BY AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROMULUS, Mich. – Detroit Metropolitan Airport says Delta and Southwest airlines are adding new routes next year, while a third carrier will resume flights in November.
Delta will start nonstop service next June to Seoul, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Weekly flights from Metro to Shanghai will be increased from five to seven.
Southwest plans daily nonstop flights to Denver beginning March 14.
USA3000 is resuming flights to Fort Myers, Fla., and Cancun, Mexico on Nov. 21, followed by Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, on Nov. 29. Flights will be added on select days to Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
USA3000 suspended Detroit service in April.
Airport officials estimate the annual economic impact of the new routes to Southeast Michigan at $41 million.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
White House expects thousands on fall garden tours
AP
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 16, 9:10 am ET:
WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people are expected to stream through the White House gates this weekend for a rare opportunity to see the fragrant roses, blue salvias and towering, decades-old trees that beautify the president's back yard.
Held twice a year, the fall White House Gardens and Grounds tours are set for Saturday and Sunday.
Some 25,000 visitors are expected to absorb history with every step along the South Lawn's circular driveway.
The self-guided tours, about 30-45 minutes long, include the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden near the East Wing, also known as the first lady's garden and the Rose Garden, on the opposite side and steps away from the Oval Office.
Also on the tour is the Children's Garden, a popular spot because of the footprints and handprints of presidential grandchildren — from President Lyndon B. Johnson to George H.W. Bush — that line its walkway.
Guests can look up at the magnolia trees that towered over President Barack Obama's recent "beer summit." President Andrew Jackson had them planted in memory of his wife, Rachel, who died shortly before he took office in 1829.
At a patio table under a magnolia canopy is where Obama, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley shared a beer and small talk in July after the officer's arrest of the professor sparked a national uproar over race relations in the U.S.
Visitors also can read about first lady Michelle Obama's produce garden. It is too far away to be part of the tour.
"In the spaces between these colorful flower beds and in the shade of these majestic trees, world leaders have met, Easter eggs have been rolled and weddings celebrated," Mrs. Obama says in the program. "All of these defining moments, and many more, will continue to unfold on the White House lawns in the years to come."
Then-first lady Patricia Nixon started the tours in 1973. They are held twice a year, in spring (April) and fall (October).
The first few years saw between 10,000 and 12,000 guests. The White House expects double that number this weekend.
"They've been a success ever since," Dale Haney, superintendent of the White House grounds, said of the tours. He has helped care for the grounds for more than 30 years and was present for the first garden and grounds tour.
Last year's fall tour, the final one of the Bush administration, saw just 8,000 visitors.
This year's spring tour was the Obamas' first, and some 20,000 people came to look around.
The public tours are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and tickets are required. Tickets are to be distributed each morning at the visitor pavilion on the Ellipse, one per person, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of people are expected to stream through the White House gates this weekend for a rare opportunity to see the fragrant roses, blue salvias and towering, decades-old trees that beautify the president's back yard.
Held twice a year, the fall White House Gardens and Grounds tours are set for Saturday and Sunday.
Some 25,000 visitors are expected to absorb history with every step along the South Lawn's circular driveway.
The self-guided tours, about 30-45 minutes long, include the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden near the East Wing, also known as the first lady's garden and the Rose Garden, on the opposite side and steps away from the Oval Office.
Also on the tour is the Children's Garden, a popular spot because of the footprints and handprints of presidential grandchildren — from President Lyndon B. Johnson to George H.W. Bush — that line its walkway.
Guests can look up at the magnolia trees that towered over President Barack Obama's recent "beer summit." President Andrew Jackson had them planted in memory of his wife, Rachel, who died shortly before he took office in 1829.
At a patio table under a magnolia canopy is where Obama, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley shared a beer and small talk in July after the officer's arrest of the professor sparked a national uproar over race relations in the U.S.
Visitors also can read about first lady Michelle Obama's produce garden. It is too far away to be part of the tour.
