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How to Avoid Overpaying for Air Fare

Claire — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:05:05 +0000

There are a lot of different places that people cite as the one place that they would like to see in their life time and just as many of these people get to go to these places like Amsterdam for example.

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Going overseas to visit a different country can be a very educational experience as well as one that is extremely fun. However, when it comes to preparing for such a trip the fun factor may not be as high. Making sure that everything you have to worry about when you are gone is looked after is a very good idea; making sure the pets are looked after, house plants watered and the house itself being checked on is a very advisable idea.

In addition to making sure that you have all of your personal affairs in order you will want to make sure that you don’t overpay for your airline ticket. Doing this can be very easy and may not take nearly as much time as you would think. There are a lot of different web sites available for people to use when it comes to searching for air fare and being able to take advantage of such diversity can almost guarantee that you are able to get the best price on air fare for your trip.

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National Park Thayatal in Austria – one of the most beautiful landscapes

Claire — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:42:27 +0000

The National Park Thayatal and its Czech side – National Park Podyjí, belong to one of the most beautiful, romantic and biodiversity rich valley landscapes. The park is famous for the narrow valley which the river Thaya runs through. It is situated on the borders with Czech Republic, north-east of Austria. There are not many places where such a diversity of flora and fauna can be found in a close space as in National Park Thayatal. It covers covers 1,330 hectares of land

Steep cliffs are covered with forests, and the geological bedrock (granite) affects both the landscape and vegetation. There are two castles at the borders of the national park, Burg Hardegg and ruined castle Kaja. You can find there about half of all plant species originating from Austria.

Animal World is so prominent and contains a large number of very rare species of vertebrates. In terms of sport, cycling and hiking are popular activities in the park.

At the Czech side there is one of the most beautiful water reservoir called Vranov. In the case of bad weather you can visit nice city of Znojmo and test the Czech wine.

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Thermal water park in Štúrovo, Slovakia

Claire — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:52:18 +0000

Štúrovo is primarily a spa town. Thermal water park and recreation complex VADAŠ THERMAL*** is popular even abroad. With its daily capacity of 12,500 visitors, well-maintained pools of different sizes, indoor swimming pools, restaurants and the sport possibilities, offers ideal conditions for relaxation to all of sun and water lovers.

In the swimming complex you can find 7 external and 2 sheltered swimming pools, including a massage pool, external all-year sitting pool and a unique swimming pool with artificial waves, the only one in Slovakia, a Lagoon of 3800 m2.

Pools are supplied with thermal water from the depth of 130 m with a temperature of 39 °C.

The town Štúrovo is famous for its tolerance. The people coexist peacefully for centuries on the territory that is full of members of different nationalities and religions. This diversity gives the city a special atmosphere.

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