Before independence from Mexico in 1836, the Catholic faith was the only religion settlers in Texas, known as Texians, could legally practice. To acquire land in Texas, then a part of Mexico known as Coahuila y Tejas, one had to be a member of the Roman Catholic Church or agree to convert to Catholicism. Although a few Protestant church buildings were erected before Texas's independence in 1836, most were erected after 1836 because of Mexico's strict...

There is nothing quite like hitting the road by yourself to awaken your senses, sharpen your mind, and build your confidence. In twenty-three beautifully crafted essays, women recount the thrills of traveling solo. Despite threat-assessment levels and airport-security hassles, women of all generations are traveling more freely and independently than ever before. In that go-for-it spirit, “Go Your Own Way” spans the globe: adventure diva Holly...

Comment penser l'association entre patrimoine mondial, développement et tourisme? Le tourisme, orienté autour de sites inscrits sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, peut être au service du développement des communautés. C'est à ce nouveau paradigme de tourisme durable que s'intéressent les auteurs, en examinant les acteurs et les bénéficiaires de ce développement local et les recompositions territoriales auxquelles celui-ci donne...

Would you like to learn about magic? Discover it the way I did. A longed for adventure after reading Anne of Green Gables as a child. Travelling from Sydney, Australia through unknown destinations to Prince Edward Island in Nova Scotia. "It's delightful when your imaginations come true, isn't it?" Anne Shirley's words came true for me. Awaiting me was pure magic in a dusty mirror in a Green Gabled house.

This revised and updated comprehensive travel guide examines North America's most sacred sites for spiritually attuned explorers. Important archaeological, geological, and historical destinations from coast to coast are exhaustively examined, from the weathered pueblos of the American Southwest and the medicine wheels of western Canada to Graceland and the birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr. Histories and cultural contexts are objectively surveyed,...

Pack your bags! A reassuring handbook geared toward women between the ages of 40 and 65 who are eager but apprehensive to take a solo adventure.Chicago, St. Louis, London, Vienna ... bestselling author Jayne Seagrave has traveled there, and she's done it solo. Now she wants her readers to know that not only can they do it too, they should.Seagrave shares her tips as a mature woman travelling solo in general including booking transportation and accommodation,...

Der Wanderführer für traumhafte Ziele in Tirol Die Seen der Tiroler Berglandschaft sind einzigartige Naturjuwelen, die das perfekte Ausflugsziel für den Urlaub oder das Wochenende sind. In diesem modernen Wanderführer findest du 30 Wanderungen in ganz Tirol verteilt. Dieses Buch bringt dich ohne lange Planung und Vorbereitung an die schönsten Seen Österreichs. Seewanderungen in Tirol für alle Fitnesslevel Die Wanderungen in diesem Wanderführer...

Alaska looms as a mythical, savage place, part nature preserve, part theme park, too vast to understand fully. Which is why C. B. Bernard lashed his canoe to his truck and traded the comforts of the Lower 48 for a remote island and a career as a reporter. He soon learned that a distant relation had made the same trek northwest a century earlier. Captain Joe Bernard spent decades in Alaska, amassing the largest single collection of Native artifacts

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When was the last time you had a good conversation with a stranger? Get ready to meet remarkable characters such as The Homesick Glassblower in Asheville, North Carolina and The Accidental Skinnydipper in Pray, Montana. Defined as "the art of making others feel comfortable" or "getting to know someone without having an ulterior motive", chatting is an amazing way to really, enjoy another person's company. Chatting with America will teach you tips...

This itinerary begins in Brazil and runs clockwise around the continent to Colombia. A recurrent theme running through the ports is their shared common beginning as lands of discovery and the conquest, or attempted conquest, of native peoples, once Christopher Columbus made his initial landings.