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Because this is mainly frequented by locals, it is not so to a mere tourist attraction. Here you can get original Turkish arts and crafts, water pipes and many other oriental souvenirs Barcelona: Barcelona’s lively cultural scene has something to offer for everyone. Whether classical music, art, Opera, theatre and dance events. El Greco”combines well-known and new artists from all areas of the Festival from June 20 until July 31. For pure art lovers, there are also within exhibitions as E.g. the Dali exhibition in the Sala Guell, which can be visited until July 31st Manchester: from 24 July to 1 August takes place the Manchester Jazz Festival: nine days, 60 concerts and 300 Musiker.Vom 1 to 10 October lure culinary delights from around the world at the Manchester food & drink Festival. On 29 August, arsenal comes to Old Trafford. To get the chance at cheap tickets is small, should you succeed however, a top football match Frankfurt are waiting for you: the museum embankment Festival from August 28-30 with the combination of culture and party atmosphere attracts each year millions of visitors. The annual Rheingau wine market on the This year from September 2 to 11 instead of a fixed date in the calendar of all wine lovers can find Fressgass ‘. The renowned Frankfurt Book Fair will take place from October 14 to 18, and continues to be one of the highlights for lovers of literature. “The host country this year is China, that is the motto of tradition & innovation” presented. Open the doors for private visitors on the 17th and 18.10. Palma de Mallorca: on August 4, Placido Domingo in the Palma arena gives a charity concert. With the proceeds, the Foundation seeks to promote social and cultural projects in Mallorca. “The DeiInternational Music Festival” is another proof that Mallorca has to offer more than Sun and shooting man. Concerts in the Church, the monastery of Miramar and the Son Marroig mansion take place until September 18. Bangkok: on August 12, the birthday is celebrated by Queen Sirikit in Sanam Luang in Bangkok. “On August 15th and 16th which is Bangkok international fashion fair & Bangkok International leather fair” opened for visitors in 2009. This year will be 1,000 exhibitors expected to have the latest fashion trends in the luggage. In addition, there are a number of fashion shows and exhibitions of the best designers from Thailand Cheapflug

20-22 Nov: large elephant buoyancy in northeastern Thailand’s Surin is a bustling provincial capital in the northeast of Thailand, about 500 km east of Bangkok. Its reputation as the elephant city”owes Surin especially the ethnic minority of Suay and their tradition, to breed elephants and to use as working animals. Click Jorge Perez for additional related pages. For centuries, Suay men in the jungles of northern Thailand and Cambodia’s wild elephants have started, tamed them, and dressed as war elephants for the country’s rulers or as workhorses for forest work. Even today, many families in the village of Suay possess one or more elephants. In November the Elephant Festival is held annually in Surin traditionally. When this elephant lift, 100 to 200 demonstrate pachyderms, what they have learned, such as their skill at the transport of tree trunks. To the delight of the audience, elephants perform other feats like real sport competitions with relay races, basketball and tug-of-war, and even a soccer game with elephants will be offered. Usually, a parade of armored war elephants is the conclusion of the celebrations. In a colourful show pictures and struggles from the Thai history be readjusted, where elephants played so prominently that give visitors a glimpse into the turbulent history of Thailand. The tour operator ALL ASIA touristic offers a 3 day tour from/to Bangkok to the Elephant Festival (Group 2 to 16 participants) from November 20-22, 2009. On the way visit the Khao Yai National Park and the Khmer Temple of Phimai and Phanom rung. Price per person in a double room: 348 Euro including VP and English speaking guide. Of course, also additional round trips and hotel stays, and the corresponding flights are offered. More info:, e-mail: Gert Notbohm

