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Dec 23
2009Waiting for Santa
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Dec 22
2009Drive-up Santa
Filed Under (World Travel) by Admin on 22-12-2009
Santa’s helper, Terry Slebodnik, said he grew tired of waiting for visitors in Monongahela, Pa., so he turned to waving at passing motorists, many of whom stop to say hello. He calls himself the “Drive-up Santa” along W. Main Street, where no one seems to be following the yellow footprints that were stamped on the sidewalk for an unrelated summer event also sponsored by the Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce.(Photo: Scott Beveridge) Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 22
2009The humans are dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead
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Dec 21
2009Steelers Santa
Filed Under (World Travel) by Admin on 21-12-2009
Dec 21
2009Chunnel Shut Down; Eurostar Services Halted
Filed Under (Travel Babel) by Admin on 21-12-2009
Dec 20
2009Happy Holidays from Pearl
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Dec 20
2009Travel Tumbnail: Clear Creek Historic Park in Downtown Golden
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Outdoor museum a short stroll from Golden’s quaint downtown
Close to Denver and closer to Boulder, Golden is an appealing destination with plenty to do and to see. I have taken visitors to the town’s three guidebook-variety attractions: the free tour of the enormous Coors Brewery, Colorado Railroad Museum and Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, which recently installed a new permanent exhibition.
Dec 20
2009texas santa with his older brother
Filed Under (World Travel) by Admin on 20-12-2009
Dec 18
2009Temple of Isis Pylon Raised from Sea Floor
Filed Under (Travel Babel) by Admin on 18-12-2009
Alexandria retrieves a centuries-old treasure from the days of Cleopatra
Having visited Egypt earlier this year, I felt a connection when I read today’s wire service report datelined Alexandria about archaeologists who raised a nine-ton, 7-foot-tall pylon from the bottom of the Mediterranean (AP photo below). The massive quarried stone once was at the entrance to a Temple of Isis that is believed to have fallen into the sea following fourth-century earthquakes that also destroyed the famous Alexandria Lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Divers have discovered the remnants of a city beneath the waves.