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Get married on an exotic beach, or in a princely castle, is achievable today. Anyone can give to himself or herself a dream wedding. The important tourist and hotel groups organize incredible “Weddingmoons group” for long time (Http://www.sandals.com/groups/team/) Two examples? Swear eternal love in French Polynesia (at the St. Regis Bora Bora), where you can get married under water in …

This experience has delighted and intrigued people for over 150 years. It is a ‘must’ on any visit to Edinburgh. The Camera Obscura, http://www.camera-obscura.co.uk/your_visit/times_prices.asp show is a fascinating and highly amusing way to see this city (and learn about its history). Your guide will entertain you while telling stories of Edinburgh. All visitors are truly amazed at how, in this …

The heart of the New Year in Brooklyn? You have to go to Prospect Park, to leave you charmed by the midnight fireworks. What’s Near Times Square, will be organized parties in restaurants and special sparkling location. Here, at midnight, rain down on the crowd million colored confetti (with greeting messages written by people all over the world). Throughout the …

The years around 1470 were the most prosperous in the life of this painter, a man who was cited among the wealthy citizens of Bruges. http://www.kmska.be/en/ Hans Memling had its prosperity to the great number of his patrons. In this period, one third of the artist’s works are portraits. The popularity of his portraits was due to the personal touch …

HANS MEMLING 1/4 – He was a German painter who moved to Flanders, working in the tradition of Netherlandish painting. His portraits is special in many aspects: it shows the high quality and sense of detail, and the man is portrayed in front of a landscape (he was one of the first painters to add a background to his portraits). …

The cover of the book is constantly being studied. An edition of this book, depicts a couple who, in the act of having sex, is transformed into a crocodile. Between 1976 and 1978 the Italian artist Luigi Serafini has made a special book, written and illustrated with over a thousand drawings. The Seraphinianus Codex is an absolutely original and surreal …

Man of Constant Sorrow – In constant sorrow through his days, I am a man of constant sorrow. I’ve seen trouble all my day. I bid farewell to old Kentucky The place where I was born and raised, the place where he was born and raised. For six long years I’ve been in trouble. No pleasures here on earth I …

ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI 1/4 – She was a Baroque-period painter, known for such works as “Susanna and the Elders” and “Judith Slaying Holofernes.” She lost her mother when she was 12 years old, and suffered another tragedy five years later (when she was raped by one of her father’s colleagues). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEa0ibrXqSk She married a painter from Florence, but their union wasn’t …

It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000, as the Experience Music Project. The Museum of Pop Culture, is a nonprofit museum dedicated to contemporary popular culture. The EMP museum has organized dozens of exhibits, across the US and internationally. http://www.empmuseum.org/ For music lovers, Seattle means Nirvana. While parents discover the history of rock, children can become rock …

Though the band dissolved in 1994, their music continues to inspire and influence modern rock. Went through a succession of drummers (the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. Has come to be regarded as one of the most influential and important alternative bands in history. Nirvana http://www.nirvana.com/ was an rock band formed by singer and guitarist …

LORENZO LOTTO 1/4 – His work appeals to a modern audience, particularly because of the way he identifies with his subjects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-d-ZhfeylE Well known for his perceptive portraits (and mystical paintings of religious subjects), he represents one of the best examples of the relationship between the Venetian and Central Italian schools. In the earlier years of his life, he lived …

Wroklovek, gleefully celebrating whoever comes, his heart in his hand. Botanik, in Spring as in the Snow, he loves playing his big trumpet made of flower petals. Obiezysmak, he ate so much that almost burst his trousers. You’re walking through the streets of Wroclaw, Poland. http://visitwroclaw.eu/en What you see is a gnome, one of more than 300 people living with …