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MILAN Cheap Ramik Wilson Jeysey , Italy, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- It was in 2006 when Michele Gattoni, export manager at a company based here, celebrated his first Spring Festival in China.


""I was in Beijing and the sound and colors of fireworks set on the lunar New Year's eve are still deep in my mind,"" he told Xinhua.


Ten years later, Gattoni celebrated last night's Spring Festival with a group of Italian and Chinese friends in a Chinese restaurant of the Italian business capital Cheap Terrance Mitchell Jeysey , enjoying a variety of Chinese delicacies.


""For me, the Chinese Spring Festival especially means dumplings,"" he told Xinhua, recounting the long-ago dinner in Beijing with some Chinese friends who had invited him along.


""I remember that the group's women at a certain point started to make dumplings, and they were so delicious. Then we watched the fireworks all together. I felt welcomed by these people, I felt that I was part of their families. It was such a touching experience Cheap Bryan Witzmann Jeysey , and that is why I am here tonight,"" he concluded.


Francesca Romana Di Biagio, a journalist at Il Giornale newspaper, also celebrated the Year of the Monkey with Gattoni and other friends in the same restaurant. ""I wish this new year will bring me luck and happiness,"" she said while asking a Chinese friend to help her translate some characters that Chinese people believe will give them blessing in the coming year.


Di Biagio was in Shanghai when she celebrated Spring Festival in China years ago. ""It was 2010 and it was snowing in Shanghai. The atmosphere was magic and I spent the lunar New Year's Eve in a club on the Bund with a few friends,"" she said.


""What I especially remember about the Chinese Spring Festival is the red color. Red was everywhere Cheap Harrison Butker Jeysey , and it was so overwhelming especially the day after, when I had a walk in the city historic center and I saw an infinite variety of red banners and red lanterns. I feel that day I saw the Spring Festival with Chinese eyes,"" Di Biagio told Xinhua.


Di Biagio said more and more Italians, including many who have no links with China, like to celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival. ""This festival has become increasingly popular in Milan. Many people have the habit of celebrating it in Chinese restaurants, which is also a sign of a growing integration of the Chinese community in Italy Cheap Bennie Logan Jeysey ,"" she explained.


In fact, early in the 1990s Milan used to celebrate the Chinese Spring Festival with ""extraordinary dragons and lanterns full of colors and joy,"" noted Davide Rossi, an historian and director of the Locarno-based ISPEC Institute of History and Philosophy of Contemporary Thought, while sitting next to Di Biagio at their round table of friends on Sunday night.


""This means that the Chinese community in Milan since a long time ago has been a very influential presence able to transfer the value and beauty of China's traditions,"" he told Xinhua. Rossi said he had never celebrated the Spring Festival in China Cheap Chris Conley Jeysey , yet every year he feels increasingly close to Chinese people in enjoying the festive atmosphere, no matter in which part of the world.

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Many European countries present an attractive destination for that annual holiday. Countries that boast a Mediterranean shoreline and superb weather could on any other year prove to have everything going for them but not in 2012 when the Olympic Games are going to London, England and maybe that’s the vacation spot for a summer vacation with a difference.


What could possibly be more exciting that holidaying in one of the worlds most unique capital cities, home of Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, the Queen Cheap Mitch Morse Jeysey , Princess Diana, Leicester Sq., Piccadilly Circus and so much more? This city of culture has so much to offer and has never been so tourist-friendly and ready to look after it tourists.


The London Olympics will take place next July and August and will principally be centred on the Olympic Village in London’s famous East End. In the event you are feeling adventurous, you’ll be able to plan a vacation to take in not just the Olympics, but the whole UK too. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales all make for lovely day trips or week 2 destinations and journey across the United Kingdom is easy and cheap.



Week One
Choose an airline like British Airways and fly in to London Heathrow or Gatwick. You’ll be able to either stay in a hotel Cheap Chris Jones Jeysey , or lease a local property from a web site like London Games Rentals. Be careful to book this part of your trip early though as the Olympics will entice many more visitors to London than normal and accommodation will be scarce, particularly after the Easter break. Some business insiders are forecasting a further 500,000 visitors to London as a direct results of the games and that on top of the normal increase in tourism at this time of the year. Factor in the weak pound and it will be busy. Perform a little research in to where the varied Olympic events are actually being held as sports such as soccer, sailing and shooting are not going to be hosted in the Olympic Village.


Spend the first week following the Olympic events and visiting London. The atmosphere will probably be electric and there’s a lot to do.


Try the popular haunts such as Madam Tussauds and the London Eye, visit the free museums and gallaries such as the Science museum, the Natural History museum or Tate Modern.


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