Photos of Wedel, Germany
Travel articles Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard? While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
Haunted Hotels in America Haunted hotels in America listed by state, with links to ghost stories. Chicago Celebrates Holidays on Halsted The heart of GLBT Chicago's Lakeview/Boystown neighborhood, Halsted Street is the site of Holiday on Halsted on Saturday, December 6, from 1 until 5 pm. This festive seasonal event sponsored... Obama Inauguration and Air Travel Around Washington DC Tuesday, January 20 will not only mark an historical inauguration, but should see record numbers flying into the Washington DC area. No doubt, chaos is bound to be part of... Family Adventure: Harry Potter Fan Trips Don your robes and get aboard the Hogwarts Express: two Harry Potter Fan Trips (nine days, or five days) are timed to coincide with the release of the "Harry Potter... |
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