"In the spaces between these colorful flower beds and in the shade of these majestic trees, world leaders have met, Easter eggs have been rolled and weddings celebrated," Mrs. Obama says in the program. "All of these defining moments, and many more, will continue to unfold on the White House lawns in the years to come."
Then-first lady Patricia Nixon started the tours in 1973. They are held twice a year, in spring (April) and fall (October).
The first few years saw between 10,000 and 12,000 guests. The White House expects double that number this weekend.
"They've been a success ever since," Dale Haney, superintendent of the White House grounds, said of the tours. He has helped care for the grounds for more than 30 years and was present for the first garden and grounds tour.
Last year's fall tour, the final one of the Bush administration, saw just 8,000 visitors.
This year's spring tour was the Obamas' first, and some 20,000 people came to look around.
The public tours are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and tickets are required. Tickets are to be distributed each morning at the visitor pavilion on the Ellipse, one per person, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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White House garden tours: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap_travel/ap_tr_ge/storytext/us_white_house_garden_tours/33753798/SIG=12dtl6pcc/*http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/tours(underscore)and(underscore)events/old/
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Venezuela begins takeover of Hilton-run hotel
ASSOCIATED PRESS
1 hr 31 mins ago.
CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez's government began taking over management of a Hilton-run hotel on Venezuela's Margarita Island on Wednesday.
Tourism Minister Pedro Morejon said a 20-year concession granted to the company has expired and the government "has taken legitimate control of an asset that belongs to all the people of Venezuela."
Chavez issued a decree last week ordering the "forced acquisition" of the Margarita Hilton & Suites and its marina, though news of the edict did not surface until Tuesday.
Morejon said the government has held majority ownership of the hotel since 1995, when a banking crisis forced many of the hotel's shareholders to sell their assets to the state.
It was not immediately clear what assets Hilton owns within the hotel complex, but the decree forces it to sell whatever it has. Officials have not said how much Venezuela will pay in compensation, or when.
Representatives for Hilton Worldwide did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. A spokeswoman said Tuesday that the company was analyzing the move to determine how its interest in the hotel will be affected.
Margarita Island is one of Venezuela's main tourist destinations, and the hotel has more than 300 rooms and about 150 timeshares, plus restaurants, a casino, souvenir shops and a marina.
Chavez's decree said the Tourism Ministry will be responsible for running the resort.
1 hr 31 mins ago.
CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez's government began taking over management of a Hilton-run hotel on Venezuela's Margarita Island on Wednesday.
Tourism Minister Pedro Morejon said a 20-year concession granted to the company has expired and the government "has taken legitimate control of an asset that belongs to all the people of Venezuela."
Chavez issued a decree last week ordering the "forced acquisition" of the Margarita Hilton & Suites and its marina, though news of the edict did not surface until Tuesday.
Morejon said the government has held majority ownership of the hotel since 1995, when a banking crisis forced many of the hotel's shareholders to sell their assets to the state.
It was not immediately clear what assets Hilton owns within the hotel complex, but the decree forces it to sell whatever it has. Officials have not said how much Venezuela will pay in compensation, or when.
Representatives for Hilton Worldwide did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. A spokeswoman said Tuesday that the company was analyzing the move to determine how its interest in the hotel will be affected.
Margarita Island is one of Venezuela's main tourist destinations, and the hotel has more than 300 rooms and about 150 timeshares, plus restaurants, a casino, souvenir shops and a marina.
Chavez's decree said the Tourism Ministry will be responsible for running the resort.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Flyer advocate says Delta obtained hacked e-mails
By HARRY R. WEBER, AP Airlines Writer Harry R. Weber, Ap Airlines Writer – Tue Oct 13, 4:37 pm ET
ATLANTA – A passenger rights advocate accused Delta Air Lines Inc. in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of conspiring with a Virginia company to obtain hacked e-mails from her computer to help them derail her efforts to protect air travelers from lengthy tarmac delays and other inconveniences.
