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An Asheville Garden

Near to Asheville, North Carolina this Arboretum in the Blue Ridge Mountains is a feast for the senses in any season. If you’re spending time in Asheville or traveling The Blue Ridge Parkway, treat yourself and spend an hour or two in this incredible mountain garden. The North Carolina Arboretum is located on The BlueContinue reading “An Asheville Garden”

Places To Visit In Bulgaria

The Belogradchik Rocks About 230 million years ago, tectonic platres were folding to create the Balkan Mountains and elevating the region of Belogradchik. Later the region became the floor of a shallow sea littered with enormous quantities of gravel, sand and clay. The sediment piled up and gradually became thicker layers of this conglomeration withContinue reading “Places To Visit In Bulgaria”

Croatia And Serbia And Not Talking About The War

Visiting Serbia And Croatia And Finding Serious History We left Croatia recently after five days of traveling across Serbia and Croatia. People were often eager to talk history but that usually meant railing against the Ottoman-Turks or Communists. In Belgrade, Serbia one woman recounted remembering the incoming American Tomahawk missiles and how Serbia was treatedContinue reading “Croatia And Serbia And Not Talking About The War”

Bucharest Outdoor Museum

Bucharest, is home to The Village Museum in Herastrau Park that’s dedicated to the history of home life in the various regions of Romania. In 1936 it was one of the first open-air ethnographic museums in the world. In 1936, and today is one of only four such museums. They include Skansen Museum in Stockholm,Continue reading “Bucharest Outdoor Museum”

Cruise Deals Hawaii

Cruising Hawaii! The American Paradise Is Waiting Cruising the Hawaiian Islands is an amazing experience, but it does offer a challenge. Because of U.S. maritime laws cruise ships have a challenge visiting Hawaii. Cruise ships are not allowed to embark passengers in one American port and disembark them in another unless the ship is staffedContinue reading “Cruise Deals Hawaii”

Chasing Butterflies

My family just spent a few days at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia and the hit of the visit was the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. Everybody loves butterflies, they’re Mother Nature’s most enchanting decorative accent. It’s interesting to realize that as recently as the mid eighties there were no butterfly breeders or attractionsContinue reading “Chasing Butterflies”