoked or have gone out of business for good.

To be sure, unscrupulous merchants were cheating their unsuspecting victims long before "caveat emptor" was first uttered. And just as certainly, naive shoppers will forever ignore that advice. In every souk, mall, agora, and grand boulevard there will always lurk a swindler or two, waiting for the next out-of-towner he can scam. And o Stop press continues to repeat its buyer-beware mantras: Use a credit card; learn how to haggle; know how much "duty" really costs.

Izmir, Sights and local attractions

2008-07-09T00:11:00.000-07:00

Population: 2,649,582 (2007)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Adnan Menderes Airport 18 km (11 miles) from city center. The easiest way to get there from Izmir is by the Havas airport shuttle bus from the Turkish Airlines office.

Transfer: Bus, mini bus, taxi

Min / max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 5/12; Feb 4/12; Mar 5/14; Apr 11/19; May 6/24; Jun 20/29; JuI 22/32, Aug 22/32; Sep 19/28; Oct 16/24; Nov 11/18; Dec 8/14 ity transport: taxi, car rental, buses.

Sights and local attractions: several archaeological sights in the vicinity of Izmir, such as Ephesus, Pergamon, Priene, Milet, Didyma, Sardes.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

Ephesus - Mary's House (7 hours - daily)

Visit the shrine of Virgin Mary; St. Paul, Temples, Library, Great Theatre, Stadium, Arceological Museum, Isabey Mosque, Basilica St. John, Temple of Diana. Lunch included.

Pergamon - Aesclapium (7 hours - daily)

Visit Acropolis, Temple of Athena, Library, Royal Palace, Temple of Trojan, Great Theatre, Tempel of Dyonysus, Altar of Zeus, Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum, Ruins of Aesclapium

Priene - Milletus - Didyma (10 hours - daily)

Priene - Theatre, Temple of Athena, Altar of Zeus.
Miletus - Theatre, Byzantine Fortress, Mosque.
Didyma - Temple of Apollo.

Tourism office: Gaziosmanpasa Bulvari 1; Buyuk Efes Oteli Alti

Istanbul Hilton Hotel, Istanbul

2008-07-08T23:51:00.000-07:00

ISTANBUL HILTON HOTEL

CUMHURİYET CAD. HARBIYE / ISTANBUL

500 Rooms, 758 Beds. 16 Suites.

All Rooms with Private BatHroom, Direct Dial telephone, Music Channels, Minibar, Air-Condition, TV Satellite System

Green House Cap. 185.

Roof Rotisserie cap. 120.

Pool Restaurant cap. 70.
Meeting & Congress Center total cap.2000.

Altin Kubbe cap.300.

Fatih 1 & Fatih 2 cap. 80.

Turquoise Room cap. 50.

Banquet Facilities cap. 2000.

Indoor, Outdoor & Children's Swimming Pools. Bar. Beauty Hall. Coiffeur. Laundry. Sauna. Turkish Bath. Shopping Center.

3 Tennis Courts. 2 Squash Courts.

In City center, Airport 24 km.

Montreal Festivals - The World Film Festival

2008-07-08T23:33:00.000-07:00

THE JUST FOR LAUGHS FESTIVAL

July 16 - 27

Make the trip to the worldwide capital of comedy! More than 650 artists from 14 countries play in over 1,000 shows and performances at indoor and outdoor venues that blanket the entire city. In the past, Just For Laughs has featured some today's top comedy draws including David Schwimmer, Tim Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Brett Butler, Kelsey Grammer, Rowan "Mr. Bean" Atkinson, Jim Carrey, Lilly Tomlin and John Candy,to name buü a few. So join the fun at the Festival's new edition from July 16 to 27.

THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL

August 22 - September 2

You can bet the stars will be out, as well as the directors, producers, writers and fans of cinema. After all, the festival is recognized not only as one of the most cultural events in Canada but also as the largest publicly attended film festival in the western world. Close to 350,000 film fans attend 670 screenings of 400 films from about 65 countries aronund the world.

Tahitian islands-on Bora Bora, Moorea, Raiatea, and Huahine

2008-07-08T07:56:00.000-07:00

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The ingenuity of island architecture isn't confined to the Bourbons and the Romans. In the South Pacific I have been intrigued to observe how what at first sight seemed to be a simple, almost silly architectural idea has come entirely to dominate the large and glitzy hotel industry of the islands of Tahiti.

The overwater bungalow was invented just thirty years ago by Hugh Kelley, a dropout -California -lawyer - turned - hotel-builder. His problem was that the Tahitian islands, counter to their image, have an embarrassing shortage of good natural white sand beaches (Tahiti itself has hardly any), so where could he buy land to develop into beach resorts?

Kelley's leap of imagination was to realize that if he planted his hotel accommodations on stilts out in the shallow lagoon, the shortcomings of the beach would perhaps not even be noticed. By day, each overwater bungalow would act as a swimming platform, more convenient and luxurious than any stretch of sand, and there would be other benefits too: Lagoon breezes would keep overwater bungalows ventilated and cool, and as an extra refinement, Kelley had the idea of giving each a glass floor and downwardpointing spotlights so that fish-watching could continue through the night-a popular soporific for jet-lagged clients unable to sleep. Island landowners also found the concept appealing. Overwater bungalows had the effect of greatly increasing their usable building space.

Kelley used the overwater idea to expand his own (Bali Hai) group of hotels, and soan the bigger hotel operators, realizing that they could charge anything from $100 to $150 a night more for overwater bungalows than for identical amenities on land, hastily climbed on the bandwagon.

During the 1980s dozens of overwater bungalows were built throughout the Tahitian islands-on Bora Bora, Moorea, Raiatea, and Huahine.

Bora Bora is the island with the most spectacular lagoon and, therefore, the one that has taken to overwater bungalows in the biggest way. The fashionable Moana Beach Parkroyal recently added anather ten to its collection, bringing its total to forty. The big new Bora Bora Lagoon Resart has pushed the idea even further -fifty of its eighty bungalows are overwater. And construction has now started on the biggest of them all, the Meridien-Bora Bora, with eighty-two out of a hundred units being above water.

Overwater bungalows aren't my main reason for liking Bora Bora. An excess of overwater installation scan, to be honest, make a lagoon look more like an offshore oil field than a place of recreation. But what Bora Bora has more of than anywhere I can think of is, for want of a better word, glamour. This is partly because of its physical beauty-no sea anywhere is quite so luminous, quite so intense, or quite so inviting as Bora Bora's lagoon-and partly because of the knowledge that if you stand still long enough, sooner or later every famous person in the world will walk by. A rall call is kept on painted boards outside Bloody Mary's restaurant, rather like a French war memorial. All the biggies are there: Nelson Rockefeller, Prince Rainier, Charlton Heston, Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford, David Lean, Darothy Lamaur, Raquel Welch, and a hundred others. At the time of my visit, they were just getting ready to paint up the latest batch of names-Rowan Atkinson, George Michael, Dolph Lundgren, Denzel Washington, Pierce Brosnan, Stephane Grappelli, Pamela Anderson, Vanessa Williams. If these names are perhaps not quite so resonant as those that went before, that's no fault of Bloody Mary's; it's just that celebrities are no longer as celebrated as they used to be.

MARMARIS ALTINYUNUS HOTEL

2008-07-08T07:35:00.000-07:00

MARMARIS ALTINYUNUS HOTEL PAMUCAK MEVKII 48700 MARMARIS / MUGLA

140 Standart Rooms, 159 Villa (Family Rooms),6 Suites, Total Bed Cap. 788

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct Dial Telephone, Air-Condition, Minibar, TV Satellite System, Music, Hair Dryer, Balcony

3 Restaurants (Indoor cap. 600, Outdoor cap. 600, Alacarte cap. 250), Conference Room cap. 750 with Simultaneous translation system, 3 Meeting Rooms Cap.120, Business Center, 8 Bars, Patisserie, Snack Bar, Cafeteria, Coiffeur, Laundry, Secretarial Services, Baby Sitting, Health Cabin, All Water Sports, Fitness Center, Swimming Pool, Pizzeria, Casino, Children Pool, Disco.

Sauna, Turkish Bath, Football, Tennis, Table Tennis, Billiards, Garden, Air condition , Central Heating, Parking

Marmaris 4 km, Airport 100 km, (Dalaman

AQUA HOTEL ICMELER MARMARIS / MUGLA

2008-07-08T07:29:00.000-07:00

AQUA HOTEL ICMELER MARMARIS /MUGLA

240 Rooms, 504 Beds. 16 Junior Suites, 8 Corner Grand Suites

All Rooms with Private Bathroom, Direct Dial Telephone, Radio, TV Satellite System, Minibar, Air Condilion, Hair dryer

Restaurant, indoor and outdoor cap. 500 per. (International and Turkish cuisine; breakfast and dinner open buffet). Snack Bar, Artrium Bar, Ada Bar. Conference Room total cap. 250, Meeting room cap. 50. Turkish Bath. Sauna. Fitness center. Coiffeur. Several Shops. Free Safe Box. Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools. Children Pool. Very large sandy beach with ambrellas and beach chairs (free), Tennis, Table Tennis. Safari. Billiards. Sailing. Canoe. Windsurf. Water Skiing. All water sports, Every night live music, Some entertainment during the week

Marmaris 8 km, Airport 100 km. (Dalaman)

Marmaris Sightseeing Tours and Excursion

2008-07-08T07:18:00.000-07:00

Population: 18 000 (2005)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Dalaman Airport 85 Km.

