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This is purely a suspicion, but I can't help but think that Professor Greenblatt is up to something. It looks like he means "performance" in a subversive way, not just an innocent "know your audience" routine.
The case I'm going to outline has no real strength to it. All I can say is that Professor Greenblatt's talk is suggestive. Take the first example he gives of his own writing: he seems to want to praise a book on the aesthetics of sports while taking into account criticisms of that book. The criticisms are that it fails to take into account the abuses inherent in merely having sports, and that it fails to see why people are really into sports.
So the Professor gives us a story where being able to describe sports well in terms of aesthetics might have been wonderful at one point in his life. Except that to describe sports in such a way would have served as a reflection of the worst fears of his parents' generation – that of not being accepted at all as an American, maybe not even as human – and also as catering to an institution whose biases perhaps went deeper than anyone could have seen.
The theme of aesthetics being subordinate to considerations of power and morality is evident upon closer inspection all throughout Greenblatt's essay. He hides this theme, though: he always seems to place aesthetics as the key to what he does only, and presents it as innocent in a way. But it is not an innocence that he allows to judge simply. He does not proclaim a utopian ideal and demand we all fall in line. Rather, he merely presents some considerations writers and readers might want to take seriously when thinking about how art discusses matters of power and morals.
The anecdote with Bill Clinton is telling. Clinton can recite Macbeth and even give an interpretation of it that sends serious thinkers back to the books: for Clinton, the problem with Macbeth is that he loves an "ethically inadequate object."
Greenblatt unpackages the psychology of the President beautifully: he notes lines Clinton misses, lines about "vaulting ambition" "overleaping itself." He also takes care to say that Clinton's comment comes from later thought, thought like Kant's and Rawls' – Shakespeare doesn't even have "ethically adequate objects" for ambition, let alone inadequate ones. Even defending the state doesn't seem to be something defensible in and of itself.
Greenblatt's point is simple: the President, in misreading the play, doesn't see the parallel between himself and Macbeth. The issue isn't what is ethical or what isn't, the issue is ambition itself. That alone presents problems which become nightmares for the rest of us.
The talk goes on to skewer German academics for even bringing up the topic of aesthetics. Greenblatt says his opening is "cautious." It's only cautious to a pedant who can't see what might be happening by an American going to Germany and then using an anecdote where the English-speaking world dismissed a concept central to much German philosophizing to open his talk. If you think I'm making too much of the irony, I would say pay attention to how Greenblatt thinks Shakespeare couldn't have even conceived of aesthetics in the modern way – the word didn't exist until much later.
Finally, Greenblatt's sleight of hand – if that indeed is what is happening here – shows up powerfully in his example where he discusses a definition of beauty given by Alberti. The definition, Greenblatt says, has a peculiar quality:
The cunning of this definition is its programmatic refusal of specificity. It is not this or that particular feature that makes something beautiful; rather it is an interrelation of all the parts in a whole. The key qualities are harmony, inherence, economy, and completeness. There is nothing superfluous and nothing wanting. As in Alberti's fa çade for S. Maria No vella in Florence, which dates from the 1450s, the pleasure derives from the sense of symmetry, balance, and the elegant ratio of the constitutive elements.
The "refusal of specificity" is the key. The talk ends with the Professor discussing The Merchant of Venice in terms so generic that he could be talking about Muslims in the West today or Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages.
So what are the hidden themes of the talk? What's being said about art and how it comments on society, or should comment on society?
1. For writers: Your work should not focus on the individual solely, but on the wider picture. This comes from the baseball anecdote, where a child can see Ted Williams as godlike, and maybe rightly so. But such a seeing is ultimately very childish if one doesn't see the darker realities all around. Aesthetics can distract generally from more immediate concerns.
2. For readers: Reading what comes later into the past can be a clever way of reading your own biases into the past. If there is an ethically adequate object, can it be loved too much? Might Macbeth's tyranny be justifiable in some circumstances?
3. For everyone: The achievement of the artist – what makes him different – is probably that he appreciates difference. In doing this, new singularities that are wholes in themselves are created. (This is my attempt to make sense of the passage on "aesthetic autonomy" and on Alberti's definition of beauty, and how Shakespeare wouldn't understand the former and broke with the latter).
I could be nuts, and there's definitely a lot in my account of Greenblatt's essay I'm skipping over, but I'm kinda happy with this conspiracy theory.
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Most twins hate it when people can't tell them apart, so I'm guessing neither Drew nor Jonathan Scott will appreciate this post, but they'll have to make-do with being joint Hunks of the Day, as I can't always discern who's who. Together they are The Property Brothers – one of the HGTV shows I actually enjoy. In it, one of them acts as realtor to people looking for a new home, the other acts as the contractor for a fixer-upper that somehow ends up more fabulous than the out-of-reach dream home they are initially shown. They often run into snags and delays due to unforeseen issues with the homes they find, but always come out on time and on budget, which is an inspiration. They also get the homeowners to help out with demolition and some construction, which is more rosy-hued in theory than actual execution (and I'm just thankful our kitchen guys haven't asked me to do anything other than decide on a tile lay-out.)
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Paul Ryan headlined Wednesday night's RNC program, "We Can Do Better", capping off a night of speeches by many would-be VP candidates, including Rob Portman, Mike Huckabee, and Condoleeza Rice.
Continuing on the humble beginnings and hard work theme of yesterday night's speeches, tonight's speakers took a tough policy approach in contrast to last night's inspirational presentations by Ann Romney and Chris Christie.
