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The festive season is back and everybody wants to celebrate. The weather is getting colder day by day and we are just a few weeks away from the New Year’s eve. At the beginning of the new year, it is believed that something will change in our lives. And to make new year special, traveling with dear ones, is a good opportunity to begin the year. There are several new year celebrations places outside Delhi where you can spend the New Year’s Eve with the kids, family & friends which light up your m

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andersonvalley.jpg?width=350Sometimes the most impressive destinations require a trip to someplace more off the beaten path. Taking a side trip from Napa Valley is a great example.

Iconic in its own right for wineries, stellar culinary scene, and vibrant arts, after spending a week on tastings and soaking in Napa's ambiance, you just might be ready to head north up Route 128 for 2½ hours over hairpin mountain curves into Anderson Valley which eventually leads to the Mendocino Coast.

Surrounded by steep, forested slopes

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Classic New England villages in the Berkshires Mountains region of western Massachusetts are typically defined by walkable centers with family run storefronts clustered around the library and post office flanked by towering gnarled centenarian maples & rugged foothills as a backdrop in the distance. Stockbridge is a post card example, with the added distinction of having the Red Lion Inn anchoring the corner of Main and South Streets.

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Originally founded in 1773, The Red Lion Inn is a charter memb

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Why people need short vacations!

Life can get boring and mundane, had it not been for vacations and weekend breaks. To live a commonplace and monotonous life is hardly rewarding. It serves no purpose, in fact, it has a bad effect on mental and physical health. Irrespective of whether it is one day vacation or a month long one, vacations are necessary for one and all. Imagine continuously working for months on end – what a pain that would prove to be! 

9009173865?profile=originalIf may be an explorer or a laid-back person – there are vacation options avail

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The beautiful city of Victoria - actually the capital of this province - liesat the southern tip of Vancouver Island, just an hour's drive (and 90-minute ferry ride) from the city f Vancouver. Some of the highlights of this excursion include the ferry ride through the Gulf Islands, a stopover at the Fisherman’s Wharf to feed the seals, a tour to the downtown of Victoria, and a host of other attractions and activities to indulge in like the Royal BC Museum, Butchart Gardens, walking tours, and

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I arrived in a quaint village in the French countryside and checked into a charming villa arranged by my travel agent.

Once I was settled, I made my way out to the balcony. It seemed to be floating on the beautiful fields of lavender and provided a scope of a wide expanse of vineyards in the distance.

I had already decided that all I wanted to do on this vacation was spend my mornings at a local café reading a book, sipping a frothy cappuccino (with two shots of cinnamon sprinkled on top) and eat

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Unplugged Vacations: Places To Digitally Detox, and Be Happy

Derrick Jackson, an astute Boston Globe columnist, just wrote a piece bemoaning the inability of vacationing Americans to actually vacation, that is to take a holiday “unplugged”, “off the grid,” “digitally detoxed,” and smell the flowers. Or listen to the brook.

Or better still, actually have a conversation with your family .

It’s a real problem, with some studies showing 83% of us check in at least twice a day when we’re
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