Transfer: Bus, mini bus, taxi, airport coach to city airterminal.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 5/12; Feb 4/12; Mar 5/14; Apr 15/22; May 20/30; Jun 23/35; Jul 25/38; Aug 30/42; Sep 22/32; Oct 18/28; Nov 11/18; Dec 8/14.

City transport: Taxi, mini bus.

Sights and local attractions: Caunos, Rhodes, Pamukkale, Datca, Knidos, Priene, Milet, Didyma.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Ephesus - Mary's house, Priene, Milet. (14 hours)

Visit the shrine of Virgin Mary; St. Paul, Temples, Library, Great Theatre, Stadium, Archeological Museum, İsabey Mosque, Basilica St. John, Temple of Diana. Lunch included.

2. Rhodes

3. Kaunos

Dalyan, Kaunos, Turtle Beach.

4. Pamukkale (Hierapolis) - Aphrodisias

Hierapolis, Karahayit, Amphitheatre, Thermal Pool; Aphrodisias antique city.

Tourism Office: Kemal Elgin Bulvari No: 19 Marmaris, Turkey

Didim Sights and local attractions

2008-07-08T07:08:00.000-07:00

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Adnan Menderes Airport 170 Km.

Transfer: Bus, mini bus, taxi.

Average temperature in centigrade: Jan 15; Feb 16; Mar 20; Apr 23; May 28; Jun 31; Jul 33; Aug 33; Sep 30; Oct 26; Nov 20; Dec 18.

City transport: Taxi and mini bus.

Sights and local attractions: Priene, Miletus, Didyma, Heraklia, Ephesus, Mary's house.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Ephesus - Mary's House

Visit the shrine of Virgin Mary; St. Paul, Temples, Library, Great Theatre, Stadium, Archeological Museum, Isabey Mosque, Basilica St. John, Temple of Diana. Lunch included.

2. Priene . Milletus· Didyma

Priene - Theatre, Temple of Athena, Altar of Zeus.
Miletus - Theatre, Byzantine Fortress, Mosque.
Didyma - Temple of Apollo. Lunch included

3. Pamukkale (Hierapolis)

Hierapolis, Karahayit, Amphitheatre, Thermal Pool.

Denizli Pamukkale Sights and local attractions

2008-07-08T06:55:00.000-07:00

Population: 203.130 (1990)

Altitude: 400 m.

Airport: Adnan Menderes Airport 200 Km. Cardak Airport, 60 Km.

Transfer: Buses, Mini buses, Taxi.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan -1/9; Feb 3/12; Mar 6/19; Apr 10/21; May 13/26; Jun 17/31; Jul 22/36; Aug 20/24; Sep 16/29; Oct 12/25; Nov 7/18; Dec 3/12.

City transport: Bus, Taxi, Mini bus.

Sights and local attractions: Pamukkale (Hierapolis), Laodiceia, Tripolis (Buldan), Kolossai (Hona) Buldan waterfall, Civril Isikli Lake, Cankurtaran Promenad.

Tourism Office: Ataturk cad. Ufuk Apt. 8/4 Deliklicinar-Denizli

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Pamukkale (Hierapolis)

Roman bath, Amphitheatre, Apollo temple, Monumental fountain, Nympheum, Grand Church, Domitan-Bath-Bazilika, St. Philipte Martyrium (oktogon) church, Triumphal Gate, City walls, Columnar church & Avenue.

Bodrum Sights and local attractions

2008-07-08T06:47:00.000-07:00

Population: 21.273 (1990)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Adnan Menderes Airport 240 Km. Dalaman Airport 226 Km

Transfer: Bus, mini bus, taxi

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 6/16; Feb 6/17; Mar 9/19; Apr 12/21; May 16/26; Jun 20/30; Ju122/34; Aug 21/33; Sep 20/30; Oct 16/25; Nov 12/21; Dec 9/18

City transport: Taxi, mini bus, rent a car

Sights and local attractions: Bodrum Castle, Underwater Archeology Museum, Mausoleum, Amphitheatre; Euromos, Labranda, Mylassa, Iassos antique cities.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Ephesus - Mary's House

Visit the shrine of Virgin Mary; St. Paul, Temples, Library, Great Theatre, Stadium, Archeological Museum, Isabey Mosque, Basilica St. John, Temple of Diana, Bafa lake.

2. Pamukkale-Afrodisias

Pamukkale, Karahayit, Thermal Bath-Mud Bath, Hierapolis, Afrodisias

3. Dalyan-Kaunos

Hot Thermal, Turtle Beach, Rock Tomps, Kaunos

Tourism Office: Iskele Meydani Bodrum

Datca, Dalaman Turkey Sights and local attractions

2008-07-08T06:39:00.000-07:00

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Dalaman Airport 190 Km.

Transfer: Bus, mini bus, taxi, airport coach to city airterminal.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 5/12; Feb 4/12; Mar 5/14; Apr 15/22; May 20/30; Jun 23/35; JuI25/38; Aug 30/42; Sep 22/32; Gct 18/28; Nov 11/18; Dec 8/14.

City transport: Taxi, mini bus.

Sights and local attractions: Caunos, Rhodes, Pamukkale, Marmaris, Knidos, Priene, Mi1et, Didyma.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

ı. Ephesus - Mary's house, Priene, Milet. (16 hours)

Visit the shrine of Virgin Mary; St. Paul, Temples, Library, Great Theatre, Stadium, Archeological Museum, Isabey Mosque, Basilica St. John, Temp1e of Diana. Lunch included.

2. Rhodes

3. Dalyan-Koycegiz (Caunos)

Dalyan, Kaunos, Turtle Beach

4. Pamukkale (Hierapolis) - Aphrodisias

Hierapolis, Karahayit, Amphitheatre, Thermal Pool; Aphrodisias antique city.

Turunc Sights and local attractions

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Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Dalaman Airport 110 Km

Transfer: Bus, mini bus, taxi, airport coach to city airterminal.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 5/12; Feb 4/12; Mar 5/14; Apr 15/22; May 20/30; Jun 23/35; Ju125/38; Aug 30/42; Sep 22/32; Oct 18/28; Nov 11/18; Dec 8/14.

Sights and local attractions:

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Ephesus - Mary's house, Priene, Milet. (14 hours)

Visit the shrine of Virgin Mary; St. Paul, Temples, Library, Great Theatre, Stadium, Archeological Museum, Isabey Mosque, Basilica St. John, Temple of Diana. Lunch included.

2. Rhodes

3. Caunos

Dalyan, Caunos, Turtle Beach.

4. Pamukkale (Hierapolis) - Aphrodisias

Hierapolis, Karahayit, Amphitheatre, Thermal Pool; Aphrodisias antique city.

Adana Sightseeing Tours and Excursion

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Population: 1,530,257 (2007)

Altitude: 23 m.

Airport: Adana Airport 4 Km. from city centre.

Transfer: Bus, Taxi

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan 5/14; Feb 6/16; Mar 8/19; Apr 11/23; May 15/28; Jun 19/32; Jul 23/34; Aug 23/35; Sep 19/33; Oct 15/29; Nov 11/23; Dec 7/17

City transport: bus, taxi, mini-bus.

Sights and local attractions: Regional Museum, Etnographic Museum, Karatepe (Hittite) National Park and open air museum (remains of an antique city and citadel), Sayhan dan Lake, antique castles, Grand Mosque.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Korykos (10 hours)

Tarsus, Mersin, Pompeiopolis, Kanlidivane, Castle by the sea, Maiden Castle, Heaven and Hell.

2. Antakya (10 hours)

Crusader Castles, Plain of Issos, Mosaics Museum, First Christian Church.

3. Anavarza and Karatepe (10 hours)

Anavarza shows the ruins of a Roman Byzantine city. Karatepe is a Noe-Hittite site.

Tourism Office: Ataturk Caddesi No: 13 Adana

Kas Kalkan Turkey

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If you dream about clean waters, mysteries of history and having a holiday in wonderful nature. Hospitality, cleanliness and good service. Let's live Kalkan together.

Population: Kas 5.922 (2007)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Dalaman Airport 160 Km.

Transfer: Taxi, bus.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan6/15; Feb 7/15; Mar 8/18; Apr 11/21; May 15/25; Jun 20/33; Jul 25/36; Aug 23/36; Sep 18/33; Oct 15/27; Nov 11/21; Dec 8/17.

