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In Germany, the Easter Season (following Fasching) is the second most important holiday season of the year. You’ll find decorations outside just like you do at Christmastime and the season is celebrated with just as much gusto… outdoor trees are decorated with plastic eggs and signs of spring all over.
On the centennial of its sinking, find out about the Titanic where the ship has become part of the culture or where it has gained new life as a walk-through replica that is filled with memorabilia.
If you haven’t seen Keukenhof Gardens, you haven’t seen the Netherlands. Gorgeous tulips in an unimaginable array of colors, yellow and white daffodils, purple hyacinths and other spring bulbs stand out among massive pink azaleas and multiple ponds, some with fountain spouts dancing skyward.
Titanic frenzy is picking up steam. One hundred years ago on April 12 the Titanic sailed and sank, but people are still fascinated by the fateful journey and stories of people who sailed on its maiden voyage.
To commemorate the importance of this historic event, the private Titanic Foundation Ltd. in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will open a museum on March 31, 2012, in the city where the ship was built and launched.
Fasching, Germany’s Carnival Season starts each year on the 11th minute of November 11th, and goes until the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (Shroud Tuesday). It is called the “Fifth Season”, and it usually “goes out with a BANG!”
Reggae music fills the air as the Majesty of the Seas pulls into the Port of Nassau in the Bahamas. With only six hours in port, you can decide on shopping the straw market downtown Nassau,take a water taxi to the Atlantis on Paradise Island or make your way to Cable Beach in Nassau.
