Quintessential Shopping | Booking Thanksgiving Travel | Keeping Children Safe When Flying

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 PHOTOS: Stores That Are Quintessentially Part Of A City Shopping is certainly one of a handful of travelers' favorite pastimes. Every Christmas — or every day of the year — tourists flutter about cities around the world looking to shop 'til they drop. There are stores so identified with certain locations that they become required stops fro travelers looking to get a taste of a city's culture. Take this as your guide to stores around the globe that any traveler (who is interested in shopping) should hit up on their journeys. When To Book Your Thanksgiving Travel Woman Finds Note Telling Her To 'Get Her Freak On' In Luggage WATCH: Fenway Park Is Haunted Passenger Wrestled To Ground After Reaching For Exit Handle Louvre To Open In Abu Dhabi In 2013? BLOG POSTS Margie Goldsmith: Finding My Path At A Buddhist Temple In Vancouver Everywhere are neatly trimmed bonsai bushes in a garden replicating the one where Buddha delivered his first sermon thousands of years ago. Streams of water tickle past the mouths of stone dragons into fountains and ponds surrounded by perfectly positioned boulders. Lotus flower pods float in pools of water. Melissa Biggs Bradley: Making A Difference In The Caribbean (PHOTOS) The Caribbean islands are some of the most-visited tourism destinations in the world, yet few travelers seem aware of just how threatened the region's incredibly fragile ecosystem is. Eileen Ogintz: Keeping Young Children Safe When Flying Here's the crux of the issue that has stymied safety experts and pediatricians for years -- and has perhaps lulled parents into a false sense of security. Don Mankin: Belfast -- Bloody Past, Hopeful Future A short visit convinced me that Belfast is a pleasant, peaceful city where people live their day-to-day lives pretty much like everyone else in the Western world.

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