First the warm up… Huckabee identified himself as an Evangelical Christian, then called Obama's Evangelical cred by associating him with gay marriage, abortion and government mandated healthcare. Then in a move that shocked speech watchers, referred to a conversation he had with rock star Bono:
uh-oh. am i seeing that Huckabee is invoking the name of BONO? does BONO really want to have his name thrown about by a rape apologist?
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Aug. 29, 2012 - Tampa, FL, USA - Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Credit Image: © Harry E. Walker/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com)
According to tweets, Condi's prompter failed – or perhaps she chose not to load up her script -- but those of us at home couldn't tell by her polished and hard-hitting speech on foreign policy:
Condi is a serious warlord... thats why none ofy'all dare say anything abt her hair.. Condi ain't having it..shes a true Gangsta hawk
— Davey D (@mrdaveyd) August 30, 2012
Condi is the only speaker so far not to use TelePrompTer
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) August 30, 2012
And now, Condi kills!Reminds me of Thatcher.
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 30, 2012
Then, she moved on to civil rights, invoking both her Jim Crow childhood and calling education the civil rights issue of our day.
"... and she becomes the Secretary of State." ok, crying now. Love Condi.
— Sugar Jones (@SugarJones) August 30, 2012
New Mexico Govenor Susana Martinez touted gun rights, referring to her own Smith and Wesson:
My dad made sure I could handle myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum. -Susana Martinez
— Shane (@Indepgirlism) August 30, 2012
Governor Martinez had a stand up dad, she worked at night and he made sure she was packing a Smith and Wesson! God Bless America!
— Hutch (@burghseyeview) August 30, 2012
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And then, the main attraction: Paul Ryan:
Paul Ryan gets absolute rock star treatment. Unreal.
— benshapiro (@benshapiro) August 30, 2012
Some tweeters noted that Ryan lacked Rice's measured confidence or Martinez's conversational demeanor:
I think Paul Ryan is doing awful at this speech. He is nervous as hell. This is too big of a speech compared to his old ones.
— abuhatem (@abuhatem) August 30, 2012
After telling the requisite stories about his small town upbringing and the premature death of his father and the cutaways to wife Janna and the three Ryan kids in the audience, Ryan opened up his real talking points. Just the mention of the word "Obamacare" incited boos from the floor:
Finally someone mentions Solyndra!Go Ryan!And ObamaCare!Yay Ryan!
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Ryan: "The greatest threat to Medicare is Obamacare, and we're going to stop it!" #GOP2012 #RomneyRyan2012— NY for Mitt (@NY4Mitt) August 30, 2012
Yo, Governor Romney. ObamaCare. YOU DID BUILD THAT.
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Most cynical lie I've seen in awhile: Paul Ryan, guy who tried to decimate Medicare saying he wants to protect it from Obama. Wow.
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Staring up at faded Obama posters- Paul Ryan KILLING!
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 30, 2012
Paul Ryan's preferred hard money policies would keep kids trapped in mom's basement basically forever.
— Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) August 30, 2012
Let there be rock. Paul Ryan: "My playlist starts with AC/DC, and ends with Zeppelin." #NBCPolitics
— Mike O'Brien (@mpoindc) August 30, 2012
However, journalists quickly jumped on Ryan's anecdotes -- including those about his bootstrapping after his father's weather and about factory closures... that actually were slated before President Obama took office.
Paul Ryan took social security checks after his father died. Just like Ayn Rand took her government handouts. Tell the truth. #p2
— Steve Weinstein (@steveweinstein) August 30, 2012
That point Ryan made abt GM plant closing is unbelievable. FACT: Obama wasn't even President then: bit.ly/O4vOwz #Current2012
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) August 30, 2012
FACT CHECK: Factory mentioned by Paul Ryan actually announced its closing before Obama took office wapo.st/Oz3llf #GOP2012
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Dance ensemble is back and stronger than ever.
Dance 2012 takes the stage as this year's annual dance showcase, combining the PLU dance team, step team and a variety of dancers from the Pacific Lutheran community.
Directed by Associate Professor of Dance Maureen McGill, the production features 13 performances, ten of which are choreographed by students, and runs Friday and Saturday in the Eastvold auditorium.
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Honestly, I love to write but when it comes to actually writing things that people really want to hear about it can be really exhausting, especially when you want to make some money doing it. I hate making less than $2 a month on Hubpages...it's exhausting especially when I login and have absolutely nothing to talk about or I am completely bored out of my gore. Last year I wrote a lot, but this year I have found it hard to get anything new going...
What can I do to make Hubpages a more fun and uplifting experience? I think this is key as the hubs that I get the most hits on are usually the ones that I a ton of fun writing about.
I think your question is one of those that should reveal to yourself at least two things to help yourself out. One is that you love writing and that the hubs you loved to write the most are successful. That shouldn't be surprising. Enthusiasm usually leaks through to the reader. Second you've made a start by coming to the forums and letting this frustration out.
If I may presume, it looks like from your accolades and the time you've been here that you are not one to get too involved in the forums or questions/answers sections here. It might be a good idea if you left off the writing for a while and got move involved with hubbers here. It will keep you connected and take your mind off your writing frustrations.
I feel your pain!
It always seems like things I find fascinating, and writing about, no-one else wants to read!
It is boring writing about the most-searched for topics, and unfortunately, that boredom shines through in my case at least!
BUT, when you get a bit of Google interest, and results, your enthusiasm for writing will come back.
I don't agree that you need to be 'active on the forums' or anywhere else here on HP.
HP readers/hubbers are not your primary focus. The world's searchers are.
