World Calendar Celebration

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Break Routines

AUSTRALIA Fact: Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands.

JANUARY

“We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” Hilaire

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Coordinates: 27 00 S, 133 00 E Languages: Australian English

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IREL AND Fact: There is no death penalty in Ireland.

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“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” St.

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Coordinates: 53 00 N, 8 00 W Languages: Irish, English

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MADAGASC AR Fact: Madagascar has a narrow coastal plain. It is the world’s largest producer and exporter

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“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” Lao

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Coordinates: 20 00 S, 47 00 E Languages: Malagasy, French

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S PA I N Fact: In theory, nudity is legal anywhere in Spain.

APRIL “No matter how you travel, it’s still you going.”

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Coordinates: 40 00 N, 4 00 W Languages: Spanish, Catalan, Valencian, Basque, Galician

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BRAZIL Fact: Scientists have estimated that there may be up to four million species of plants and animals in

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“I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice.” Linda

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Coordinates: 10 00 S, 55 00 W Languages: Portuguese

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C ANADA Fact: The world’s strongest current (18.4 mph) is found in the Nakwakto Rapids at Slingsby

JUNE

“I love to travel, but hate to arrive.” Hernando

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Coordinates: 60 00 N, 95 00 W Languages: English, French

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INDIA Fact: India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.

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Coordinates: 20 00 N, 77 00 E Languages: Hindi (also has 15 major languages and 844 different dialects)

“It is better to travel well than to arrive.” Buddha

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INDONESIA Fact: Despite having many natural resources much of the Indonesian population lives in

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“Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.” Mason

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poverty.

Coordinates: 5 00 S, 120 00 E Languages: Indonesian, Malay

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CUBA Fact: Cuba has the high doctor-topopulation ratio of any country in the world.

SEPTEMBER “I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.” George

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Coordinates: 21 30 N, 80 00 W Languages: Spanish, French, English

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AL ASKA Fact: A 13-year-old boy, Bennie Benson, designed the Alaskan Flag in 1926.

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“I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” Caskie

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Coordinates: 39 28 13 N, 86 38 29 W Languages: English w/ atleast twenty distinct indigenous languages.

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EGYPT Fact: Most of the population live near the Nile River as this is the only ground where food can be

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“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” G.K.

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Coordinates: 27 00 N, 30 00 E Languages: Egyptian Arabic

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J A PA N Fact: Noodles are slurped loudly when eaten. It symbolizes the food is delicious, but the

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slurping also serves to cool them down.

Coordinates: 36 00 N, 138 00 E Languages: Japanese

“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” Aldous

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