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The perfect honeymoon haven can be a five-star resort or a starlit campground. It's wherever your dreams (and your budget) lead you. Virtually every major hotel and country inn in the world offers some sort of honeymoon package or will quickly come up with one if they have a request. The frills can range from a bottle of champagne by a heart-shaped pool to a picnic on a private island. Tropical resorts are particularly adept at making the most of their romantic surroundings and can rattle off…

Day One 40 minutes Prepare the Learner: (10 minutes) Picture it brainstorming. Draw a picture of a volcano on the blackboard and write, where in the world will you find one of these? Have the students work independently or in pairs writing down as many locations they may know. Poll the classroom and write down the locations on the blackboard. Leave this on the board for later discussion with the class. Ask if any students have ideas why the earths outer layer is constantly changing. Lesson:…

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” (Edmund Burke). In the book Hitler’s Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World’s Most Notorious Dictator, by Bill O’Reilly, details the last days of, conceivably, the most reviled and evil man in history: Adolf Hitler. Most of the book is focused inside the bunker where Hitler spent his last days near the end of World War II. It gave specific details about the last desperate attempt of Hitler to turn…

The Roman empire was the ancient world’s largest and most powerful empire. It reached its height in 117 C.E., encompassing nearly 2 million square miles and containing more than 50 million people. Connecting the vast empire were more than 250,000 miles of roads, 50,000 of which were paved. Roman engineers founded or improved more than 1,000 cities and towns. Rome itself was a magnificent example of cultural, technological and social superiority in its time. It was a great place to live in until…

seven years after she weds, she still thinks of revenge (105-106). Nonetheless, she achieves revenge at the expense of her son – Ortlieb. Etzel speaks of his son, Ortlieb, “... I will give him the lordship of twelve countries … when ye ride back to Rhine... take with you your sister's son ... Rear him in honour till he be a man … if any harry your land, he will help you to avenge it' (145). This quotation is significant because it alludes that if Kriemhild does not get revenge during her…

individual instead of baptism of infants. Ammenn and his followers left the Mennonite church to establish the Amish church over 300 years ago. Moreover, facing continuous religious persecution throughout Europe where they had mainly been settled along the Rhine river; the Amish fled to America. The first twenty-one Amish families left for America in 1737 from Europe in search of a place to thrive. Once in America the Amish settled in William Penn’s religious freedom colony of Pennsylvania.…

The Roman Empire is one of the most well-known and prominent civilizations of its time. It was the epitome of power and the impact it made on Western civilization has been profound. The empire became a melting pot and a place where people of different backgrounds could trade and travel freely. It spread over a vast area of land and encompassed much of the area surrounding the Mediterranean, which is known as Western Europe. At the time, it may have seemed that bigger was better, but the sheer…

The Normandy Invasion one of the most iconic moments in the twentieth century. Operation Overlord also known as D-Day was the turning point of World War II. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. D-Day was authorized to free the France from Nazi control. Did you know? That D-Day’s original date was June 5, 1944 instead of June 6, 1944. However, inclement weather was predicted by weather meteorologists. Many of you may not think weather was important but it definitely was. The…

White wines are wines with pale yellow color, yellow gold or yellow green which are produced from white or black grapes without skin. White wines existed 2500 years ago. There are several types of white wine. Learn more information about different types of white wine categorized according to taste. Discover about the different flavors and regions where white wines are common in the catalog below. • Light and Zesty These wines are lightly bodied with a fresh clean taste. • Cortese (a.k.a Gavi) –…

the year 1818 in London , England. Five years later, the second edition was published and Shelley’s named appeared. Prior to writing the famous novel, the author spent much of her time traveling Europe. In 1814, Shelley went on an adventure to the Rhine river in Germany and visited a place called Gernsheim which is 17km from Frankenstein’s Castle itself; where an alchemist performed numerous experiments two centuries prior. Her next destination in her journey was to…