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    I love Christmas!
    It is such a wonderful time when most people are in a good mood and kinder than usual to each other. Smiles come easier, little hiccups are dismissed faster, we do more fun things with our friends and family, we play with children. If we are lucky, we get snow! [...]

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Original hotel descriptions (and not the hotel's own!) Original photos (again, not just the oh-so-perfect-images the hotel provides) Clear price-list, including all ...

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Atlas Shrugged book cover Who will be John Galt? My favourite book is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, so I am naturally ...

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One of my paintings. You should buy it! Why, because it is a no side-effects balm, medicine, sedative, soother, energizer, ...

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West Dean gardens With a wonderful picture from England... At West Dean there is a horticultural college, lots of sheep on the ...

Culture

Tea & culture!

If you have not, you must.  Visit the Wallace Collection in London.
Not only is it a fine collection of works of art, paintings, furniture, porcelain, but the wonderful tea-room is alone worth a visit.
See also:

The Wallace Collection website

Books

“The God delusion”, by Richard Dawkins

Why read this book?
These excerpts speak for the book:
[Referring to Julia Sweeny ] My first call from my mother was more of a scream. ‘Atheist? ATHEIST?!?!’ [...] I think that my parents had been mildly disappointed when I’d said I didn’t believe in God any more, but being an atheist was another thing altogether.
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The same [...]

Technology

The Nano Song!

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the winners of the “What is Nano?” video contest held by ACS Nanotation, the Web community site for nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers and enthusiasts.

See also: http://www.physorg.com/news158337074.html

1st place: The Nano song

The Nano Song from nanomonster on Vimeo.
runner-up: Nanotechnology Brings us Delicious New Solar Cells

Travel

Travelling by ferry to Loutro

I love  travelling to Loutro on these old ferries…

Somebody said:
ferry travel is the most relaxing and enjoyable form of travel
I agree!