Sights and local attractions: Amphitheatre, Rock tombs, Blue Cave, Kekova, Patara, Xanthos, Gombe, Gokcesu, Demre (Myra), Aya Nicola Church.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Kekova, Simena, Ucagiz (By boat)

2. Blue Inn, Kapitas beach, Patara (By boat)

3. Kalkan, Patara, Xanthos, Gökcesu (By mini bus)

4. Demre, Myra, Aya Nicola Church ( By mini bus and boat)

5. Blue Voyage (3 Day and overnight stay by boat)

Tourism Office: Cumhuriyet Meydani No. 5 Kas

Destinations: Mexico, Caribbean, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Nevada

2008-07-08T04:01:00.000-07:00

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5130 Highway 101 Minnetonka, MN 55345

Destinations: Mexico, Caribbean, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Nevada

Northwest World Vacations
Destinations: Asia, Canada, Europe, Caribbean, Mexico, select US destinations, ski destinations

MTI Vacations - Trase Miller Vacations

2211 Butterfield Road Downers Grove, IL 60515

Destinations: United States, as well as many international destinations

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Destinations: United States

Pacific Bestour, Inc.

Bestour Building 228 Rivervale Road Rivervale, NJ 07675

Destinations: China, Asia, Indochina

Pacific Delight Tours, Inc.

132 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016

Destinations: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia

Pleasant Holidays

2404 Townsgate Road Westlake Village, CA 91361

Destinations: Hawaii, Mexico

Preferred Holidays

1203 S.w. 41 st Ct.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315

Destinations: Western Europe, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Rockies, select US destinations

Rail Europe

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Destinations: All European countries

Runaway Tours, Inc.

120 Montgomery Street, #800 San Francisco, CA 94104

Destinations: Hawaii, Mexico

Speeial Expeditions

720 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10019

Destinations: United States, Europe, Scandinavia, Galapagos Islands, Baltic States, Egypt, British and Irish Isles, Canada, South America, Central America, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Mexico

Sunny Land Tours, Inc.

166 Main Street Hackensack, NJ 07601

Destinations: Belize, Brazil, Canary Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Galapagos Islands, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Peru, Poland, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela

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276 Post Road West Westport, CT 06880

Destinations: United States, Canada, Hawaii, Alaska, Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Europe, China, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific

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2 Charlesgate West Boston, MA 02215

Destinations: Las Vegas, Caribbean, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda

Trafalgar Tours

11 East 26th Street New York, NY 10010

Destinations: Europe, United States, Canada

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2530 S.E. Bristol Street Newport Beach, CA 92660

Destinations: The Orient, China, India, South Pacific, Eastern and Western Europe, South America, Central America and Mexico, Egypt and the Holy Land, Turkey and Greece

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599 Broadway New York, NY 10012

Destinations: Great Britain, Ireland, Eastern and Western Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Scandinavia and Russia

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8831 Aviation Boulevard Inglewood, CA 90301

Destinations: Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, New England, West Coast, Panama Canal, Florida, Caribbean

Abercrombie & Kent, The Charter at Beaver Creek

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Oriental Express

See Asia in deluxe comfort and style from aboard the Eastern & Oriental Express.
Now, save 20% when traveling to beautiful Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, with a complimentary flight back to Bangkok. The overnight journey, with its legendary fine cuisine, accommodations and personal service, also includes a tour of the ancient city of Sukkothai. Journeys to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are available year-round. Availability restrictions apply.

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Road To Mandalay

Road To Mandalay cruises the Ayeyarwady River in Myanmar (Burma), showing its guests the delights of a country that has stood still in time. Relax in legendary Orient-Express comfort on board. And during shore excursions, discover historic pagodas, temples and craftsmen. Three-, four- or seven-night cruises, with extensions to the capital, Yangon, are available. Receive four nights for the price of three-savings. Availability restrictions apply.

The Charter at Beaver Creek

Set in the beauty of a charming Colorado mountain village, The Charter at Beaver Creek offers a comfortable, relaxed setting for a romantic getaway or a family vacation. Enjoy two restaurants, complete spa, outdoor pools and hot tubs, and personalized service. Guests of The Charter enjoy a variety of lodging accommodations from Lodge Rooms to one- to five-bedroom condominiums. Outside The Charter enjoy fishing, hiking, biking, shopping and access to seven golf courses.

Gardiner's Resort on Camelback

Nestled on the prestigious Camelback Mountain, with spectacular views of Scottsdale is Gardiner's Resort. A private boutique resort that The New York Times has billed as the "Tiffany of Tennis." Home of "John Gardiner's Tennis Clinic," offering state-of-the-art tennis facilities and uniquely luxurious private casitas. Packages are all-inclusive and provide players with a 4:1 pro ratio.

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Ojai Valley Inn

#1 California golf resort and one of the top 50 resorts in the U.S. The resort is located 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 73 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Enjoy golf, tennis, swimming, horseback riding, hiking, biking, an acclaimed children's program, and dining on the chefs Coastal Harvest cuisine.

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Palmetto Dunes Resort, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Palmetto Dunes is a 2,000-acre oceanfront property featuring over 450 luxurious, fully-furnished one- to five-bedroom vacation villas and homes, located on the ocean, harbour and fairways. Enjoy miles of beach, pools, free play at 25-court Tennis Center and special rates on the resort's five championship golf courses.
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Frenc Menu Terms, Soups, Meats, Fish, Eggs, Salads

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FRENCH MENU TERMS

SOUPS

bouillabaisse fish soup
consomme clear soup
potages (or) soupes soup
potage a la reine cream of chicken
soupe a l'oignon onion soup
potage au vermicelle noodle soup
potage aux lentilles lentil soup
potage portugais tomato soup
potage Saint-Germain pea soup
potage de Volaille chicken broth

MEATS

agneau lamb
ailerons chicken wings
aloyan sirloin
bifteck steak
boeuf beef
canard duck
caneton duckling
cerf venison
cervelles brains
charcuterie cold cuts
chateaubriand filet steak
coq au vin chicken in wine sauce
cotelette d'agneau lamb chop
dandonneau farci stuffed turkey
dinde turkey
foie liver
foie gras goose liver
gigot ragout de mouton leg of mutton stew
grenouille frog
jambon ham
lapin rabbit
mouton mutton
oie goose
pot au feu beef stew
poulet chicken
poussin squab chicken
ris de veau sweetbreads
rognons kidneys
rôti de roast
saueisse grille fried sausage
tournedos small filet steaks
veau veal
volaille poultry

FISH

aigrefin haddock
anguille eel
brochet pike
crevette shrimp
escargots snails
hareng herring
homard lobster
huitres oysters
maquereau mackerel
moule mussel
poissons fish
saumon fume smoked salmon
thon tuna
truite trout

EGGS

oeufs brouilles scrambled eggs
oeufs a la coque soft boiled eggs
oeufs durs hard boiled eggs
oeufs frits fried eggs
oeufs frits au jambon ham and eggs
oeufs poches poached eggs

SALADS

crudites vegetable salad
salade de eoneombres cucumber salad
salade de laitue lettuce salad
salade niçoise Greek salad
salade variee mixed salad

VEGETABLES

asperge asparagas
aubergines eggpant
choucroute sauerkraut
choux cabbage
cornichon pickle
epinards spinach
haricots verts green beans
legumes vegetables
navets turnips
petits pois green peas
pommes frites French fried patatoes
puree de pommes mashed potatoes
radis radish
riz rice

BEVERAGES, CONDIMENTS, AND OTHERS

beurre butter
biere beer
cafe coffee
citron lemon
cognac brandy
creme cream
croissants breakfast rolls
de I'eau water
jus d'orange orange juice
jus de tomates tomato juice
lait milk
moutarde mustard
patisserie pastry
petit pain a roll
poivre pepper
sel salt
sucre sugar
the tea
vin wine
vin blanc white wine
vin rouge re wine
vinaigre vinegar

DESSERTS

ananas pinepple
compotes de fruits stewed fruits
confitures jam omelette
creme a la vanille vanila custard
fraises strawberries
framboises raspberries
fromage a la creme creme cheese
fruits frais fresh fruit
gateau cake
glace a la vanille vanilla ice cream
macedoine de fruits fruit salad
omelette souffle
oranges oranges
pamplemousse grapefruit
petits fours tea cakes
raisins grapes
tartes pastries

BUTIERED: meuniere / au beurre
FRIED: frit
MEDIUM: a point
RARE: saignant
ROAST: rôti
STUFFED: farci
WELL DONE: bien cuit

Menu Translations The Big Surprise

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Somehow, there are few words to describe the sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach caused by a Barcelona menu that lists "alcachofas, angulas y lletados can acelgas" as the choice you face for supper. Absent a translation of these exotic phrases, dinner becomes The Big Surprise. You stab blindly at the bill of fare, hope for the best, and usually end up with Octopus Soup or some similar delicacy.

Obviously, you'll need translations of European menus. They follow below, arranged for seven European languages in the same food groupings that you'd find on a menu: soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and so forth. Pronunciations are omitted; in this area, it usually pays simply to point to what you want.