The suit, filed by Kate Hanni of FlyersRights.org in U.S. District Court in Houston, seeks at least $11 million in damages and a jury trial.
A spokesman for the world's biggest airline operator, Trebor Banstetter, denied that Delta hacked Hanni's e-mail account. He says Delta can't comment further on the lawsuit.
"Obviously, the idea that Delta would hack into someone's e-mail is clearly without merit," Banstetter said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
Hanni and her group have been a thorn in the side of the airline industry, pushing Congress to enact a passenger bill of rights at a time when airlines are suffering from big revenue declines thanks to weak demand for air travel.
Among other things, Hanni supports a three-hour time limit on how long airlines can strand passengers on airport tarmacs. Legislation pending in the Senate would require that passengers be allowed to deplane after a three-hour wait.
There are exceptions for instances when the pilot believes the plane will take off in the next half-hour or it might be unsafe to leave the plane.
The lawsuit claims that while Hanni was sharing information with a person working for Metron Aviation Inc. of Dulles, Va., her personal computer files and FlyersRights.org e-mail accounts were hacked. She said her service provider, America Online, confirmed the e-mail accounts were hacked.
The lawsuit alleges that in late September, Metron executives confronted the worker with the stolen e-mails and claimed Delta was angry about Hanni getting information that would help pass the passenger bill of rights.
Hanni says that Metron officials claimed that Delta had provided them with the stolen e-mails.
In addition to the e-mails, Hanni said that spreadsheets, lists of donors and personal files were compromised by the alleged hacking.
The lawsuit, which also names Metron as a defendant, does not make clear specifically what was in the e-mails or who exactly committed the alleged hacking.
A spokesman for Metron Aviation, which provides research, airspace design, environmental analysis and software development services to the global air traffic industry and lists Delta as a customer, did not immediately respond to a telephone message seeking comment.
ATLANTA – A passenger rights advocate accused Delta Air Lines Inc. in a federal lawsuit Tuesday of conspiring with a Virginia company to obtain hacked e-mails from her computer to help them derail her efforts to protect air travelers from lengthy tarmac delays and other inconveniences.
The suit, filed by Kate Hanni of FlyersRights.org in U.S. District Court in Houston, seeks at least $11 million in damages and a jury trial.
A spokesman for the world's biggest airline operator, Trebor Banstetter, denied that Delta hacked Hanni's e-mail account. He says Delta can't comment further on the lawsuit.
"Obviously, the idea that Delta would hack into someone's e-mail is clearly without merit," Banstetter said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
Hanni and her group have been a thorn in the side of the airline industry, pushing Congress to enact a passenger bill of rights at a time when airlines are suffering from big revenue declines thanks to weak demand for air travel.
Among other things, Hanni supports a three-hour time limit on how long airlines can strand passengers on airport tarmacs. Legislation pending in the Senate would require that passengers be allowed to deplane after a three-hour wait.
There are exceptions for instances when the pilot believes the plane will take off in the next half-hour or it might be unsafe to leave the plane.
The lawsuit claims that while Hanni was sharing information with a person working for Metron Aviation Inc. of Dulles, Va., her personal computer files and FlyersRights.org e-mail accounts were hacked. She said her service provider, America Online, confirmed the e-mail accounts were hacked.
The lawsuit alleges that in late September, Metron executives confronted the worker with the stolen e-mails and claimed Delta was angry about Hanni getting information that would help pass the passenger bill of rights.
Hanni says that Metron officials claimed that Delta had provided them with the stolen e-mails.
In addition to the e-mails, Hanni said that spreadsheets, lists of donors and personal files were compromised by the alleged hacking.
The lawsuit, which also names Metron as a defendant, does not make clear specifically what was in the e-mails or who exactly committed the alleged hacking.