A tip that might help you is to read the news carefully, and look for subjects that seem to be generating interest. Something that is interesting to you too.
Then try and think of an angle that is not widely written about.
It only takes one or two hubs to lift you right out of the doldrums....
I think you are doing it...interacting with other hubbers. It's very easy to silo yourself and write intensely and then get burnt out.
Part of what makes hubpages so much fun is the hubbers. Sometimes, I just get on and read others questions and posts and don't even write. Read some of the success stories, they are so inspiring. Or instead of researching topics to try to write on for $, what do you love? Find forums and other writers who write on the things you love and just read. Read for the enjoyment and I think you will find out what made you start writing in the first place.
I agree with Izzy and Casimiro. Firstly, you're writing for your potential readers and what they may be interested in. However, hubbers reflect what many searchers are, well, talking about. It's not good to spend too much time in the forums, but the conversations can inspire you to write about a topic you find interesting, and asking other peoples opinions can be really helpful.
Just browse the forums and see what you find interesting, if you find it interesting others will, too. Inspiration!
Nothing says every hub you write has to be a moneymaker. If your true passions lie in poetry or fiction or whatever, no reason you can't put a couple up. They probably won't get as much traffic and they aren't going to make you rich but it can help to release some of the frustration. If you don't want to mix business with pleasure on your account, you can always open a second account that is just for "fun" writing.
But, I have to agree with the others, interaction is key. You can have a lot of fun here and meet people who might become friends for life but you have to get out there and try. The forums are a god place to start (just don't take anything too seriously lol) and interacting with others in comments on hubs is good too. Just remember, if the writing feels like a chore, you're not going to enjoy doing it anymore and that will reflect in your writing. Readers can sense when an author isn't interested in their subject matter and if it doesn't even interest the writer then why would anyone want to read it??
Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions so far. I have to admit that I try to avoid the news and newspaper as I like to stay on a positive note instead of the never ending negativity that it all is.
I could definitely try being active in the forums a little more. I have been trying to look up, read, and comment on hubs that I am personally interested it. I know that can earn you some reader as well...but of course I don't do that just to get readers.
I honestly do think there is a way to earn a supplement income off of hubpages. I would love to get about $50-100 a month. It might take a while to get there but what I have notice is that sometimes the money I make is from my hubs being up for several month and everything adds up even though I might not be writing at any moment.
I do like to set goals. I'm trying to break the $2.00 mark for September since I'm making just below $2 a month now.
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Ok, here's my story of woe, and how Junior Bailey saved me from a horrible situation... Last Thursday I was heading south with my sister travelling on 95 from Baltimore, MD to Raleigh, NC to visit my ailing mother. I was driving my 1990 Chevy K1500 pickup which I had owned for about 2 weeks. The truck seemed to be in excellent shape when I bought it, and ran very strong (their is probably a lesson here about having a used car inspected before a purchase). I was travelling through Richmond, VA when suddenly the truck downshifted out of overdrive, and wouldn't upshift. It was lunch time, and I'd been driving really fast, so I thought maybe the tranny overheated, or had lost fluid (dream on), so I stopped for lunch at the closest exit (Willis Rd). Pulling off the ramp the transmission was whining loudly- uh oh. After lunch the truck would not reverse out of the parking space, it just whined but didn't budge. I got help from some guys inside Bridgettes' restaurant (great Southern food and cheap) and we pushed the truck out of space while my sister steered. I was then able to limp along toward a gas station where I added fluid since the level was low, but the truck still wouldn't upshift out of first gear. I work for a big insurance company, and knew our claims adjustors and estimators become accostomed with good mechanical shops, so I called our local office for advice. I was told the husband of an employee worked for a local Firestone. I called him but they didn't work on trannys. He told me to call Junior at Express Muffler, and said he knew him from the local dragstrip. I considered this a good sign, since race car owners are inherently good mechanics. I called Express Muffler and spoke with Junior who told me it sounded like "I shit a transmission". He told me he could put a Jasper in and for about $2,500. It turned out I was about 100yards from his shop (I could see his sign), so I drove there immediately. He took my info, my parent's number, and my cell phone # and promised to get right to work on my truck since I needed to return home that Saturday (it was now about 2pm on Thurday, and he had a lot full of customer's cars). He then had his dad (Pop) drive us and our luggage to the local Enterprise where I rented a car and continued on to NC. He also agreed to protect my uncovered load while the truck was there (and did so). Amazingly this whole episode, including a leisurely lunch, only made us about 2 hrs late to my parent's house. That evening Junior called to advise that the local Chevy dealer had a new GM transmission. Intalled it would cost about $200 less than a Jasper. If I wanted to go that route, he would try to have it installed the next day. The total bill would be $2,100. He aslo called my cell phone and left the same message. I gave him the go ahead. The following evening I spoke with Junior's sister who told me the transmission was in, but needed to be "buttoned up", and the truck test driven. I was told they were closed on Saturdays, but that my truck would be ready for delivery because they had book keeping to do. We got to Junior's at 2pm the next day, only to find him out on a tow. He had not test driven the truck yet, because he didn't expect us there so early, but another mechanic who was there working on his own car agreed to do so. While that was going on, Lisa, Junior's wife killed time with us talking in the parking lot, which she certainly didn't have to do. She was every bit as friendly and warm as Junior, and his sister. The total bill was $2,100 as promised (about $1,600 for the trans, and $500 for labor). Considering I had just paid $3,500 for a used Acura transmission on a claim I was working, I considered this a bargain. I was able to drive my truck home and not have to worry about returning to get it later. I did notice that on the return drive the overdrive was acting odd (downshifting under even slight/no load), but that problem seems to have resolved itself since then. Hopefully I won't need to return to Express Muffler, but if I do I am confident they will treat me as well as before. Lisa told us they have a customer who broke down in Richmond a few years ago on his way from his home near Washington, DC. He now returns to them for all his work. I believe it. They're that nice. I would unequivocally recommend Express Muffler to anyone in the Richmond area (southside). They are truly great folks. Don't be put off by the name as they are a full service shop. By the way, they are moving to a new bigger site this year off Jeff Davis Hwy, and little south of their current location.