A preliminary warning: in using these lists, don't be intimidated by the seemingly large number of menu terms that you won't find listed in them. Your bewilderment results from the common practice in European restaurants of adorning menus with fanciful, but totally meaningless, adjectives. Thus, a simple "wienerschnitzel" (breaded veal cutlet) is rarely described as such in a Munich restaurant; it's called a "wienerschnitzel Münchner Art" (breaded veal cutlet Munich style), but at heart, it's a simple breaded veal cutlet. The same literary touches are of ten indulged in by American restaurants, whose menus offer "Shenandoah County Tomato Juice" or "Special Prime-Tested Kansas City Steaks." Just look for the basic root of the menu term, which is all you're getting, in any event. Bon Appetit!

From Kyoto To Tokyo, To Mount Fuji, To Kyushu Island, To Korea

2008-07-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

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From Kyoto

Thanks to its perch in the relatively high latitudes, northeast Asia is the only part of the region that enjoys four distinct seasons-a climatic oddity that makes it curiously familiar for Westerners traveling in Japan, Korea, and parts of northern China. Cherry-blossom time is perhaps the best season to visit Japan (though beware of the crowds), and fall the best for Korea (where the colors easily rival those of New England). In China's north and Russia's far east, high summer or midwinter are best-warm sunlit evenings in July or magnificent snowy vistas in December.

Forget Tokyo as a base: Its monstrous international airport, Narita, happens to be so inconveniently sited-at the very least, two and a half hours from the average Tokyo hotel room-that it is actually the very last place to choose. By contrast, Osaka's handsome new airport proves a very good jumping-off point and is well connected to its neighbor cities, and not least to the exquisite old Japanese capital of Kyoto-which means that you can spend a meditative morning communing with the stones in Ryoan-ji Temple or strolling the Philosopher's Walk from Eikan-do to Ginkaku-ji before setting out, via what is called the new Kansai airport, on your adventure.

There ate--two further practical advantages to Osaka. First, flights from the Kansai field to Tokyo land not at the far away Narita but at the much handier Haneda Airport, only minutes from Tokyo's city center; and second, Osaka-where there is a brand-new Imperial Hotel that is well worth seeing-is nearer to the major centers of South Korea, essential destinations for anyone wanting to have the full picture of what northeast Asia is all about.

To Tokyo

This, of course, has to be the prime destination, but it is invidious to offer specific sites of pilgrimage-the Imperial Palace, the Ginza, the 5 A.M. auctions at the Tsukiji fish market. Better to suggest things to do, such as Kabuki theater (marathan sessions are held at the Kabuki-za Theater in Ginza), or No drama (at the nearby Ginza No-Gakudo), or simply the amazing nightlife in such areas as Shinjuku or Roppongi. Whereas in smaller Japanese cities and towns it's a good idea to have the (incredibly expensive) experience of staying in a local inn, a ryokan, in Tokyo you are better advised to stay at a Western-style hotel, of which the Seiyo Ginza and the Imperial remain among the best.

To Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji and the nearby hot spring region of Hakone are well within the two-hour range for train journeys from Kyoto. You climb the mountain (in Japan they say the wise man climbs it but only the fool climbs it twice), taking about four hours up, two down; warm clothing is essential if you climb at night-as you should, in order to witness goraiko, the sunrise, from the summit.In Hakone, where you can stay at astonishingly costly hotels like the Fujiya, one ofthe oldest Western-style hotels in the country, the attractions are legion-lakes, mountains, mud baths, ancient forests, and, if you're lucky, morning views of Fuji-san looming over all.

To Kyushu Island

Here is where you come to know Japan best of all, however, by experiencing her traditions and her curiosities rather than by seeing her cities and her sights. But doing this demands same valor on the part of the casual visitor-nowhere more so than in the sampling of the onsen, the open-air bath. Try Beppu, where you can either bathe in a variety of types and temperatures of water or be buried up to the neck in hat sand on a volcanic beach. In Yufu-in, inland and near-by, the scene is more genteel and more beautifully and classically Japanese, and there are plenty of smaIl hotels with adjoining baths.Also on Kyushu is the reborn town of Nagasaki-famous for its role as the first open city in pre-Meiji Japan and as the second city to be devastated by the American nuclear attacks in 1945. Hiroshima, two hours by train southwest of Osaka and still on the main island of Honshu, is equally well worth visiting.The two other main islands of Japan-the small and temple-filled Shikoku and the large and largely agricultural Hokkaido-are less frequently visited. For those with time (six weeks if on foot, a day if by bus), there is a memorable pilgrimage route that takes in all 88 temple site s on Shikoku; and for those with wintertime energy, the skiing around Sapporo is excellent. The Shikotsuko Hokkai Hotel here offers one of the few affordable Japanese ryokan experiences in the country.

To Korea

From Osaka Airport, it is quick and easy to reach Seoul, Pusan, and, with a little more effort, the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. While the sight of the Cold War, still very much alive and well at the armistice village of Panmunjom, may enthrall some, the little-known countryside of South Korea remains spectacularly beautiful: The unforgettable temple of Haein-sa near the city of Taegu is among the most notable places.Within locked rooms and guarded by monks lies one of the original Buddhist woodenblock libraries, the Tripitaka Koreana, carved in the thirteenth century; and the temple itself sits in a dreamlike panorama of misty mountains of unparalleled beauty-the perfect spiritual link to the fragile loveliness of the Kyoto temples.

Kemer Population Temperatures Airport

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Population: 11.733 (2007)

Altitude: Sea Level

Airport: Antalya Airport 55 Km.

Transfer: Taxi, Mini bus.

Min/max temperatures in centigrade: Jan6/l5; Feb 7/15; Mar 8/18; Apr 11/21; May 15/25; Jun 20/33; Ju125/36; Aug 23/36; Sep 18/33; Oct 15/27; Nov 11/21; Dec 8/17.

City transport: Taxi, Mini bus.

Sights and local attractions: Phaselis, Olimpos, Demre, Kas, Termesos, Kali Hidden city, Bey Mounts, Perge, Aspendos, Side, Manavgat waterfall, Kursunlu waterfall.

Sightseeing Tours and Excursion:

1. Boat Tour To Olympos or Phaselis (8 hours)

2. Phaselis-Demre-Kekova (1 Day)

3. Perge-Aspendos-Side

4. Duden, Kursunlu waterfalls-Alanya

5. Thermesos

6. Pamukkale (1 Day - 1 night)

7. Cappadocia (2 Days with overnight stay)

8. Safari Tours (Beydaglan)

Tourism Office: Belediye Binasi, No. 10 Kemer/ANTALYA

Cappadocia Goreme Valley Ihlara Gorge

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The surrealistic landscape of Cappadocia, a strange area of multi-hued volcanic rock pilliars and tortuous valleys sculpted by millenia of rain and wind, was first a refuge for early Christians fleeing presecution, and in Byzantine times became a vast complex of churches and monasteries, hollowed out of malleable rock, and adorned with frescoes depincing biblical scenes and saints. The Goreme Valley and the Ihlara Gorge are the main sites of these Urgup.

Another extraordinary sight of Cappadocia are the underground cities of Derinkuyu and Kaymakli, hollowed like the churches out of the volcanic rock and delving seven to nine floors into the earth, with a labyrinth of corridors, chambers, storerooms, kitchens, and churches. These are not inhabited, although there are still troglodyte dwellings in the rock cones.

The town of Avanos in the area is famous for its beautiful old houses, pottery and onyx. Most of the hotels are to be found in Nevsehir, the largest town in Cappadocia, Urgup and Avanos.

From Bali To Java, To Sulawesi, To Lombok

2008-07-04T05:11:00.000-07:00

There is a certain perverse eccentricity about suggesting Bali as a hub for further journeying, a place which is itself so beautiful, so bountiful, and so world-renowned a delight-"the morning of the world," as one great statesman put it. But the tiny anvil-shaped island does happen to be very conveniently sited, more or less at the geographic midpoint of the 3,800-mile-wide, 13,677-island-strong archipelago that is Indonesia. Moreover, the air and ship connections to the rest of the country are, because of the explosive recent growth of interest in Bali itself, formidably good.First of all, don't rush away from Bali.

There is a new Ritz-Carlton, and a particularly stunning Four Seasons is opening in August. The country stretches, as locals like to say, dari Sabang ke Merauke-from Sabang (in Sumatra) to Merauke (on the land frontier of Papua New Guinea)-and transport is relatively simple and relatively quick. All Indonesian airfields, more or less, are within a couple of hours flying time; thus, Bali becomes both an ideal base and the perfect place to be.

To Java

Assuming you can break free from the island's limitless attractions, he ad west to Java, the lush and densely populated main island of the republic. Although some say "give Jakarta a chance," I would advise against it. Instead, fly to Yogyakarta, on Java's southern shore, and spend as much time as possible observing the rich mysteries of Javanese cultures, which are grown to their fullest bloom in the petri dish that Yogya long has been. Gamelan music, batik-making, wayang shadow puppetry-they all have their greatest exponents and best examples in and around the dazzling little town, and time spent in Yogya is time spent learning, by osmosis, the amazing richness and depth of Javanese art.

