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New Years Superstitions and Traditions

New Years is later this week, and it?s always interesting to hear people?s traditions, and even superstitions on how to bring luck for a new year.

Holiday Candy Bark Recipe

Candy Bark

Ingredients:

1 pack of saltines (a sleeve)
2 sticks of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
1 small bag of milk chocolate chips (we also use white chocolate chips)
chopped nuts (we have used slivered almonds, pecans or your favorite nut)

Directions:
Preheat your over to 400 degrees.
First, line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and add a layer of saltines.
Next, in a small pot add the sugar and butter and bring to a boil ? for 3 minutes ? make sure to stir frequently.
Pour the sugar and butter mixture over the saltine crackers and bake in the oven for 7 minutes.

After they are done baking ? remove from the oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over it (we like to use both white and milk chocolate chips). Wait a few minutes for the chocolate to melt ? then spread the chocolate out evenly. Next, add the chopped nuts of your choice. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours after which you break them into small pieces. In my opinion they taste best out of the refrigerator ? so keep them cold !

If you want to skip the saltines, here?s a recipe for peppermint bark.

Peppermint Bark Recipe

Crushed candy canes, to yield 1 cup
2 pounds white chocolate
Peppermint flavorings, optional

Directions:

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Categories: Cruises From Baltimore Tags: Bark, Candy, Holiday, Recipe

Oceania Marina 2011

Marina European Premiere
The new Marina, which joins her sisters Insignia and Nautica in 2011, deftly delivers the inimitable onboard experience that personifies Oceania Cruises. Marina’s mid-size yields an ambiance of intimacy and warmth that has become our signature. See how easily she enters boutique European ports off-limits to larger vessels. There is a wonderful air of elegance about her, graciousness so natural it instantly puts you at ease. What a comfort to feel welcome and relaxed among so many indulgences.

Experience
Is it that our ships are ideally mid-sized and perfectly suited to your sensibilities? Whatever the case, this is the life you have always imagined, a world of elegance, yet casual and exceedingly intimate. The warm, inviting ambiance instantly puts you at ease, allowing you to fully enjoy impeccable personalized service, which is the happy consequence of our generous ratio of staff quests.

Taste
Our Executive Culinary Director, the legendary Master Chef Jacques Pepin, ensures that our cuisine stands alone as the absolute finest at sea. Open-seating in our restaurants frees you to dine when, where and with whom you wish. Indeed, liberation comes in so many ways. Meet over cocktails in Martinis and recount your adventures ashore. Strike up a conversation poolside. In this inviting atmosphere, where every wish is attended to with exemplary service, it’s easy to feel at home.

Freedom
In fact, freedom of choice imbues every aspect of our cruises. Free from the need to wear tuxedos or evening gowns, you can flourish and enjoy life on your terms, exactly as you please. Amenities found on larger vessels are here in abundance, as are luxuries beyond duplication. Our collection of diverse itineraries offers an abundance of choices as well, including the ideal blend of marquee ports mixed with boutique destinations inaccessible to larger ships

Rejuvenate
Created in 1979 in Arizona’s stunning Sonoran Desert, the Canyon Ranch experience personifies healthy living and spiritual awareness. Through fitness opportunities, exquisite Canyon Ranch cuisine and healing therapies, you will discover ways to unleash your untapped potential and change your life in a most positive manner Oceania Cruises is proud to offer the inspiring philosophy of Canyon Ranch throughout our entire fleet. What better way to promote a radiant lifestyle than with Canyon Ranch SpaClub onboard our ships?

Oceania Marina 2011 is a post from: Atlas Cruises and Tours Travel Blog | Globus Tours | Italy Tours | Trafalgar Tours

Bern Switzerland – Capital Impressions

Not many cities have managed to retain their historic features quite as successfully as the Swiss capital of Bern. The Old Town has been entered in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Bern also boasts the longest sheltered shopping promenade in Europe and is where medieval pearls stand alongside modern architecture and the word?s first Einstein Museum. The City of the Bear with its new BearPark is the ideal base to discover the whole of Switzerland. Bern?s Mt. Gurten offers spectacular views across the Alps and the Emmental. All those beautiful places that seem to beckon from a distance are accessible as pleasant journeys. Bern is a transport hub with perfect air, road and rail links.

Bern Switzerland ? Capital Impressions is a post from: Atlas Cruises and Tours Travel Blog | Globus Tours | Italy Tours | Trafalgar Tours

What You Need to Know About South America Tours

You?ve traveled to Europe and perhaps a few countries in Asia, and now you?ve decided to explore South America, which is a wonderful idea,

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Categories: Cruises From Baltimore Tags: About, America, Know, Need, South, Tours