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They have provided a variety of services for me on a variety of vehicles. They have worked on my Honda mini- van, Hyundai Sonata, Ford pickup, Dodge pickup, VW Beetle. They do everything for me (routine maintenance, brakes, timing belts, tires, electrical) and have even been there to take care of my family when we've been in accidents. Great group of professional folks that I have come to know.
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Hi, we are a family of 4. Our booking is as follows:
Arriving 23 Dec- flight Mumbai - Paris CDG, onward train to Brussels (cost included in the ticket).
Dep. 4th Jan - Train from Brussels to Amsterdam, onward Flight Amsterdam to Mumbai.
During these days, we plan to see
Paris 3 days
Venice 2 days
Barcelona 2 days
Rome 2 days
Berlin/Koeln 1 day.
Amsterdam 1 day
We have 12 days at our disposal. We are ready to travel in the night.
To save on travel cost, we have option to fly by Easyjet, or by night train.
We can skip train trains to and from Brussels and drop Brussels visit. We can also drop Barcelona if it becomes too tight a schedule.
Please suggest a best route, so that our Christman and New year is memorable.
Thanks in advance!
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Some things do not make sense:
Why go to Brussels on the 23rd when it is not included in your wish list?
Why Brussels on Jan. 4th.? Where do you think you will be on Jan. 3? If Paris, just go directly to Amsterdam.
Drop Barcelona. Drop Berlin/Köln. Go to Munich instead, as it is on the night train routes between Rome and Amsterdam.
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So sorry, you do NOT have 12 days, but only 11 (not counting day of arrival - Dec. 23 - or day of departure - Jan. 4. So sorry, your plan does not account for time consumed in (1) packing bags, (2) checking out of Hotel #1, (3) traveling to train/plane/bus, (4) time traveling to next destination, (5) time consumed retrieving baggage, (6) time spent traveling to Hotel #2, (7) time checking into Hotel #2. I strongly recommend you lay out your plan in the following format. I hope you will see that your plan is WAY, WAY too ambitious.
Day 1 Leave Mumbai, arrive Paris
Day 2 Explore Paris
Day 3 Explore Paris
Day 4 Leave Paris at ____o'clock via train; arrive Amsterdam at 2:00 p.m.
Day 5 Explore Amsterdam
Day 6 Leave Amsterdam via 9:00 train for Berlin; explore Berlin
Day 7: Leave Berlin via Easyjet (?); arrive Venice
Day 8: Explore Venice; leave Venice via plane/train; arr. Rome
Day 9: Explore Rome
Day 10eave Rome, arrive Barcelona
Day 11 Explore Barcelona
Day 12 Return to CDG for return to Mumbai.
If you wish to see train stations and airports, it's a great plan. If you wish to see/experience what Europe has to offer, reduce your trip to three stops MAXIMUM. That would be Paris plus 2 others.
If it is not too late, purchase a "multi-city" airplane ticket so you can return to Mumbai from Rome or Barcelona, rather than having to travel back to CDG for the trip home.
Less is more.
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Yes, I agree, you don't have the amount of time you think you have. It takes three nights in a place just to get two full days. Each time you change locations it will eat up at least half a day. As zorro says, choose a maximum of three cities.
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My suggestion to improve your itinerary, maximise your enjoyment of your trip, and to save money, would be to decrease the number of destinations. I think you're mostly going to be seeing airports, train stations, and the inside of airplanes and trains. In 12 days, I would go to one destination, possibly two. Since you've booked flights into Paris and out of Amsterdam, there's your itinerary!
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Is your flight already booked into Paris and out of Amsterdam?
If so, can it be changed?
If not, wait to book until your itinerary is set.
Your current itinerary does not work at all. Europe is bigger and more spread out than you seem to think. Look at a good map. Do not plan routes that crisis cross.
Choose the three places you are most interested in seeing. Drop the rest.
If you are stuck with into Paris, out of Amsterdam,
Day 1, depart Mumbai, arrive Paris
Day 2, Paris
Day 3, Paris
Day 4, Paris
Day 5, fly to Venice
Day 6, Venice
Day 7, train to Rome
Day 8, Rome
Day 9, Rome
Day 10, afternoon flight to Amsterdam
Day 11, Amsterdam
Day 12, fly home.
That really short changes Rome, but if you have to go through Amsterdam, might as well have a day there.
Absolutely no time for anyplace else!!!
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To save on travel cost, we have option to fly by Easyjet, or by night train>
For lots of stuff on trains and night trains check www.seat61.com- great info on discounted tickets if you book months in advance to guarantee them; www.budgeteuropetravel.com and www.ricksteves.com.
Possible night trains for you:
Berlin to Amsterdam
Rome to Germany - Munich
Venice to Paris or v.v.
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Agree with KyraS, but you could also spend a day or two in Brussels and visit Ghent or Bruges from there. To see more than Paris, a little of Flanders, and Amsterdam would be in effect to see nothing and spend your entire vacation in planes and trains.
