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Can Your Grandparents Teach You About Love?

Can Your Grandparents Teach You About Love?

One of my favorite singers, Robbie Williams, complains in one of his songs that love is getting too cynical, while passion is just physical.

Each of us has a different experience related to both love and passion. If we look carefully at what is happening in the world around us at this moment, and especially in the Western hemisphere, one can conclude that the concept of love is undergoing serious changes.

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WOMAD Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

WOMAD Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) is making its next stop at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, bringing four whole days of national and international music, art and dance to everyone.

Peter Gabriel, the founder of the festival and its organisation, envisioned an event of joy and appreciation between cultures. Around 30 artists from all corners of the globe will be present at this huge multicultural festival, decorating the stage with their traditional art and colour.
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The Complete Guide To Finding & Winning Travel Grants

The Complete Guide To Finding & Winning Travel Grants

Grants offer key sources of financial support for travelers. Winning a grant is an inexpensive way to raise funds to enrich your personal, professional, and spiritual life.

Grants are awarded for travel research, humanitarian work, airfare, lodging, education, career advancement, and to cover living expenses while you are in another country.

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Grand Junction-Colorado?s Desert Capital

Grand Junction?  is situated at the confluence of two mighty Western rivers - the Colorado and the Gunnison - in the high desert just east of the Colorado/Utah border.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 

Grand Junction is part farming town, part college town, part retiree haven and part headquarters for the gas industry. Every segment of it’s population thinks it suits their needs well.?  It’s the? largest city within thousands of square miles and serves as the air travel, shopping and medical capital of the entire area.

For most west-bound tourists, this is where they get their? car repaired, stock up on ice and supplies and get one last shopping mall fix or? fine restaurant meal before heading out into the harsh desert. Among outdoor enthusiasts, it’s considered a jumping? off point for adventures in southern Utah and southwestern Colorado, but you don’t really have to travel far from Grand Junction before you can enjoy some of the best outdoor recreation activities of their kind.

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Traveling with Grandchildren: An Adventure of a Lifetime

Traveling with Grandchildren: An Adventure of a Lifetime

There are more than 70 million grandparents in the United States and many of them have a passion for travel, providing an incredible opportunity to share this love with the grandchildren. Traveling with grandkids offers a unique bonding activity that can??™t be experienced during a family get-together or a short visit.

Travel and lifestyle expert Nan Zimmerman has partnered with BoomerTowne.com, an informational Web site for baby boomers. As a member of the BoomerTowne Council, Zimmerman has advice for any adult traveling with younger children, including grandparents who might not do it frequently.

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Recognition for The Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club and Spa

Recognition for The Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club and Spa

The Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club and Spa has earned the 2007 Gold Tee Award for Excellence in Golf and Meeting Facilities from Meetings & Conventions magazine, and has been recognized by Fox News and Brides magazine. The Alabama resort, recently reopened after a $50 million post-Katrina renovation, has also received accolades from Fox News, and recognition from Brides magazine as #2 in the Top 21 Romantic Places for “I Do”. Situated on 550 secluded, waterfront acres in Point Clear, this resort offers a dramatic departure from standard Gulf Shores beach resorts… it’s definitely worth a look!

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Grand Cayman Scuba Diving

Grand Cayman Scuba Diving

I’ve never been diving - but it sounds like so much fun - especially if the water is warm. I was researching an article about Grand Cayman and thought the warm blue waters looked so inviting. I found some really informative websites that tell about the different areas to dive on Grand Cayman.

http://www.caymanislands.ky/watersports/diving.aspxhttp://www.diversdown.net/http://www.donfosters.com/

If you go - leave me a comment and let me know how it went!

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