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Our reviews of the top family vacation destinations and trip ideas organized by keywords (Italy, Caribbean, teens, etc) and topic (snowsports, spa, etc) to make your research easier.
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Banjo, Folk, Country Songs - Driving Appalachia's Crooked RoadSpend a weekend in Floyd watching fiddle pickers perform and you start to love bluegrass (if you don't already). Slow down to string banjoes with luthiers in Galax and you'll begin to understand the heritage of southern Virginia. With the richly detailed guide, A Guide to the Crooked Road:... Category: edu-cation |
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A Trip to HiroshimaWhen I was twelve my family toured Hiroshima, a prefecture in southern Japan where the United States dropped the Atomic Bomb in 1945. We visited Miyajima, the island just off the coast of Hiroshima. The first thing we did was get shaved ice. I have never had better shaved ice in my life... Category: edu-cation |
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Family Travel Forum Teen Travel Writing Scholarship 2012Have you ever taken an unexpectedly wonderful -- or terrible but funny -- trip with your family? Have advice on how to make the most of a cultural experience or destination? Have you gone somewhere -- near or far -- that opened up new ways of looking at the world? Family Travel Forum (... Category: edu-cation |
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Family Travel Forum Teen Travel Writing Scholarship 2012Have you ever taken an unexpectedly wonderful -- or terrible but funny -- trip with your family? Have advice on how to make the most of a cultural experience or destination? Have you gone somewhere -- near or far -- that opened up new ways of looking at the world? Family Travel Forum (... Category: edu-cation |
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Memphis, Tennessee And Martin Luther King Jr.With all the excitement about the new Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington DC, families should not miss an opportunity to visit "his" museum: The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Each winter, this fascinating collection runs several special family programs in honor... Category: edu-cation |
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Food Loving Family in JamaicaJamaican cuisine is a fragrant mix of flavors. It inventively blends indigenous ingredients with the culinary contributions of the different peoples who have inhabited the island. This delicious fusion has evolved from predominately African, Spanish, English, East Indian and... Category: edu-cation |
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Colonial Winter In Williamsburg, VirginiaAn enriching holiday experience that families will cherish for years can be found in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Since 1934, this 301-acre historic area has put on its holiday finery from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. Besides visiting historic buildings, encountering “People... Category: edu-cation |
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Sundance Resort, Where Stars Go To PlayBathed in the glamorous glow cast by its annual film festival, the Sundance Resort is, at heart, an unpretentious mountain hideaway. This central Utah development founded by actor-director Robert Redford in 1969 with "just $500 and a dream" as he says, is defintely a country chic... Category: edu-cation |
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The Lowdown on Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 – Walking Maps, Dining, VIP eventsLocated in the heart of Miami Beach, the Art Basel has continuously grown in popularity to become one of the most illustrious art shows in the Americas. Ranging from emerging new artists to world renowned, the sheer amount of creativity is simply mind-boggling. Art Basel has transformed the whole... Category: edu-cation |
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Spend the Holidays at Christmas City USA: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from $125/NWhile some of you may hear the name "Bethlehem" and picture mangers and farm animals, the revitalized former Steel Capital of Pennsylvania has their own take on the Christmas season. Picture a new Blast Furnace Light Show and expanded holiday programming running concurrent with the annual... Category: edu-cation |