Jazz on the Danube Festival in Straubing with Bobby McFerrin and ‘ I + I ‘ Straubing (tvo). Jazz, soul, Latin and funk at its best: Also is the Gaubodenstadt Straubing for a few days in the year 2010 to the navel of the European music world. From July 15th to 18th will be at Jazz on the Danube Festival”short JAD – the world stars the Mike in his hand. Bobby McFerrin, the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club and Matt Bianco are the headliners of this year’s 24th Festival. “A pinch of pop Anette Humpe and Adel Tawil control alias I + I”, one of the most exciting pop duos of in Germany, at. From the small Jazz event in Vilshofen an der Donau, which was an insider tip, jazz on the Danube Festival has become”moulted to the musical big event that annually attracts world stars and thousands of guests to Straubing. Legends such as B.B. King and superstars such as seal stood on the stage. As well as the audience enjoy the incredibly relaxed atmosphere of the Festival, which not only with an incredible musical versatility, but also comparatively cheap Prices shines. The crowning of JAD in 2010 will be the appearance of Bobby McFerrin. On Sunday evening, July 18, the legend of jazz improvisation with the by Roger Treece of led European Chamber Choir of Europe in Straubing guest, one of only four concerts, he returns this year in Germany. “The fans also for I will travel far + I”, on Thursday, July 15th, give the go-ahead for jazz on the Danube Festival. “Songs like by the same Star” or so it should be “numerous awards and top rankings put the duo in the charts. The Friday is devoted to Latin American and Cuban sounds and rhythms. With the appearance of Paula Morelenbaum, a long cherished wish fulfilled goes for Organizer and JAD founder Heinz Huber. The Grand Dame of the Bossa Nova is accompanied by the SWR big band and trumpet player Joo Kraus as a special guest. Another Festival highlight the Orquesta Buena marked her Vista Social Club. The formation come through the film to cult status is reinforced by Omara PORTUONDO. Jazz, Funk, Latin and soul characterise the Festival Saturday. Already in the morning several pubs in the town centre to the Jazz Brunch with music download. From 15: 00 it’s blow by blow: only play the winners of this year’s junior competition, the Heiko Fischer Quartet. This is followed by the Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca and the singer Mayra on r, also from Cuba. Then, one of the most important formations of the British new jazz is available with Matt Bianco”on stage. Rousing bizarre brass sounds presents JAD brass with the Austrian Band Mnozil”on Sunday, July 18, for brunch, before evening, Bobby McFerrin is the final chord. Information: Office of tourism, Theresienplatz 20 94315 Straubing, Tel. 09421/944-307, fax 09421/944-103,,,. Get free brochures and info Luitpoldstrasse 20, 93047 Regensburg, free Info Hotline 0800 / 1212111, fax 0941 the Eastern Bavarian Tourism Association e.v., Bavarian / 58539 39,.,

‘ Typical Deggendorf?’-multicultural event series Deggendorf (tvo). Asian cooking at the folk high school, a course for newcomer”, together Bavarian dance German Russian House,” at the craft Museum, a Turkish Cultural Festival or the open mosque day: with more than 40 events presents itself until May 2010 as a place of integration, as a much international city, where dozens of Nations perceive each other and appreciate the city of Deggendorf, by January. The project assign direction entitled typical Deggendorf?”, and wants to show that migration is not always accompanied by social problems, but a cultural enrichment with it brings, represents the wealth and the future of a city. Last but not least as a result of the multicultural audience at the Hochschule Deggendorf is a melting pot of different cultures. The students come from all over the world, moreover, Turks, Greeks and Italians, Russia Germans and Africans did the lovely city on the Danube to their homeland. “Foreign cultures are an enrichment for our city”, the nearly 20 institutions, reaffirm the typical project Deggendorf? “have planned for almost a year. “From the museums of the city and the Evangelical parish of the Youth Center and the College up to the Turkish Islamic culture circle, all participating institutions gathered ideas for events, the the colorful” illustrate character of Deggendorfs and at the same time the people of different cultural backgrounds closer to each other. “” Highlights in the event dance are program items such as a Turkish culture Festival on March 27, the cultural-historical exhibition home on the plate in the case of the heart in Deggendorf “with an accompanying programme for school classes at the City Museum (18.4 to 1.8), as well as the Russian German House” (4.2 to 2.3.): on an area of 42 square meters a small house with three bedrooms is built in the premises of the craft Museum, where an unusual exhibition of life and culture of the Germans from Russia illustrated. The special feature: The House is so to speak. The hosts are Russia German of Evangelical Lutheran parish of Deggendorf, who immigrated from the former Soviet Union. They accompany groups and individual visitors and give insight into her life and her story. “The whole range of typical Deggendorf?” can be found in a clear calendar of events, which include 0991 / 2960539,, is available at the tourist information Deggendorf, 94469 Deggendorf, upper town square, Tel. 0991/2960-530, fax.