A spokesman for Metron Aviation, which provides research, airspace design, environmental analysis and software development services to the global air traffic industry and lists Delta as a customer, did not immediately respond to a telephone message seeking comment.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Tours of escape tunnels mark Berlin Wall history
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, Associated Press Writer Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Writer – 20 mins ago
BERLIN – When the East German government built the Berlin Wall in 1961 to prevent its citizens from leaving, the regime failed to account for the ingenuity and creativity of those willing to risk anything to escape the communist system.
While some flew over the barrier in hot air balloons, others sailed far around it across the Baltic Sea and still others snuck across, hidden in secret compartments in cars.
But several hundred took advantage of the soft, sandy soil beneath Berlin to tunnel their way beneath the wall.
Today, almost 20 years after the wall's demise, Berlin's Cold War-era bunker and tunnel system has become one of the most popular attractions for tourists and locals alike.
In 2008, more than 150,000 visitors explored the underbelly of the German capital, touring through the deserted bunkers and tunnels that serve as yet another spine-chilling reminder of the city's tense and violent role in the 20th century.
From the 1960s to the 1970s, Hasso Herschel helped dozens escape from the East to the West through the secret tunnels, some of which he dug with his own hands.
"This was the best thing I ever did in my whole life," the 74-year-old retiree said recently.
Herschel regularly escorts groups through the hidden world below Berlin's streets, explaining how the subterranean escape routes worked.
Herschel, who escaped to West Germany with a forged passport in 1961, dug several illegal tunnels underneath the wall, the first in September 1962.
Its entrance was hidden in a house on the eastern side of the border, right across from the wall on the Bernauer Strasse, according to Herschel's sister Anita Moeller, who helped him to cross.
"We went into the house, down to the basement, and then had to get into a hole in the floor," said Moeller, who escaped with her infant daughter and husband. "First I was worried, because I'm claustrophobic. I'm afraid of dark and narrow places ... but once I was inside the tunnel, there was no time left for my fears."
Twenty-nine people fled through that shaft, making it one of the most successful tunnel projects at the time.
While some tunnels were just less than 100 feet long, others were up to 557 feet in length.
Some were like small tubes, barely big enough to crawl through, while others were tall enough to stand up in. It took between three days and six months to dig the various constructions between October 1961 and April 1982. Altogether about 300 people managed to escape through the tunnels.
Fleeing East Germany was dangerous. Border guards had orders to shoot any escapees on the spot. Researchers estimate that 136 people died trying to cross the wall and about 700-800 perished along the entire 856-mile length of the border separating East and West Germany.
It is not clear how many were killed trying to flee through the tunnel system. Last month, the city honored Siegfried Noffke and Dieter Hoetger, who were caught by East German authorities on June 12, 1962, while digging a tunnel. Noffke was killed and Hoetger survived but was badly injured.
Often tunnels were discovered by the border troops or the Stasi, East Germany's dreaded secret police, before they could be used. Others collapsed accidentally, were flooded by ground water or buried by loose soil.
"Altogether we have counted 71 tunnel projects and 20 percent of those were successful," said Dietmar Arnold, the head of the Berlin Underworlds Association, which conducts the tours and works on opening more subterranean structures to the public.
"Most tunnels were dug from the West to the East, often by men who had already fled to the West and who were now trying to get the rest of their family out of East Germany," Arnold told visitors during a recent tour of the tunnels.
The tours usually start at a labyrinthine Cold War bunker in the bustling immigrant neighborhood of Wedding. Here, the Underworlds Association has created an illustrative model tunnel equipped with buckets, shovels and a little wooden box wagon that was used to carry out the excavated soil. The light in the bunker is dim and fluorescent paint from the Cold War-era glows on the walls, creating an eerie atmosphere.
Later on, the groups move on to Bernauer Strasse in Mitte neighborhood, one of the most popular spots for tunnel diggers at the time, due the high amount of clay in the soil.
At least 15 attempts were made at Bernauer Strasse to dig a path to freedom through the soil, according to Arnold.
"Today none of the original tunnels are still accessible, but sometimes, during street construction work, unknown ones get discovered," Arnold said.
