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Fireworks in the Fireplace
Picture of the fireworks effect in the fireplace from Cinderella's castle suite in Walt Disney World. Elevator: Pictures of the Dorint Hotel, Potsdam, Germany
Elevator: Picture of the Elevator of the Dorint Hotel in Potsdam, Germany. Air Fare Deal to Australia
A few days ago I told you about a good Air New Zealand deal for folks who want to combine Australia and New Zealand in one trip and can travel in May. If your destination is Australia only, and you...
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress...
If you think Orlando is all about the theme parks, think again! The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort is itself a world-class destination, not just a place to spend the night while hopping from theme park to theme park during the day. 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.
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