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Sorry, but it sounds horrible. An entire vacation in train stations and aiports. Ugh. When I travel, I want to actually SEE things and BE in places.
Why don't you just abandon the idea of floating all over the European Continent and go to one or two places and enjoy the holiday season there? It's winter. It's the holiday season. Things are going to be closed. It's dark by 5 pm. Just go to London or Paris and call it a day.
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I would revise the itinerary as follows:
Paris 3 days
fly to Venice
Venice 2 days
train to Rome
Rome 3 days
train overnight to Munich
day in Munich
overnight train to Amsterdam
That might give you a full day in Munich and a full day in Amsterdam before the flight home.
Crowded, not my style, but then I do not know what your interests are or how you generally travel. I have an acquaintance who has spent 1 day in Istanbul and considers that sufficient. For her, the day excursions offered by cruises are more than enough.
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I'm not sure that there will even BE any night train from Rome at that point. That whole night train thing is in flux.
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also: nighttrains: horrible traveling, no sleep, so that "saves a night in a hotel" is really an illusion
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bad plan in the middle of winter and hi-festival time, not good.
I'd do Sassafrass's trip
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Dear Michael, Thanks!
I liked your suggestion on itinerary
Paris 3 days
fly to Venice
Venice 2 days
train to Rome
Rome 3 days
train overnight to Munich
day in Munich
overnight train to Amsterdam
I would now explore the best train/air connections.
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horrible traveling, no sleep, so that "saves a night in a hotel" is really an illusion
I remember quite a few students who did that when Eurail passes were cheap.
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train overnight to Munich
day in Munich
overnight train to Amsterdam
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If the overnight train is not available, then just fly from Rome to Amsterdam.
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Angel1, whatever places you choose that work for your interests are good. No quibbling about that. However, you always need 2 nights in a place to net 1 whole day, 3 nights to net 2 days, etc. Do not count all those days in Venice and Rome as whole days there. Getting from hotel in Paris to the airport, security and waiting for flight, flight, time getting to hotel in Venice, will eat up about 1/2 day, leaving 1 & 1/2 days in Venice. The same will be true taking the train from Venice to Rome, so you will not have 3 days in Rome. You will have 2 & 1/2 days. That is no problem as long as you know that is all you have and not thinking it will be more. It won't be. You are also adding another place back into the mix.
Personally, there is no way I would take 2 night trains back to back like that, especially in winter with kids, unless I was just going for the fun of riding on trains.
If it is at all possible to change your flight out of Amsterdam to departing from Rome, do that so you have more sightseeing time and less travel time.
BTW, you may have unusually warm weather, but it is more likely to be cold and rainy part of the time, so be sure to have warm clothing and rain gear.
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<< ...unless I was just going for the fun of riding on trains.>>
But it's NOT fun riding on trains at night, especially with kids. You can't see anything, it's uncomfortable, and you end up arriving at your destination as a wiped-out mess. And then...what? You park your luggage (that alone is an experience if you don't speak the local language and have to read instructions for putting your bags into lockers) and take your cranky kids into Munich (do you even know how to get around Munich? Do you speak German?) for the day, try to wake them up and drag them around the city all day, and then repeat the whole horrible experience again getting from Munich to Amsterdam and doing the same exhausting routine in a brand-new city with another language and so forth? My kids would have considered this child abuse.
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StCirg, that is exactly what I was trying to indicate, but in a round about way. Better to be direct as you were. Hope the OP gets the message clearly this time.
Another note for the OP. Your trip is so rushed, it depends on everything going perfectly, and it mostly does. However, With international flights in play, I would never risk arriving in the departure city the same day as the flight out, even in Summer, but especially in winter. If the international departure flight is delayed, that is one thing, but if it goes and you have been delayed somewhere before then, you are stuck.
A few years back, my flight in Europe, in winter, was actually re-routed to an airport about five hours from my destination airport. I had to overnight there. Luckily, I wasn't connecting.
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Well, sassafrass, no one ever accused me of not being direct
It's just a badly planned trip, no doubt about it.
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True. You are direct and that is a compliment. Also, a good lesson!
Don't beat around the bush so much that my advice is taken only as a suggestion.
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< If the international departure flight is delayed, that is one thing, but if it goes and you have been delayed somewhere before then, you are stuck. >
In fact you will have to buy new tickets, exorbitantly priced last minute ones. For the next flight that has seats. Meanwhile you'll have to pay for a hotel room for extra nights.
Another thing to consider when moving to each new destination is the time to find your way to your hotel and around town. It's harder to get oriented when it's dark 15 or 16 hours out of every day.
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Thank you all! Just consider, we 4 are, me, my husband, my son and my daughter-in-law. All adults. We enjoy doing rush travels and being in any city more than 3 days is boring for us. I have done such a trip earlier with easyjet flights and it went all well. I speak good German. We got dirt cheap return flight Mumbai-Brussels, with above itinerary. Actually I tried to get return flight from Rome or even Athens, but was expensive. Even return flights from Paris were costlier than the one which I got. My challenge here is to have best connections with lowest travel costs. In terms of Rupee, Euro is too expensive for us, and considering Christmas time, the prices would go up. Hence I would like to take advantage of advance time, so that we enjoy being in Europe on two big occasions i.e. Christmas and New Year. Once Itinerary is finalised, I would do hotels bookings in advance and then all set to travel the great part of the world. Do give your suggestions on where to be on New Year, Rome or Venice. It will definitely help.
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So your flights are actually arriving and departing from Brussels?
They are Mumbai to Brussels and Brussels to Mumbai? Is that correct?