Nearby, too, are the astonishing temples of Borobudur (Buddhist, eighth century) and Prambanan (Hindu, a little later): Both are vast, unforgettable, and essential way stations for anyone coming to Indonesia. Miss them and regret it eternally.

The other great sight on Java is sunrise on Mount Bromo, a 7,000-foot volcano that is to Indonesia what Yosemite is to America spectacular, popular, and justly so. Nearby is
the large island of Madura, where, among other attractions, there are Pamplona-like bull -running festivals.

To Sulawesi

North of Bali is the oddly shaped island once known as the Celebes, now Sulawesi, which has as its principal attraction the amazing funeral rituals of the southern people called the Torajans. (In crude shorthand, while one may say that Sumatra has scenery and wildlife, Java culture and history, Sulawesi's claim is largely to a multitude of ethnicities and societies, all living in reasonable harmony, all fascinatingly different.) Torajaland can best be explored from a base such as Rantepao (accessible by air from Bali, with a change at Ujung Pandang). There are good hotels, like the Toraja Prince, from which guides can take you to see the famous burial caves and explain the rituals of these curious Christian -animist peoples.

To Lombok

Just east of Bali-and across biology's famous Wallace Line, which marks the separation of Asian from Australasian fauna (the latter including such marsupials as the kangaroo )-is Lombok, an island that is similarly Hindu-dominated but not so remarkable as Bali. Stay at the new Oberoi Hotel Lombok.

But to the north are the Gili lslands, all of startling beauty-coral-fringed, unvisited, inexpensive, the perfect place to get lost. Farther east still is an island off the north coast of Sumbawa, where this peace has been recognized and is on sale for more than $500 nightly at the famous Amanwana tented hotel. Indonesia is a place where you have to decide whether you want to pony up big bucks or to stay frugally-both experiences will be perfectly safe, and each has its own magic.

Ponza draws on a very different vein of vernacular architecture

2008-07-04T04:54:00.000-07:00

An island off the coast, equidistant from Rome and Naples, Ponza draws on a very different vein of vernacular architecture. Fishing villages with tall, green-shuttered houses painted alternately dusty pink and ocher yellow are characteristic of Haly's Tyrrhenian Sea, and they have echoes on the mainland at Portofino and the Cinque Terre (which, because of difficult mainland access, sh are some islandlike features).

But Ponza also has a further legacy that elevates a basic pink and yellow fishing village into something extra special. Two centuries ago, the island's Bourbon rulers had the harbor remodeled by a military engineer, who built two curving pink-painted esplanades, one stepped above the other like the keyboards on a Wurlitzer organ.

The lower level is used by fishermen and is the working core of the town, whereas the upper level has the restaurants, church, and civic buildings and is the the place for sitting and strolling-a division of function that works admirably.On the far side of the island is a famous beach named Chiaia di Luna, backed by a magnificent cliff of white and gold limestone. When you first see the beach from above, you wonder how it is possible for people to get down to it-the sheer drop of three hundred feet seems to forbid all access. The problem was solved by the Romans two millennia ago. From a valley on the town side of the island, they dug a tunnel that burrows through the rock behind the cliff face and emerges miraculously onto the beach itself.

This isn't Ponza's only bit of coastal theater. A boat trip around the island reveals rock arches, several groups of faraglione (offshore rock pinnacles), multicolored red, white, and yellow volcanic cliffs, and the uninhabited islet of Palmarola, complete with a sandy beach and a troglodyte restaurant. As a natural spectacle, it outdoes even Capri. Why, therefore, Ponza should be so relatively little known is a puzzle, but I am happy it should remain so.

Macau Lodging

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LODGING

Macau has no substandard accommodations-the competition, in such a small space, is far too hot for that-and what's on offer ranges from grand hotels to Portuguese-style posadas (inns) and modest Chinese- and Portuguese-style guesthouses. Well-heeled gamblers (well-heeled on arrival, that is) favor the Hotel Lisboa, which has Macau's biggest casino handily on the premises-the casino is open around the clock-right in the heart of town. At the other extreme, the Westin Resort Hotel, overlooking a fine beach on the southeastern tip of Coloane, the farthest out island, has 208 rooms, each with a view over the South China Sea, and the full sporting menu: a golf course, tennis and squash courts, swimming pools, a gym with aerobic dancing classes, and a supervised children's playground. Oh, and peace and quiet, although nowhere in Macau is more than 20 minutes from anywhere else.

The Bela Vista, which used to be a broken-down Portuguese inn (I liked it then), is now one of the most glamorous (and expensive) small hotels in the world. It has only eight rooms, but you can drink coffee or sip port wine on the terrace without checking in, and watch the fishing junks homing to ports up the Pearl River. But my own current favorite hotel (maybe for sentimental reasons) is the inexpensive Metropole, next door to the government offices in the city center. Its scrubbed, old-fashioned atmosphere proclaims that the owners live on the "mainland".

The Cantonese congee breakfasts served in the Metropole's fast-food restaurant are authentically delicious, but then again it's impossible to get even a mediocre meal anywhere in Macau-there's much too much discriminating competition!

Montreal Life. Music. Food. Film. Fashion

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Montreal waits with mock restraint for the day, the hour, the very moment in time that the city is at last ready to shrug off winter.

As the first ray of sun slips down the glass-enclosed skyline, it bumps along the cobblestones and eventually floods the city in light and warmth. And this, in turn, serves as inspiration for our unabashed ardor to celebrate.

Celebrate the season. Life. Music. Food. Film. Fashion. You. Me. What have you got? We'll put up a sign, cordon off the streets for a week or two, throw a parade, hire a band and happily shake our stuff on to the next party.

Without exaggeration, Montreal is the festival capital of the world. Come summer, you can't make a move without giving yourself over to a festival, street party or celebration of one kind or another.

Of course, being an enlightened cultural metropolis, Montreal offers its visitors an enviable combination of both top-dollar talent and literally free-for-all entertainment that spills out into the streets. What a party. What a summer. What a city.

If this weren't enough, there are all kinds of sights, distractions and permanent attractions to take in. The awesome Olympic Stadium. The sweet-smelling Botanical Garden. The curiosities housed in the Insectarium. The Biodôme de Montreal is also home to a variety of creatures that inhabit the only natural museum of its kind in the world.

And more. Of course.What are you waiting for?

Illinois played its part in the World War I

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The Fair of 1893 opened its doors in the worst depression of the nineteenth century. During the first eight months of the year, 24 local banks failed; pig-iron production fell from 949,450 tons in 1892 to 405,261 in 1893; business failures increased 50 per cent; only 62 miles of railroad were laid in that year. Mills, factories, furnaces, and mines throughout the State closed down; unemployed workers crowded the streets of the cities begging food or work, while laborers from the farms and mines fled in desperation to the cities. Suffering continued until 1898.

With recovery Illinois achieved third place among the manufacturing States of the Nation. By 1914 Chicago was the greatest slaughtering and packing center in the country, first in production of farm implements, second only to New York City in printing, and its steel furnaces had the largest capacity in the United States.

By the turn of the century Illinois was able to record a phenomenal growth in population. In 1810, an outpost in the wilderness with only 12,282 inhabitants, it had grown to 2,539,891 in 1870, and by 1900 to 4,821,550. In 1910, 62 per cent of the State was urban, with Chicago housing one-half of the population.

Important changes were also taking place in the character of the population. At the end of the great wave of European immigration in 1910, Germans ranked first among the foreign-born population in the State, with 26 per cent (319,182) ; Austrians and Hungarians next, with 16 per cent; Russians and Scandinavians, about 12 per cent each; Irish 8 per cent, and Italians 6 per cent. Because of the exhaustion of cheap lands by the time these people arrived, and the greater immediate opportunities in the manufacturing centers, they settled largely in the cities and towns in the northern part of the State. Half the population of the cities of Chicago, Joliet, and Rockford was foreignborn. Negroes also began to settle here, mostly in towns of the southern counties; in 1870 they numbered 28,762; by 1910 there were 109,049; in that year Negroes comprised 37 per cent of the population of Cairo.

Notwithstanding the repeated victories of the Republican Party in State elections, Populist sentiment, born in the 1880's, remained strong in Illinois. In 1896, at the Democratic national convention in Chicago, William Jennings Bryan delivered his famous "Cross of Gold" speech, which was warmly received by the workers and farmers of the State; but in 1896 elections Bryan and Governor Altgeld were defeated by the Republicans. A Democratic governor was not again elected until 1912, when the Bull Moose campaign split the Republican Party, permitting the Democrats to take the major offices of the State.

