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Best Places For Rekindling The Romance This Valentine’s Day 60 other feature films for its towering sea cliffs and cascading waterfalls. If anything, the hikes will get the heart pumping and increase blood flow.
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For the tried and true: Paris Yes, it’s predictable and cliché. But in a survey carried out by Expedia and market research group GfK last year, 69 percent of the 1,000 US respondents named Paris the most romantic destination in the world. The City of Light also snagged the title of sexiest city in the world, and the place where singletons would most want to spend their Valentine’s Day. Indeed if there’s one city in the world where you can indulge in unapologetically public displays of affection, it’s here. In fact, one French writer wrote a book about it: “Best Places to Kiss in Paris.” Best not forget your lip balm.
As maligned as it can be among greeting card haters, Valentine’s Day can serve as a yearly wake-up call to reignite the spark with a romantic getaway. Whether you’re the type of couple who fell in love over a mindblowing coq au vin in Paris, or the type in need of a serious beach holiday, here are a few travel ideas for the heart-shaped holiday this year. For the burnt out couple: A stay at “the world’s most romantic resort” in the Maldives Life has come at you like a speed train with no brakes over the last few years, between the kids, jobs and everything in between. A self-imposed time-out can help rekindle the romance, especially when taken at the Baros Maldives, which was named the world’s leading romantic destination at the World Travel Awards in December, also known as the ‘Oscars’ of the travel world. This remote, island getaway is only accessible by boat and offers a paradisiacal setting of over-water villas against turquoise waters. Packages include “Essence of Romance” featuring champagne, couples massages and candle-lit baths, and “Renewal of Vowels,” with photographer, bouquet
For the singleton: Miami
Last year, 69 percent of the 1,000 US respondents named Paris the most romantic destination in the world. Survey by Expedia and market research group. GfK AFPPhoto. and wedding cake. For the nature-loving couple: Kauai, Hawaii Editors of National Geographic
Celebrating 95th Birthday on Valentine’s Day
Great Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day (SPM Wire) Whether you’ve been happily married for years or are single and ready to mingle, Valentine’s Day is for everyone. Here are three different ways to celebrate. • Cook at home. Reservations can be hard to come by on Valentine’s Day, and special holiday menus may not always offer the greatest value. Beat the crowds and the upselling, and cook-up something special with your date. Pick up a bottle of champagne and you’re set.
Susanna Joseph Pothanikat was born on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14th. She will be 95 this year. Happy Birthday!
• Go out with your friends. Not all love is romantic. Show your friends you appreciate them with a gift exchange, party or night out on the town.
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North America’s mahogany forest, or the floor of a Canyon and lush landscapes seductive, you’ll want to look into Kauai, which has been featured in the Jurassic movie franchise and
magazine chose the dramatic wilderness of Kauai, Hawaii as one of their 21 must-see places for 2017. If you and your partner are nature lovers who find the idea of hiking trails through
• Host a charity night. Rethink how you spend the holiday entirely. A charity night can bring people together and help spread love to the entire community. Don’t let your relationship status tell you whether or not to have fun this Valentine’s Day. There are so many ways to mark the occasion.
Because Valentine’s Day doesn’t just belong to couples. Whether it be to celebrate your singledom, or put an end to that status once and for all, readers of Travel + Leisure suggest heading to Miami, which topped the magazine’s list of America’s best cities for singles. Along with gorgeous locals, the city pulses with nightclubs, cocktail lounges, champagne bars and celebrity hotspots. Throw in some Miami heat and you’ve got the perfect cocktail for seduction. - AFP Relax News
HappyValentine’s Day I loved you first: but afterwards your love
She Walks in Beauty
I loved you first: but afterwards your love Outsoaring mine, sang such a loftier song As drowned the friendly cooings of my dove. Which owes the other most? my love was long, And yours one moment seemed to wax more strong; I loved and guessed at you, you construed me And loved me for what might or might not be – Nay, weights and measures do us both a wrong.
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes; Thus mellowed to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o’er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwellingplace.
For verily love knows not ‘mine’ or ‘thine;’ With separate ‘I’ and ‘thou’ free love has done, For one is both and both are one in love: Rich love knows nought of ‘thine that is not mine;’ Both have the strength and both the length thereof, Both of us, of the love which makes us one.
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!
- Christina Rossetti
- Lord Byron
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