Before, it looked like your flights arrived in Paris and departed from Amsterdam. That is not correct then?
Sorry that it is still not absolutely clear to me. I must be missing something. Exact date, time and airport would be helpful.
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Ticket is Mumbai to Brussels and back.
Deep Mumbai to cdg Paris and then train to Brussels.
Return is again train from Brussels to Amsterdam and then onward flight to Mumbai.
The train travel we can skip.
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Ticket is Mumbai to Brussels and back.
Deep Mumbai to cdg Paris and then train to Brussels.
Return is again train from Brussels to Amsterdam and then onward flight to Mumbai.
The train travel we can skip. It was complimentary.
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Well then, definitely skip the trains beginning and end. Waste of time and makes absolutely no sense unless you were visiting Brussels or other towns nearby.
It is very strange they would add on a train to Brussels if you had no intention of spending time there.
Now, for certainty, the itinerary I gave you is good and is what I, personally, would do to see a bit of Italy.
Forget night trains. Forget another place like Munich.
The fact is Paris and Amsterdam are both set. If you want to do something else in between, fine, but no more than two cities or towns. You could also do one bigger town/city with perhaps a day trip.
Stick with Venice and Rome, or Rome first followed by Venice, depending on flights.
Fly from Paris to Barcelona (Barcelona and a day trip) and on to Amsterdam.
Train to London and on to Amsterdam.
Munich and a few days in Germany. Spend the whole time there.
Belgium (Brussels, Bruges, Ghent, etc.) You would use your train tickets then.
Tour of the Netherlands - many beautiful and charming towns very near Amsterdam.
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How about:
23,24,25 Paris
26 Paris Barcelona Evening flight
26,27,28 Barcelona
28 Barcelona - Naples Evening flight - Train from Naples to Rome.
28 night reach Rome.
29, 30 in Rome
30 Night train to Venice
31, 1 Stay at Venice
2 Eve. flight to Amsterdam
3 in Amsterdam
4 Departure to Mumbai
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No. You are adding another place again. Barcelona was instead of Rome and Venice, not in addition to them, or with Rome, but cutting out Venice.
If you left Paris on the evening of the 26th, you can't then count it as Barcelona.
A flight from Barcelona to Naples, then a train to Rome? That would be several hours travel time. Hotel in Barcelona to airport, time through security, flight, taxi or bus to train station in Naples, train to Rome, taxi to hotel in Rome - crazy. If you were doing Barcelona and Rome, you would want to fly directly to Rome and skip Venice.
Venice is not far enough from Rome to justify a night train, just no point. Take the fast train instead.
OK, end of my advice.
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There's a "night train" between Rome and Venice? I thought it was only about a 5 hour train ride?
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Yes there is a night train Rome to Venice - lv Rome about 10:30pm, arrive Venice 5:30 am or so - so not very convenient because of early arrival time.
Those night trains stop everywhere so are slower than day trains - but in this case I'd suggest the day train - no great scenery but you do see typical Italian countryside.
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You just can't resist adding another destination, even though we have all told you it's a bad idea.
Working from the most recent itinerary you have posted I have made some changes to make it more realistic:
arrive Brussels, train to Paris same day (I'm not sure if this is the 22 or 23)
24,25,26 Paris
27 Paris Rome Evening flight
28,29,30 Rome/Naples
30 Night train to Venice
31,1,2 Stay at Venice
3 flight to Brussels
4 Departure to Mumbai
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Kathie, I think it has been so crazy with the extra train travel that it wasn't clear.
The OP finally clarified it.
The OP is not arriving or departing from Brussels.
His flights from/to Mumbai are actually arriving into Paris and departing from Amsterdam. He has to start in Paris and he has to go to Amsterdam at the end.
Brussels came into the picture because somehow his agent included "free?" train tickets "from" Paris "to" Brussels at the beginning of the trip, and "from" Brussels "to" Amsterdam at the end. Unless the OP is visiting Belgium, those tickets are useless. Since they are part of the package, however, I hope if the first one is not used, it doesn't negate the rest of the tickets.
A night train arriving in the early morning darkness in winter, way to early to check into a hotel, is not a good plan. Rather than arrive in Venice so early on a night train, catch an early morning, super fast train that takes 3 hours and 7 minutes to Venice, or the next fastest, 3 hours and 45 minutes.
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Yup getting into Venice on a night train at 5:30 am - what do you do - sleep on a station bench? I suppose the station caffe opens early so you could have breakfast but I guess you could throw your bags in the left luggage there and start exploring - NOT.
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Sassafrass, thanks for the correction. I was responding to
"Ticket is Mumbai to Brussels and back.
Deep Mumbai to cdg Paris and then train to Brussels.
Return is again train from Brussels to Amsterdam and then onward flight to Mumbai."
Only by re-reading the whole thread again did I finally "get" the "free" rail tickets.
One piece of advice - I wouldn't use that travel agent again!
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Glad you guys figured it out. I lost the trail at "Deep Mumbai..." I did understand the "complimentary" train tickets, but I do have to wonder if that's even real. Never heard of a travel agent being able to manage that (without jacking up the overall price of the trip of course).
Maybe all the recent internet exposure will get back to these Indian travel agents who make a total hash out of traveling in Europe. There seem to be so many.
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Only by re-reading the whole thread again did I finally "get" the "free" rail tickets.
That was included in the original posting. That's why, according to the OP's wish list, the trip to Brussels at the beginning did not make sense.
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just joining in to see how this one pans out.