Dissatisfied with Populism as an ineffective political movement, some workingmen turned to more radical politics. In 1901 the Socialist Party of the United States was organized in Chicago by Eugene Victor Debs, Seymour Stedman, and other well-known radicals. The party grew; by 1915 there were 44 Socialists holding political offices in the State: one mayor, 18 aldermen, 2 State legislators, 5 school officials, and 18 others. In 1916 William Cunnea, law partner of Clarence Darrow, ran on the Socialist ticket and was almost elected State's Attorney, losing on a recount. Another radical organization was the Industrial Workers of the World; organized in 1905, with Chicago as its center, its doctrine of "One Big Union" spread throughout the West. Chicago, too, was to see the demise of the 1. W. W. in the famous trial of a hundred leading members before judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis on charges arising out of their opposition to the war.

And it was at Chicago in 1919 that the Communist Party was organized by the left wing of the Socialist Party, which split on the question of support of the Russian Revolution.

In the first twenty years of the new century Illinois was one of the most progressive States in the Union in the field of social legislation. After the passage of the first mining law in 1872, it continued to provide for the safe operation of mines by enacting supplementary legislation in 1899, 1910, and 1913. Child labor legislation was adopted in 1891; a law fixing the maximum hours of labor for women was passed as early as 1893; the first workmen's compensation acts of 1911 were improved in 1913 and 1917. Many other measures were adopted; governmental reforms were undertaken, among which were the establishment of civil service, and the act of 1910 providing direct primaries in the State elections. After the 1907 local option law was adopted, dry areas spread throughout the State, until Illinois became at least technically "dry" by the Volstead Act. An attempt to redraft the antiquated Constitution of 1870 was made by a constitutional convention, which assembled in 1920 and labored for two years, only to have its draft repudiated by the voters in 1922.

Illinois played its part in the World War I. By June 1917, less than three months after the declaration of war, 351,153 Illinois men were in uniform. Illinois was one of the three States to furnish an entire National Guard Division. Officially designated the 33rd, it was popularly called the "Prairie Division," and saw action at St. Mihiel, Verdun, Chateau Thierry, and Meuse-Argonne. At the conclusion of the war the 33rd came home to be cheered and welcomed. Parades were reviewed by the Governor upon the arrival of each contingent. But missing in the demobilization were more than five thousand men from the farms, offices, and factories of the State.

After the war Illinois, along with the rest of the Nation, enjoyed a boom, an extraordinary period of construction and speculation. Politics, prohibition, crime, and the high cost of living filled the headlines of the newspapers. Governor Len Small launched an extensive program of building hard roads throughout the State. His political ally was the colorful William Hale Thompson, serving his second term as mayor of Chicago, who called himself "Big Bill the Builder." There followed the reform administration of Mayor Dever in 1923, but in the next election in 1927 Thompson was returned for a third term.

In 1931 Anton Cermak was elected mayor of Chicago. Then came the Democratic landslide of 1932, which turned the Republicans of the State out of office. Henry Horner, judge of the probate court of Cook County for five years, was elected Governer. Mayor Cermak was fatally wounded on February 15, 1933, when an assassin made an attempt on the life of President Franklin Roosevelt in Florida. Democratic policies again triumphed in 1934 when 22 additional Democrats were elected to the State House of Representatives.

During the twenties Illinois ranked as the third State in the Union in population, manufacturing, and wealth. It continued to lead the country in meat packing and slaughtering. Because of the State's strategic position between the iron mines of the Upper Lakes region and the large coal mines in its southern counties, foundry and machinery products ranked second in Illinois manufacture. Chicago remained an important center for printing, the making of men's clothing, farm implements, and electrical machinery. Railroad coaches were manufactured at Pullman and Chicago Heights. Important national centers for agricultural implements were Moline, Rock Island, and Canton.

By 1928 about 65 per cent of the children of school age were enrolled in public schools, requiring an annual expenditure of 143 million dollars. In addition, more than a thousand private schools were scattered over the State. Enrollment at the State university began to average fourteen thousand a year. Northwestern University and the University of Chicago recorded similar gains. Catholic parochial schools and universities, notably Loyola and De Paul in Chicago, also grew in importance. Greater care for the health of school children was provided with the introduction of regular medical and dental examinations.

As the cities expanded in the twenties with their skyscrapers, automobiles, electrical goods, chain stores, department stores, radios, and movies, there was another decline in agriculture in the State. From 251,872 farms in 1910, the number fell to 214,497 in 1930, and acreage fell from 32,523,000 to 30,695,000 in the same period. By 1935 the former had risen slightly to 231,312, and the latter to 31,661,000. Although the ox, the flail, the cradle, and the scythe were replaced by the combine, the four-plow cultivator, and the tractor, prices of farm goods continued to fall, and more and more people left the farms for the cities. This protracted agricultural recession of the twenties was regarded by economists as responsible, at least in part, for the devastating financial depression that began in 1929.

Under conditions strikingly similar to those of 1893, the Century of Progress Exposition opened in 1933. The times were critical: unemployed descended upon the State capital to demand relief; the coal fields were torn by a factional war between rival labor organizations; court dockets were clogged with foreclosure proceedings and evictions. To add to the suffering of the farmers came great droughts to parch their fields. The collapse of the Insull utilities empire and the widespread closing of banks impoverished thousands.

Despite all this, the fair opened with a note of hope and optimism. The exposition contained 84 miles of scientific, cultural, industrial, and commercial exhibits, seen by 39 million people, who came from all over the world. Its massive architecture of futuristic design was made brilliant at night by a dazzling revelation in new electric lighting.

WHEN THE FIRST WHITE MEN came to Illinois

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WHEN THE FIRST WHITE MEN came to Illinois, they found large mounds of earth rising up out of the prairies, usually near navigable rivers. Because these mounds contained burials, pottery, stone implements, and the ruins of buildings, and were sometimes shaped like birds and beasts, various legends arose about the people who built them. One story had it that they were a lost tribe of Israel. Another described them as a people related to the Mayas and the Aztecs. A third told of an ancient race, of much vision and beauty, with large cities and widespread commerce and trade, that flourished in the Mississippi Basin about the time of Christ. For many years the mound builders captured the imagination of story-tellers.

Today, however, these myths have been exploded, and the mystery of the mounds has been solved, at least in part, by archeological expeditions. Archeologists have been able to show clearly that the mound builders were simply Indians who built mounds.

These mounds were not all of one period, nor were they all built for the same purpose. Some, like the effigy mounds in the northwestern part of the State, were of a ceremonial nature; many were built primarily for burial purposes; others were sites for buildings. Those of the latter type seem to show influences which came from the Lower Mississippi, and possibly from the higher cultures of Mexico and South America. With the great tribal unrest among the Indians during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, largely due to the incursions of the Iroquois from the East, a great shifting of tribes occurred, so that by the time the first explorers came to Illinois, there were few mound-building Indians left in the region.

More than 10,000 mounds are scattered throughout the State. Because Illinois was situated at the confluence of the great highways of primitive travel--the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois Rivers --various mound-building cultures shuttled back and forth across the State. Here are found obsidian from Yellowstone, Catlinite from Minnesota, copper from Michigan and Minnesota, mica from the Alleghenies, and shells from the Gulf of Mexico. And in the mounds of other States are found the kind of flint mined only in the ancient quarry in Union County, Illinois.

Archeologists have found two major culture patterns in the State, of which the Woodland is the older and more basic. One phase of this culture is represented by the effigy mounds in northwestern Illinois; this came down from Wisconsin. Another is the Hopewell phase which probably had its origin farther east. The other major pattern is known as the Mississippi culture, and is divided into Upper, Middle, and Lower phases; it runs up along the Mississippi, the Illinois, and other rivers, as far north as Astalan, Wisconsin.

Woodland pottery is crude and unevenly colored; textiles and shell work are absent; and only its stone work is definitely well-fashioned. Houses of the period were circular and temporary. The mounds themselves are round, are generally smaller than those of the Mississippi culture, and were not used as substructures. The dead were usually buried in the mounds in flexed positions; a few of the remains found had been cremated. In the Hopewell phase of this culture--so-called because it probably came to Illinois from the vicinity of the famous Hopewell mounds in Ohio--copper and mica ornaments occur. One of its chief characteristics is the frequent use of log tombs, over which the mounds were built.

In the more recent Mississippi culture, the pottery work is wellfired from carefully prepared clays; it is evenly colored and of many forms. Shell work is highly developed. Finely woven textiles are frequent. The dwellings were square or rectangular, of a permanent or semi-permanent nature, and the mounds were often used as substructures for these houses. In the cemeteries near the mounds the dead were buried in extended positions, together with projectile points, pottery, charms, and amulets.

One of the richest archeological areas in the Middle West is at the junction of the Spoon and the Illinois Rivers in Fulton County. Expeditions from the University of Chicago under Professor FayCooper Cole found as many as three cultural manifestations of the two basic patterns existing in the same mounds. In the eight hundred mounds in Fulton County, six different cultural manifestations have been discovered, with the Middle Mississippi and the Hopewell phases often existing side by side, although different in time. Thus, though the religious practices and beliefs among the mound builders apparently differed, they continued to use the same spots for their burials.

