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The Sound of Music in Salzburg, Austria

If The Sound of Music is one of your favorite movies, Salzburg, Austria, is almost certainly on your travel wish list. The Sound of Music continues to captivate moviegoers decades after it first appeared on the big screen. Today, more than 300,000 tourists visit Salzburg, Austria, where the film was shot, each year to tour ...

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Salzburg, Austria.

5 Benefits of Practicing the Attitude of Gratitude 

It’s natural to feel overwhelmed or drained by life during difficult times. It might be challenging to focus on the positives when negative emotions and thoughts are present. However, practicing gratitude can help lessen these negative feelings.  You’ve probably heard the expression “attitude of gratitude.” It’s an excellent reminder to practice and live a grateful ...

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Gratitude.

The Allure of Viennese Coffee Culture

While many cultures can take pride in the exceptional quality of their coffee, Vienna, Austria, has raised the beverage to an art form and made drinking it a way of life. Customers can spend entire days in a delightful atmosphere and a diversity of customers by purchasing a single cup of coffee in one of ...

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Café Central.

How Discomfort Helps Develop Resilience

Most of us seem to have a low tolerance for discomfort. You have grown to feel that you shouldn’t have to endure any emotional anguish. As a result, any circumstance that can cause uneasy feelings is now perceived as overwhelming, abnormal, and needing to be corrected.  What is discomfort? Being uncomfortable is feeling unpleasant, awkward, ...

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Feeling discomfort.

Why Reaching Out to Friends Post-Pandemic Is Good for Your Overall Health

Living amid a global pandemic has impacted every aspect of our lives, from job security to health and stress levels. It has had an impact on our friendships, too.  Keeping up with friends hasn’t been easy with pandemic restrictions, working from home, e-learning, and Zoom fatigue. Some of us have even become disconnected from each ...

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Isolation during the pandemic.

Dazzling Art and History: The 300-Year-Old Baroque Margravial Opera House

The Margravial Opera House (German: Markgräfliches Opernhaus) is a Baroque opera house in Bayreuth, Germany, built between 1745 and 1750. It first opened in 1748 and has barely changed since, making it the best-preserved example of a free-standing Baroque court theater. It was modeled on the greatest opera houses of the time in Vienna and ...

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The Margravial Opera House.

Aloe Vera: Nature’s Healer and Its 7 Wondrous Health Benefits

There are more than three hundred (300) different kinds of aloe vera plants. Still, Aloe barbadensis (also known as aloe vera) is the most well-known and valued in the health and beauty industries for its curative qualities, according to a study published in the Journal of Pharmacy and BioAllied Sciences. Aloe vera, also known as ...

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Commercial aloe vera field.

5 Flower Teas: A Cup of Nourishment and Inner Calm

Have you ever seen a bird or a bee hovering over a flower to taste its nectar? You can enjoy sipping flower juice, too, by trying floral teas.  When you order a cup of hot tea at your favorite café, you will almost certainly get classic black, green, and white teas. These teas are traditionally ...

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Two cups of lavender tea.

Is Van Life for You? 

Are you thinking about packing it all up and living the van life? Over the past decade, van life has grown in popularity. Many people choose to live in vans to have more freedom, travel more, or save expenses on home rental. It must be a dream not to have to pay rent to live, ...

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A couple with their rigged-out van.