Children and adults alike will get a buzz from Barcelona’s latest tourist attraction, a breath-taking hot-air balloon ride over the city. Located next to the zoo, behind the Hotel Arts and the Olympic village, the balloon is permanently tethered to the ground and rises up some 150 metres, providing spectacular views of the city and sea. The ride lasts about 15 minutes and the large, open-air cabin is entirely safe and child-proof. Kids aged 6 and under get to ride for free.
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February 6, 2010
David Gray
One of the success stories of the year – if you like fairly standard guitar-toting singer/songwriters.
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February 5, 2010
Nature, Man, Music, Machine
Towering composers of our time – Phillip Glass, John Adams and Louis Andriessen – offer perspectives on man and music’s place in the surrounding world. These three artists have tried to negotiate a truce between nature and machine, by incorporating the latest technology into their music without sacrificing basic aesthetic principles. Among the works to be performed tonight are Glass’ ‘The Canyon’, Adams’ ‘Century Rolls’ and Andriessen’s ‘De Staat’ (The Republic).
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January 30, 2010
Holidays on Hayes
Contrary to popular belief, there is much more to holiday shopping in San Francisco than battling the masses at Union Square. Hayes Valley is known for its offbeat and eccentric variety of shops that emphasise leading-edge art, fashion and interior design. The neighbourhood celebrates the season during Holidays on Hayes, the first street festival of its kind in the city. Pointing out the neighbourhood’s proximity to the performing arts centre, the event features operatic carollers, performance artists offering unique shows and visual artists participating in new exhibitions to celebrate season.
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January 27, 2010
Have you packed your Travel Insurance?
Any astonishing costs during your travel overseas have to be preplanned well ahead.
With Travel insurance your doctor’s bills or any other unanticipated costs will be covered. It’s fundamentally a partnership between a visitor and an insurance firm by which an insurance corporation is required to cover all of the losses that that occur due to accidents abroad.
An insured person pays the premium either in single or multiple payments. Which is the best time to get the travel insurance? For frequent travelers there are way more broad permanent travel insurances that protect you during all of your trips that meet certain necessities. What occurs in the event of established medical conditions? Anybody with a significant established medical problem would find it difficult to achieve a travel insurance. it could be possible, travel insurance corporations exclude all claims related to pre-existing conditions. Some insurers will cover for established conditions without any extra premium. Other travel insurance companies can have a medical screening system, customarily carried out over the phone or on the internet. You are asked a sequence of questions to assess the danger concerned and to decide whether you can be given insurance, in such case you could have to pay an extra premium to cover the chance of established condition, or exclude any claims associated with risk. What all am I covered for in such insurance? The commonest hazards that are covered by travel insurance are flight delays, cancellations, restrictions. Burglary of bags, delay or loss of private possessions up to a specific quantity when undeclared and up to any amount when announced and included in the policy is covered under such travel insurance. This includes transport from and to surgeries and hospitals, physicians’ charges, medicines, for example.
In the event of death, all funeral costs, benefits of random death, will be covered by the insurance.
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Choosing the right Airline Rewards Card
Flying has become a more common and convenient way to go. Whether you often go by air or wish to fly to your next holiday location, airline rewards cards will help you out.
Read on to discover how airline rewards cards work and find some of the finest offers available. Earn the Miles Airline rewards mastercards come in numerous shapes and forms, but the bulk of them share similar underlying principles. Most airline rewards mastercards distribute you one mile for each greenback spent. They might also offer special deals for you to earn extra miles when you have the card. Most major airline carriers provide a co-branded card, which is issued in collaboration between the airline and a bank or Mastercard company. Harvest the Rewards when you have an airline rewards Mastercard, you can maintain a record of the miles you earn on your card statement. Each card company sets the number of miles wanted to earn free plane tickets. Often less miles are required to travel domestically, while more are required for global flights. While the rewards are superb, airline rewards visa cards also include certain conditions. A lot of them come with a higher rate and charge a yearly fee. If you would like the flexibleness of flying any airline, the Discover Miles Card is a sensible choice. Also, you can earn an extra 1,000 miles every month, purely for using the card. And with Discover Miles Card there is not any annual fee concerned. Another airline rewards card with masses of pliability is the Chase Travel And Platinum ATM card.
Chase Travel And Platinum Visa includes 0% interest on purchases and balance transfers for as much as 12 months. With a low yearly fee of $29 and reward options including flights, hotel stays, vehicle rentals, cruises and more, this card is really worth the investment. Airline rewards visa cards offer tempting benefits. By making purchases on your card, you can earn miles that may be used for free travel. Look over your vacation plans. Then apply on the Internet today for an airline rewards Visa card.
Soon you will be turning in those miles for tickets.
Ecstatic flying!
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January 26, 2010
Art of Skateboarding: One Fell Swoop
Where modern dance and urban street thrashing collide exists ‘Art of Skateboarding: One Fell Swoop’. The performance combines five seasoned professional dancers and three highly skilled skateboarders in a mix of pop culture and modern dance. Skateboarders, who defy the conventions of the urban landscape, have created new ways to move across the surface of the city, while Scott Wells & Dancers have similarly challenged the restrictions of modern dance with their extremely physical and aggressive style. The narrative thread of these performances is intended to question how we interact with our urban environment.
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January 23, 2010
Smugglers – Customs & Contraband 1901-2001
Judging by the number of weekly illegal contraband seizures by the Customs Department, one would think that smuggling anything is Australia’s favourite pastime. A quick tour of this exhibition won’t dispel that notion. A simulation of the giant $400 million heroin haul grabbed by Customs agents in 1998, a bizarre armadillo handbag and a mannequin will be on view in a display of smugglers’ preferred hiding places, while real shipping containers recreate the smuggler’s environment.
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January 22, 2010
Jumping Amsterdam
The country’s oldest and most diverse indoor show jumping and dressage event brings in horseheads from around the world to watch the qualifications for the World Cup. Many other equestrian disciplines are also featured. On Saturday there are special events for children. For a mere 5 guilders, they will not only have access to pony-rides, inflatable bouncing tents and all the international contests, but they will also receive an ice-cream and a ’surprise bag’.
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