In the same area, near Lewistown, on a high bluff overlooking the two rivers, is the Dickson Mound Builders Tomb. Here a museum has been erected over a mound of the Middle Mississippi phase containing more than two hundred skeletons, the largest and most interesting display of its kind in the country. The remains, together with their accompanying artifacts, are exposed in their original positions. With the skeletons are pottery vessels, mussel-shell spoons, L-shaped pipes, bone needles, beads, and fish hooks, flint arrowheads, stone adze blades, and effigy forms. The mound itself, originally crescent-shaped, with the points toward the east, measured 550 feet along its outer curve, and was 35 feet high. A reproduction of one of these burials, contributed by Mr. Don Dickson, explorer of the mound and owner of the museum, is exhibited at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Fifteen miles southwest of Joliet is the Fisher Group, explored by George Langford, a local engineer. Three successive occupancies were revealed here: under the original surface, buried in the limestone gravel below the base of the mounds, were skeletons, with medium and long skulls, interred in a flexed position, and unaccompanied by relics; this complete absence of pottery, and the difference of physical type, probably indicate an extremely ancient culture. In the middle levels of the mounds were found burials of a short-headed people; with them were many pottery vessels, and artifacts of stone, bone, and shell. The upper levels held mixed types and mixed artifacts. In one of the smaller mounds of this group occurred skeletons of a short-headed people, extended on their backs with their heads to the west; in these graves were iron, brass, and silver utensils and trinkets, of white man's manufacture, indicating that some of the mound builders lived here down to historic times.

In the American Bottom, near East St. Louis, are the mounds of the world-famous Cahokia Group, known throughout the archeological world. Here the mounds of the Middle Mississippi phase were used as substructures for ceremonial buildings. The pottery is highly developed and sometimes, in form and design, indicates southern connections. Near the center of the area, which contains eighty-five smaller mounds, stands the largest earthwork in the world, the Cahokia or Monks' Mound. A truncated pyramid, rectangular in form, with a broad terrace or apron extending from the south side, it covers sixteen acres. Its greatest height is 100 feet; the east-west width is 710 feet, and the north-south length, including the terrace, 1,080 feet. The general similarity of mounds of this type to those found in Mexico has often been noted. The herculean labor involved in their construction denotes either the existence of slavery or an almost fanatical religious belief. Though there is much evidence that a large community, equal in size to a modern small city, existed in the vicinity of these mounds, no cemetery, strangely enough, has been found.

Also belonging to the Middle Mississippi phase are the four Kincaid Mounds near Metropolis, in Massac County. The largest, a truncated pyramid, rises 32 feet above ground, and covers 2 acres at its base. The nearby village site comprises more than 100 acres. The whole area has been made available to the University of Chicago for archeological research.

Effigy mounds, belonging to the Woodland culture, occur in the northwestern part of the State. They possibly represent totems or clan symbols; usually no burials are found in them. Near Galena is a mound shaped like a serpent, which strikingly resembles the famous Serpent Mound of Ohio. At the junction of Smallpox Creek with the Mississippi is the effigy of a bird with outspread wings. Also belonging to the Woodland culture are seventeen conical mounds on the bluffs overlooking East Dubuque and the Mississippi River, the largest of which is 70 feet in diameter and 12 feet high.

Thousands of small mounds, usually called bluff mounds, line the Illinois River. In culture they are of two types, for here again the Woodland and the Middle Mississippi, separated by considerable lapses of time, are found in the same area. Among other larger mounds of the State are the Montezuma Mounds near Pearl and the Beardstown Mounds in Cass County.

Illinois topography has its explanation in the State's glacial history

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The level aspect of Illinois topography has its explanation in the State's glacial history. As late as 25,000 years ago--a tick of the clock in geological time--there was still to be found in Illinois the last of the great ice sheets that had crept down from the North and with a leveling action comparable to that of a road-scraper, effaced hills and valleys carved by centuries of erosion. Ninety per cent of the State's surface was covered by ice; the only unglaciated areas are Jo Daviess County in the extreme northwest, Calhoun County in the west-central section, and the seven southernmost counties. In these areas the rugged terrain, sharply dissected by valleys, indicates the probable appearance of the whole of Illinois before the ice age. Elsewhere, save for sporadic outcrops, the uneven relief lies beneath a mantle of drift averaging 75 feet in depth.

The four ice-sheets that invaded the United States are definitely known to have reached Illinois. The next to last of these covered so great a portion of the State that it has been named the Illinoisan by geologists. Occurring approximately 150,000 years ago, it pushed south to the northern edge of the Ozark Range, and there, halted by increased melting and the barricade of hills, piled up rock debris 20 feet deep on the hillsides. This was the greatest southern penetration of any of the North American glaciers.

The Wisconsin Glacier, which moved into Illinois 50,000 years ago and receded 25,000 years later, covered only the northeast quarter of the State., but because of its geological lateness its effects are more obvious to the layman. The great central portion of the State which was covered by the older Illinoisan sheet, but not overlaid by the Wisconsin, is much more nearly even in relief and mature in drainage. The terminal moraines--ridges of drift piled up where the glacial front stopped--are low and inconspicuous. Those of the last glacier, however, are among the largest known to geologists. Sharply defined and extensive in length, they comprise the chief topographical relief of the northeast portion of the State. The major ones are named for cities that have been built upon them; the Shelbyville, Bloomington, Marseilles, and Valparaiso moraines are four of the most important.

Marked with the characteristics of recent glaciation, the land bordering Lake Michigan near the Wisconsin State line is poorly drained, with many lakes and marshes formed by the melting Wisconsin glacier. Thus was created the lake region of Illinois, major recreational area for the metropolis of Chicago. At the time of recession, the waters of the glacier were impounded between the Valparaiso moraine and the receding edge of ice, forming Lake Chicago, ancestor of Lake Michigan. The site of Chicago lay deep beneath the surface of this ancient lake, and deposition from its waters accounts for the table-top flatness of the city today. In successive stages the water receded north and east.

Glaciation and climate largely explain the agricultural distinction of the Illinois country. The average growing season varies from 160 days in the north to 211 days at Cairo, in the south. The drift laid down by the ice had been gathered from so great a variety of bedrock that an ample percentage of essential minerals was assured. Lying at the southernmost reach of the ice-sheets, Illinois was not strewn with the boulders and heavy débris that pock-mark the land further north. Much of the State is veneered with a layer of loess, the finer particles of drift that were sorted out by the wind and spread across the land. Enriched by prairie grasses during thousands of years, it possesses an even texture which, with the regular terrain, fits Illinois admirably for mechanical cultivation.

Buried beneath the glacial drift, the rock strata of Illinois effect little influence upon the topography, but their minerals yield to the State an income placing it tenth in the country in mineral output. All of the substructure that has been explored by geologists is sedimentary in nature, with the exception of a deep-lying mass of red granite encountered at 3,700 feet near Amboy, in the northern part of the State. At an unknown depth, the entire State is underlain with igneous rock, mother-rock of all formations, but vast processes of sedimentation have buried it beyond reach.

Of the five geological eras, the third, the Paleozoic, was by far the most important both geologically and economically. Beginning some 600 million years ago, it was characterized by repeated submergences and uplifts. What is now Illinois was then covered by a series of shallow seas. In great cycles, the seas advanced, covered the land for millions of years, and then retreated to expose the surface again to weathering and erosion. The strata laid down during each submergence differ sharply from each other, the degree depending upon the depth of the sea and the nature of the land at its shoreline.

The oldest period of the Paleozoic Era was the Cambrian, during which thick layers of sandstone and dolomite were deposited over the entire State. This, like the igneous rock, does not outcrop in Illinois, but slants upward from the south to come to the surface in Wisconsin. Rainfall in the latter area, seeping through surface soil to the sandstone layers, follows these to northern Illinois, where it serves as a reservoir for the wells of many municipalities.

The second period of the Paleozoic Era was the Ordovician, which saw a series of submergences of long duration. Its first deposits, the Prairie du Chien group, included a limestone which was the basis of Utica's natural cement industry, important in the last century but now abandoned. Another of the early Ordovician deposits is a layer of St. Peter sandstone, which outcrops in Ottawa and nearby in a remarkably pure form that has achieved national industrial importance as a source of silica sand used in glass-making and a hundred other processes. St. Peter sandstone also forms the picturesque bluffs that comprise Starved Rock State Park. Platteville limestone, likewise an Ordovician deposit, is used in the manufacture of Portland cement. Late in the period a layer of Galena dolomite was laid down. It bears the lead which gave Galena its name and its early mining boom. Related to this formation is the Kimmswick limestone, source of petroleum in the southwestern field at Dupo.

The third period, the Silurian, laid down several strata of dolomite and limestone. The latter is quarried extensively near Chicago and Joliet for road material, aggregate, and soil replenishment. The following period, the Devonian, is likewise chiefly important for its limestone. Among the Mississippian deposits are the sediments that store the southeastern oil pool, long a steadily producing field and lately the scene of a spectacular boom of revived activity.