In the first months after the erection of the Berlin Wall on Aug. 13, 1961, about 600 refugees ran away through the city's canals and the subway system, but by the end of 1961, East German border troops had sealed off access completely.
It was then, that people started digging their way to freedom.
"We crawled on all fours through the mud, until we reached a ladder that we climbed up," Anita Moeller remembered. "It took me a while to understand I was free ... and only then I experienced this complete inner happiness."
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TOURS OF BERLIN'S ESCAPE TUNNELS: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap_travel/ap_tr_ge/storytext/eu_travel_trip_germany_escape_tunnels/33708743/SIG=114fttk8q/*http://www.berliner-unterwelten.de or 011-49-30-499-105-17. Tour "M" offered in English on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. through the end of October, and in German on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. Adults, $17.75 (12 euros); youth, $13 (9 euros).
Outside magazine recommends iPhone adventure apps
34 mins ago
NEW YORK – Outside magazine tested dozens of iPhone programs for outdoor adventures and settled on these five as the best apps, as described in the October issue:
_Google Earth, a free program that offers 3-D views, navigation and detailed high-resolution imagery.
_Topo Maps, $5, recommended as the cleanest of GPS-enabled U.S. Geological Survey topography applications, allowing you to easily plot your location.
_iTrailMap 3D, $5, which lets you track vertical distance and map a ski run, in real time, on a 3-D rendering of any ski resort in America.
_RiverGuide for Kayakers, $5, providing U.S. Geological Survey flow data for rivers.
_Surf, $5, providing Web cams, tides, and swell data for every major surf spot in the world.
NEW YORK – Outside magazine tested dozens of iPhone programs for outdoor adventures and settled on these five as the best apps, as described in the October issue:
_Google Earth, a free program that offers 3-D views, navigation and detailed high-resolution imagery.
_Topo Maps, $5, recommended as the cleanest of GPS-enabled U.S. Geological Survey topography applications, allowing you to easily plot your location.
_iTrailMap 3D, $5, which lets you track vertical distance and map a ski run, in real time, on a 3-D rendering of any ski resort in America.
_RiverGuide for Kayakers, $5, providing U.S. Geological Survey flow data for rivers.
_Surf, $5, providing Web cams, tides, and swell data for every major surf spot in the world.
Lufthansa to launch in-flight Web, phone system
28 mins ago
FRANKFURT – Deutsche Lufthansa AG said Monday it will develop with Panasonic Corp. a service to offer passengers in-flight Internet and cell phone connections.
Lufthansa said the service, known as FlyNet, will be available starting in mid-2010. The Cologne-based airline said it hopes to equip a major part of its long-haul planes in the service's first year, and eventually the entire long-haul fleet.
Lufthansa launched a previous version of FlyNet, which offered Internet connections but no cell phone service, in 2003. However, its partner, Boeing Corp.'s Connexion, withdrew the service in 2006.
The airline did not say how much the new service would cost for passengers, but did say various price models are planned. It said members of its frequent flier program, Miles & More, could use their points to buy the service.
Lufthansa Chief Executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber said the airline would "offer business travelers, in particular, a range of communications options on a par with those available at powerful hotspots or upmarket hotels."
Shares of Lufthansa were 1 percent higher at ⁈($17.52) in Frankfurt morning trading.
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FRANKFURT – Deutsche Lufthansa AG said Monday it will develop with Panasonic Corp. a service to offer passengers in-flight Internet and cell phone connections.
Lufthansa said the service, known as FlyNet, will be available starting in mid-2010. The Cologne-based airline said it hopes to equip a major part of its long-haul planes in the service's first year, and eventually the entire long-haul fleet.
Lufthansa launched a previous version of FlyNet, which offered Internet connections but no cell phone service, in 2003. However, its partner, Boeing Corp.'s Connexion, withdrew the service in 2006.
The airline did not say how much the new service would cost for passengers, but did say various price models are planned. It said members of its frequent flier program, Miles & More, could use their points to buy the service.