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To rephrase my original advice: you don't have much time on this trip. If you want to see the Mediterranean, fly into and out of a Mediterranean city, not into Paris and out of Amsterdam. You're ticketed for a northern Europe vacation, so make the most of it: Paris, northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, possible some of northern Germany. You could also train to London and southern England. But as most people above say, in twelve days you only have time to see two or at most three cities, with a couple of day trips.
This will mean lots less moving around and much more seeing some of the most interesting and beautiful parts of Europe.
Unfortunately, you'll be there in the winter so you risk some snow, ice, etc. and also closures for Christmas and New Years. But my spouse has always wanted to go to northern Europe when all the Christmas decorations are up.
Are your train tickets specific for the days you arrive and depart? Are they non-exchangeable? You might be able to revise them to let you stay in Paris/northern France for a few days and then train to Brussels, and then train from Brussels to Amsterdam when you're ready to go there instead of when the flight leaves. Otherwise, having them makes no sense and you should take it up with your travel agent.
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"Having them makes no sense and you should take it up with your travel agent." Great advice!
Travel "Agent" indicates some knowedge. LOL. These "sales" people should be forced to do some of the itineraries they design for their clients.
For the OP. Sometimes overall costs are more when you do not land or depart from cities you want to see. Using up hours and hours just getting from your arrival point to another place and more hours getting to the departure city is costing money by eating up vacation time.
Also, I hope your "travel agent" was booking multi-destination or multi-city, not one-way flights.
It looks like Rome, Venice and Paris were most important to you. Your agent should have booked you into Venice, train to Rome, flight to Paris, home from Paris. If you get bored in three days, you could do day trips.
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To the OP, just do it. My opinion is that it a bit of a horrible trip. You say that after three days you are "bored" with a city, so clearly travel for you is all about getting from place A to place B, not in the reality of being there.
Trains, planes, automobiles, not in being somewhere.
So just go for it, and perhaps include Berlin and London.
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And for me too traveling is also fun - cities like Paris are great but fatiguing - seeing the Europe in between mega tourist cities is great too.
More can be less
and Less can be more
but for others more can be more - I'm like you -like to move around and find that as exciting as say staying in a Paris for a week- always something you 'have' to see. Not for everyone for sure but if it feels good do it.
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Be very careful about skipping the train ride if they are part of your itinerary. From what I understand about those "air train tickets", they are treated as plane tickets, they will be checked at CDG (there is a separate control area for them) and if you do not take the train you may be considered as a no-show and the rest of your tickets could be canceled (particularly your flight back home). Hopefully you have a different kind of ticket, but be very sure that there is no consequences of not taking the train.
Train to Brussels or not, I would never do your trip, but then I'm not you. As previously advised, remember that to have one day in a city you need 2 nights, and moving from one city to the next will take at least half a day. Night train can be a fun experience, but to my own experience, you don't sleep much, so maybe do one for convenience, but I would not do more than one if you plan to be awake during the very short time you have in each place.
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I told the OP earlier that the train tickets were useless if they were not visiting Brussels. I also said I hoped that not using the train tickets did not negate the plane tickets since they are a package.
Sarnia, you seem to know more about that, so glad you added your knowledge. I thought it might be a possibility, but did not know it was actually likely. Yikes! The OP needs to make absolutely certain about that, and change the tickets if they can or revise their itinerary to include Belgium. If they have to use those train tickets, then the other itinerary goes out the window.
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To the OP, as you are planning your itinerary please keep in mind that much will be closed on Christmas and New Years and possibly on the days before or after them. Folks on this board should be able to help you with what will be available to visit.
I have attended some beautiful music programs in churches in December in Paris, London, Basel and Rothenburg. Research before you go as some require tickets.
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Sorry Sassafrass I went through all the discussion to see if that had been mentioned and I missed your message. I have seen such train tickets that are considered just as airline tickets in a package. So the OP really need to enquire from his TA whether he risks anything (or not, which would indeed be good news) by not taking the train. If the train ride to Brussels has to happen, then I agree the whole plan needs to be rethought.
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Dear Sarnia, Thank you so much! You are an angel. I enquired with the airline and I will have to do those train journeys. If I don't do, the itinerary change will be costly! This ticket was booked directly with the Airline and not through any agent. I wanted to get to any city in Europe with lowest fare, then plan the rest of the itinerary, and got this one at a cheap rate. I really wonder how can they offer two more legs of journey with 40% lower cost than normal.
So my travel itinerary needs to be re-worked out.
23 morning: Arrive Brussels. Travel same day or next day to Paris.
24,25,26 in Paris
26th Overnight train (Thello) to Venice (Train passes through Switzerland, but if I don't need swiss visa then only I can take train)
27th Morning arrive in Venice. 28 in Venice.
29th morning take train to Rome. Arrive in Rome.
30th, 31st in Rome.
1st/2nd Fly to Brussels.
3rd One day bus tour to Koeln/Amsterdam.
4th Morning, depart to Mumbai via Amsterdam.
I have also enquired about Schengen Visa and I will have to apply to Belgian Embassy. If anybody has more information about visa also, please!
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make sure you sort out the visa stuff with priority. and if you know where you'll be 25th/26th, AND 31st and 1st, make sure that you book restaurants etc, because those may be fully booked where you are. also research beforehand, what will be closed and what open in terms of museums, sights etc.
attending night mass on christmas eve might be an experience you enjoy very much
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attending night mass on christmas eve might be an experience you enjoy very much>
In Paris so special- Notre-Dame is the obvious mecca but I wonder how many people they can accommodate and do they ever turn folks away?
