Where did you go for a vacation in 2009? Would you recommend it? I've got a few recommendations in mind, too. Andalucia, Spain (Wine Region) If you love wine, be sure to include Andalucia, Spain, in your itinerary. No one knows for sure how wine-making started in this region, but one thing's for sure, there's around 40,000 hectares of vineyards in Andalucia. Over half of the produced wine is concentrated in four areas: Jerez, Malaga and Sierra de Malaga, Montilla Moriles and Condado de Huelva. Jerez is popular for producing sherry. Sweet dessert wines are the specialty in the Montilla and...

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Ever since the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, was killed by a stingray, stingrays have been given a bad reputation.A These docile animals very rarely attack in the wild and usually only when attacked themselves.A Now that my disclaimer is out of the way, time to swim with the fishes. Stingray City is located off of the coast in the Grand Caymans.A This is the locale where hundreds of stingrays venture to be fed and mingle with the crowds.A For many years, the fishermen would clean their nets and dump this trash in this area.A The stingrays...

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Now here is an interesting list. Originating from ShermansTravel, the following is a list of a few of the top 10 places to go before this year is over! Granted, you probably will not be able to make it to these places, but nevertheless, here they are. Perhaps you could visit these places next year because I'm sure that they will be just as good then. Tunisia:A Located in Africa, this beautiful place is somewhere that you have got to see with ruins of the ancient Phoenician city of Carthage and historic sites like the coliseum at El Jem. When you're...

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The Outer Banks, NC, is a series of island cities famous for many reasons.A People flock there to relax on the clean beaches, to visit beautiful lighthouses, to see where the Wright brothers first took flight and everything else imaginable.A You can even drive on the beach alongside wild horses! My family decided to get away to a nice relaxing location that was not too far to drive.A A A great compromise inA distance from my home in Charleston, SC, and my siblings in Ohio was the OBX (the nickname given byA famous bumper stickers seen nationwide).A ...

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Thirty miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, lies the island Nantucket. Thousands of people seem to flock here in the summer months; it is popularA as a tourist destination.A What is it that attracts all these people? Nantucket is one of those places to which you go not to find exciting new things but rather to find peace and serenity. Typical landscapes are the waterfront houses and famous lighthouses lining the shores. Fine sandy beaches make any day more relaxing. The historic Downtown Nantucket is one of those perfectly"strollable" areas. Main Street has that typical tourist look, from the store...

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