Near the end of the Paleozoic Era occurred the Pennsylvanian period, when Illinois' great coal measures were deposited. The coal strata, but a small portion of the Pennsylvanian deposits, far outstrip all other geological periods in the wealth they have yielded. The land at this time was low and marshy, a few feet above sea level. A favorable climate encouraged the growth of giant trees and ferns that subsequent eons compressed into the coal veins that underlie two-thirds of the State. Despite a half-century of extensive mining operations, not more than 2 per cent, it is estimated, of Illinois' coal reserve has been tapped.

Following the close of the Pennsylvanian period, the greater portion of Illinois remained above sea level. Great land movements that raised the Appalachians in the east, folded the land of Southern Illinois into the present Ozark range. The work of the seas was done, and now rain and wind attacked the surface to erode and crease it with great valleys and ridges. But then, following a vast climatic change, snow began to fall in the northern region, year after year, deeper in the winter than the brief summer sun could melt.

So began the glacial period, the deus ex machina in the making of Illinois. Even as the curtain descended upon the State's geological drama, the ice sheets appeared, effaced the ruggedness, and retreated-so recently that Indian legends make awed mention of the Ice God that once came down from the North.

The land of Illinois reveals graphically the agricultural importance of the State

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SEEN FROM THE AIR, the land of Illinois reveals graphically the agricultural importance of the State. Carved by intensive cultivation into an intricate mosaic of squares and rectangles, the level prairie resembles nothing so much as a vast stretch of modernistic linoleum. In the grainfields no land is wasted; pasture adjoins field, farm fits snugly against farm, and between them is nothing but the straight line of a fence or hedgerow of osage orange.

Lying between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi, Illinois enjoys a drainage system extraordinarily complete and extensive. Water from 23 of the 48 States crosses its surface and flows along its boundaries, eastward through Lake Michigan to the Atlantic Ocean and southward in the Mississippi to the Gulf. Although its topography presents no striking contrasts of surface contour, the State is separated into seven gentle but distinct basins, bearing the names of Lake Michigan, the Illinois, the Rock, the Kaskaskia, the Big Muddy, the Wabash, and the Ohio Rivers. The arteries and branches of these six great rivers serve 87.2 per cent of the 56,665 square miles of the State's surface. The largest, the Illinois, runs from northeast to southwest and drains an area 250 miles long and 100 miles wide, comprising 43 per cent of the State.

The conception of Illinois as an unrelieved table-top admits pleasant and unexpected contradictions. A portion of the hilly Wisconsin driftless area projects into the northwest corner; there, at Charles Mound, is the highest spot in the State, 1,241 feet above sea level. An extension of the Ozark Range, with several hills exceeding a thousand feet in altitude, crosses southern Illinois. The Mississippi and its tributaries, especially the Illinois, have carved long ranges of bluffs, the more rugged portions of which have been enclosed in State parks.

Elsewhere is prairie, but its original extent and appearance have been greatly altered. The earliest settlers found almost half the State in forest, with the prairie running in great fingers between the creeks and other waterways, its surface lush with waist-high grasses and liberally bedecked with wild flowers. Here occurred the transition from the wooded lands of the East to the treeless plains of the West.

Since this was the pioneer's first encounter with the prairie, Illinois came to be known as the Prairie State, although westward lay lands more worthy of the title than the semi-wooded surface of Illinois.

The pioneers admired the grasslands, but clung to the wooded waterways. At the time of early settlement the fertility of the prairie was not known nor was it available until the invention of plows capable of breaking the tough sod. The waterways furnished timber for fuel and building, a convenient water supply, and protection for the settlers' jerry-built cabins from prairie fires and windstorms. Fires invariably swept the grasslands in the late summer, when the Indians burned off the prairie to drive out game. When the settlers at last began to venture cautiously out from the groves, they took the precaution to surround their homesteads with several plowed furrows as a fire check.

The fame of the great stretches of treeless grasslands spread eastward, even to England, and magazines carried articles of description, speculating upon their origin (which is still unexplained) and the possibilities of their cultivation. Dickens, while visiting St. Louis in 1842, especially requested that he be shown the "paroarer," as he noted it was pronounced locally. A rumbling, ancient coach took him out to Looking Glass Prairie, near Belleville, and he returned to write:

. . . . there lay, stretched out before my view, a vast expanse of level ground; unbroken, save by one thin line of trees, which scarcely amounted to a scratch upon the great blank . . . . a tranquil sea or lake without water, if such a simile be admissible . . . . and solitude and silence reigning paramount around . . . . I felt little of that sense of freedom and exhilaration which a Scottish heath inspires, or even our English downs awakens. It was lonely and wild, but oppressive in its barren monotony.

Lumbering activities and the pioneer's early preference for the woodland reduced the forests from their original extent, 42 per cent, to little more than 5 per cent. What is now commonly thought of as prairie is often the increment gained from the clearing of woodlands. Given over now almost wholly to farms, the prairies are constantly in flux as the landscape alters with the agricultural season. April transforms the Illinois country into a vast patchwork quilt of fresh color. Spring planting brings forth teams and tractors that comb and dress the land with geometric nicety. By summer the contours of the prairie are soft and round with ripening crops. July ushers in three months of intense industry. Crops are gathered, threshing machines build mounds of chaff, trucks and trains loaded with grain begin to move toward the cities. When autumn comes, the prairies, gashed by plows and stripped of their harvest, have a worn, desolate aspect that is heightened by the somber browns and yellows of the season. The prairies are dull throughout winter save for intermittent snowfalls, and then, in late March, the land stirs, splotches of green appear, and farmers turn again to the soil.

Quebec Fauna

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Climatic conditions have less influence on wild life than on vegetation, but a real picture of the vegetation cover would be incomplete without a short reference to "hosts of the forests". Game, fur bearing animals, water fowl live in more or less close association with one another in the wildest parts of our forest. Their fear is the presence of man, looked upon as a common foe. Quebec has four main wild life zones.

The Arctic Life Zonea

Its extent is the same as that of the tundra. Typical land mammals are: the Barren Ground caribou, on which the natives depended largely for food and clothing, but that is decreasing greatly, and could perhaps be replaced by domesticated reindeer in Ungava peninsula; polar bear, whose meat is used as dog food, and fur for bedding and robes; and Arctic fox, chief fur bearing animal of the native hunters. The fox is a scavenger along the coast and its chief prey is lemming and other small rodents. Sea mammals are walrus, hunted mostly for its ivory tusks (a practice that is discouraged), two kinds of seals: the ringed seal and bearded seal, which affords the staple diet of the Eskimo (skins are used for clothing and boat building, blubber for heating and cooking lamps), white whales and narwhal in certain coastal areas. The most common food fish is the Arctic char; and among the various species of birds, the snowy owl and ptarmigan are to be mentioned.

The Hudsonian Life Zone

It extends from the timber limit to the south of James Bay, Lake Mistassini and Pointe des Monts on the North Shore. There are few animals limited to this zone; but it is visited and becomes the habitat of more southern species, seeking refuge away from the settlements. The mammals of the Arctic meet with those of the woodland. The caribou is a typical example of a migrating species. Brown bears are seen in the interior, while the polar bear does not leave the arctic shores. Ptarmigan overlaps the range of spruce grouse. Fur bearing animals are plentiful in places. Indians from the North Shore and from Mistassini posts wander in winter time over the whole area; their annual catch includes, in order of importance: beaver, mink, muskrat, marten, foxes (specially red), lynx, ermine, otter and seals.

The Canadian Life Zone

It extends over most of Southern Quebec both sides of the St. Lawrence Lowlands. Here is the typical habitat of the many fur-bearing animals mentioned above and others such as fisher, skunk, squirrel, porcupine, hares and rabbits. The moose is the largest mammal (pride of the sportsman); smaller deer, black bear and wolves are also to be seen occasionally. The number of bird species is greater than northward: sparrows, warblers, thrushes, jays and woodpeckers, but the hunters look specially for the spruce and sharp-tail grouse. Migrating water fowl, ducks and geese, have two of their main flyways in North America over Quebec; the Atlantic flyway and that of the Mississippi.

The Transition or Alleghanian Life Zone

Quebec has a very small extension of this zone, which is more widespread in Southeastern Ontario. The Lowlands being wholly settled, few species of wild life are to be found here: gray and red squirrels, cottontail rabbit, wood-chuck, striped skunk, racoon and wild cat. The birds are all those familiar to settled areas: sparrows, bluebirds, woodthrush, vireos, etc.

Soils

It has already been shown in a previous section that several soil zones cross the province of Quebec. Further detail is possible only in the southern part of the province where soil surveys have been carried on for a number of years, although no general map on a provincial scale has yet been published. While not perfect, there is a strong correlation between land form region and soil region. The St. Lawrence Lowland is characterized by deciduous forest and a type of soil development which normally produces Grey-Brown Podzolic soils. The Appalachian Highlands and the Canadian Shield, on the other hand, normally have Podzols and Brown Podzolic soils.