Christmas Eve at midnight is the magical time for French Christmas - after mass many go to family meals - on Christmas Day they just kind of lay around or go for walks - no special meals usually.
I was in Paris one Christmas Day and it was packed with folks out - even some museums were open.
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Food is not a problem. We can manage. But we want to cover all the important must-see-experience in Paris during these days. Surely we will attend midnight mass. We have booked a hotel not far away from Notre Dame. We will go up on Eiffel tower, will do a boat trip. One day at Louvre and rest just walking around on the streets. I don't know how the weather will be and whether there will be snow.
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<<But we want to cover all the important must-see-experience in Paris during these days.>>
But you cannot, in part because there are dozens and dozens of important Paris sites that a lot of people would consider must-sees, and in part because you are going to be there over the Christmas holidays. The Louvre, for example, is closed Christmas Day. City museums will be closed on Mondays. Have you checked to see whether your preferred river cruise will be operating? They often have to cancel cruises if the weather is really inclement.
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Will arrive in Paris on 23rd Dec.evening. 24th at the Louvre and Sein boat trip in the evening. 25th Morning on Eiffel tower. Please suggest plan for 26th.
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Norte dam. Sainte chapelle. Sacre couer. And dinner at sainte Germaine.
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So now itinerary is:
22nd Arrive in Brussels in the morning.
22 and 23 in Brussels. Visit to Grand Palace and Automium.
23rd Eve By train to Paris.
23,24,25, 26 Paris.
27 Early morning flight from Orly Airport to Venice.
27, 28, 29 Venice.
30th Morning : By train to Rome via short stop in Florence and if possible, Pisa.
30th Eve arrive in Rome. 31,1 in Rome.
2nd Fly to Brussels.
3rd Jan.-Day Trip to Amsterdam/Koeln or other.
4th Morning Train to Amsterdam+flight back to Mumbai.
Your suggestions in inland sight seeing please.
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22 - 23.
Grand place. And galleries de La reine et du roi.
Le grand sablon. Take a stroll in 'les Marilee's' a popular district.
Atomium : take a train tram or taxi. It is at outskirts of Bruxelles. Close by you have minieurope. Nice esp with kids.
You can squeeze Versailles whilst in Paris.
I recommend Amsterdam above koeln.
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On Jan 3, do not try to do a day trip to Amsterdam. That is completely nuts when you are the next day taking the train back to Amsterdam for the flight home.
Very near Brussels is the picture perfect little city of Bruges. Go there by train for a day, or go to Ghent for 1/2 day and Bruges for 1/2 day. They are very, very short distances apart, and at the pace you go, you could do both. That would be a lovely day for you!
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why not go to Amsterdam one day early? That accomplishes the day trip and makes flying back more relaxed, as you're close to the airport and not dependent on the train service to get there (in winter trains may not be reliable/ late etc)
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It seems the OP booked a flight/rail combo that all must be used in sequence or her flight home would be cancelled.
Her schedule is:
Flight to Paris, train directly to Brussels, and at the end, train from Brussels to Amsterdam, flight home from Amsterdam. To see Paris, she is taking the train back from Brussels to Paris, so, that is, unfortunately, wasted RT train trip.
It was suggested that she use the train ticket from Brussels to go a day early to Amsterdam, so she booked the flight from Rome to Brussels with that plan in mind. It now appears she must use the train ticket on the day originally booked.
She has to plan something now for the days she is back in Brussels, since she has to go there. She needs something nice without using up more time in train stations.
Bruges or Bruges and Ghent. Lovely.
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Flight to Paris, train directly to Brussels, and at the end, train from Brussels to Amsterdam, flight home from Amsterdam.
I can understand that part of a flight cannot be thrown away without the rest of the ticket being cancelled, but how would an airline company know that the train ticket was not used?
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Yes, she'll have to.
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Yes, she'll have to.
That does not provide an explanation of how a train ticket is linked to an airline ticket just like another airline leg.
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The combo is actually sold by the airlines and the train trips are treated exactly as if they were other legs of the air tickets. They are completely tied together as a package. If you skip one segment, the remaining segments are cancelled. Sometimes it is a good way to go, cheaper than separate tickets, if it is going where you actually wanted to go. In this case, the OP took the cheap package, not realizing the limitations. She checked with the airlines when the question was brought up by another poster.
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I wish that I could say, "yes." A few may have learned to be a bit more careful. The wealthy financiers who screwed us have not apparently learned too much, largely because they walked away and left us holding the bag. Now, the powerful banks are trying to block meaningful reform. I guess the main thing that they have learned is that it is nice to be "too big to fail."
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Well, this economy has helped fuel a war between the 'haves' and the 'have nots'. The 'haves' being our congress and the wealthy 1% who have benefitted from the laws and bills congress have passed giving the corporate piggies carte blanche to send American jobs overseas to cheap foreign labor markets; foreign countries, like China, have a slave class that works for pennies a day making products that USED to be made in the U.S., by AMERICANS. Ever wonder how the Uber-wealthy U.S. citizens evade taxes? They have citizenship in those same foreign countries that took American jobs! Congress shamelessly allows this, and they get hefty bribes from the folks responsible for this economic meltdown!
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An epic novel of love, discovery, and adventure by the author of the best-selling memoir When I Was Puerto Rican.
As a young girl growing up in Spain, Ana Larragoity Cubillas is powerfully drawn to Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de León. And in handsome twin brothers Ramón and Inocente - both in love with Ana - she finds a way to get there. She marries Ramón, and in 1844, just 18, she travels across the ocean to a remote sugar plantation the brothers have inherited on the island.
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