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12 Places That Make Montenegro Dreamy
From the beach, bumming luxury-lover to the hiking history-buff, Montenegro is a country that’s vibrant, dynamic and filled with wild beauty that makes the country dreamy. Depending on your accommodations, choices of food and length of stay, a trip to Montenegro could be a history-filled outdoors adventure, quick and cheap holiday or a luxurious getaway – and that’s the best part about it: you can make it anything you want it to be. Here are 12 places around Montenegro that I feel fortunate that I am surrounded by and they need to be placed on your next travel itinerary. 1. Tara Canyon 2. Stari Bar 3. Sveti Stefan 4. Kotor…
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City Wonders Ancient Rome
Dark Rome Tours, a City Wonders brand, offers small group tours in Italy with expert, English-speaking guides and Skip the Line Access to help you get the best from your vacation. After being suggested to try Dark Rome Tours from our friends at Blogger Bridge, I reached out to them telling them that a girlfriend and I would be visiting Rome for the day, and they graciously booked us for the “Skip the Line: Colosseum Tour with Roman Forum and Palatine Hill.” We were pleased beyond our expectation! Our Italian guide’s name was Davide, and he was entertaining from the start. His English vocabulary was better than some Americans that I know. 😉 We walked…
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10 Things to Do in Naples, Italy
Buon Giorno, Naples, Italy! The legend tells that the origin of Naples is due to the mermaid Parthenope who killed herself in the Gulf of Naples because Ulysses refused her love. Maybe that’s why Naples is characterized by the cohabitation of opposites: good and evil, joy and sadness, beauty and decay. Personally I can’t get enough of this city – you can’t explain the love a girl has for the Mediterranean coast! We all know that we must eat pizza here, but did you also think about these 10 things? 1. Eat Pizza Perfection Naples is the home of pizza. They take it so seriously that in 2004, the ministry…
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Five Reasons to Celebrate National Siblings Day on April 10
Tomorrow is National Siblings Day, a day for the 80% of Americans who have siblings to celebrate their brothers and sisters. Celebrating Siblings Day can be as easy as sending a card, sharing a meal or doing a favor for a sibling. Almost three years ago, I had a healthy reminder of why it is important to say “Te amo! I love you!” to your siblings, as my little brother was diagnosed with lymphoma. It took my breath away, BUT we grew closer because of it. We talked more. We hung out more – in the hospital (hey, he was always on-the-go, so I met him wherever he was). We…
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How to Use a Sauna & Steam Room at a Spa
There is nothing like enjoying a “spa day.” Taking a little time for yourself is necessary, and many spas offer more than just treatments like a swimming pool, sauna and steam room. But how to use these amenities properly? First thing you want to remember when visiting a spa is the basic cycle: Heat, Cool, Rest, Repeat. What to Wear Before you get started on your heat regimen, you should to take a few steps to prepare. The sauna is a place of relaxation and introspection, so you want to change out of your clothes, even your underwear, into something that is a dedicated sauna “uniform.” Having your own uniform should…