Lufthansa Chief Executive Wolfgang Mayrhuber said the airline would "offer business travelers, in particular, a range of communications options on a par with those available at powerful hotspots or upmarket hotels."
Shares of Lufthansa were 1 percent higher at ⁈($17.52) in Frankfurt morning trading.
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http://www.lufthansa.com
Attractions offer glimpses of life under communism
42 mins ago
BERLIN – If you're interested in the history of Eastern Europe under communism, a number of places around the region offer glimpses of life before the Berlin Wall fell. Here are a few of them, ranging from somber museums to historic sites to themed attractions that are downright kitschy or bizarre.
One must-see for tourists visiting Germany is Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, the former border crossing where U.S. and Soviet tanks dramatically faced off after East Germany sealed its border by building the Berlin Wall in 1961.
Gates along the wall were opened on Nov. 9, 1989, and crowds began to tear down the wall. This year marks the 20th anniversary of that event, which has come to symbolize the end of communism in Eastern Europe.
The DDR Museum, opposite the Berlin Cathedral, focuses on everyday life before the wall fell. The entertaining, interactive exhibits include a typical kitchen in an East German apartment, TVs where you can choose between East and West German programs, and a simulated ride in the once-ubiquitous but notoriously unreliable Trabant model car; http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap_travel/ap_tr_ge/storytext/travel_brief_communism_history/33708483/SIG=10ufovo1p/*http://www.ddr-museum.de/en/.
The Germans also use humor and a retro-chic sensibility to make fun of the past and shed light on the bleakness of that era. Zur Firma is a bar themed on life in East Germany under communism; its name translates as "at the firm," an allusion to German slang for the Stasi secret police. It's located at Normannenstrasse 5 A, in the Lichtenberg section of Berlin. Or you can stay at the budget Ostel hotel, located at Wriezener Karree 5, with communist-era East German furnishings, http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap_travel/ap_tr_ge/storytext/travel_brief_communism_history/33708483/SIG=10vq37ul7/*http://ostel.eu/en/index.html.
In Prague, in the Czech Republic, the chilling Museum of Communism describes itself as portraying "the dream, the reality and the nightmare" of life under totalitarianism from 1948 to 1989. Visitors will see an interrogation room, propaganda and artifacts, from statues and flags to a noose, http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap_travel/ap_tr_ge/storytext/travel_brief_communism_history/33708483/SIG=1125f87ih/*http://www.museumofcommunism.com. A Nov. 17 concert in Prague's Old Town Square will mark the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in the former Czechoslovakia, when six weeks of peaceful protests between Nov. 17 and Dec. 29, 1989, led to the demise of the Soviet regime there.
In Poland, an exhibit in the city of Gdansk — located at Waly Piastowskie 24, http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap_travel/ap_tr_ge/storytext/travel_brief_communism_history/33708483/SIG=10ngv4cf0/*http://www.fcs.org.pl — tells the story of the Solidarity movement. These pro-democracy strikes began in the city's shipyards in 1980, led by a worker named Lech Walesa who later won the Nobel Peace Prize and served as Poland's president.
In Riga, Latvia, the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia documents life from 1940 to 1991, described on the museum's Web site as a "50-year-long subjugation" of "Soviet and Nazi terror," http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap_travel/ap_tr_ge/storytext/travel_brief_communism_history/33708483/SIG=10khvoloh/*http://www.omf.lv/.
Latvia also invites tourists to visit a former military prison, Karosta, in the city of Liepaja. Billed as Latvia's Alcatraz, Karosta offers audio tours in various languages and even a night's stay in a dank cell, complete with prison guards, a toilet that consists of a hole in the floor, and a bed made from a plank. Because fall and winter are the slow season for tourism, visits are only available upon request from October to May. Click on "EN" for more information in English at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/ap_travel/ap_tr_ge/storytext/travel_brief_communism_history/33708483/SIG=110c3pcid/*http://www.karostascietums.lv/.
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