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Author: Goodfood
• Thursday, December 31st, 2009

We hope you enjoy stay as much as we have enjoyed preparing for it.

Lago Vista is a wonderful Oklahoma Bed and Breakfast a mountainside overlooking beautiful Broken Bow Lake and surrounded by the Ouachita National Forest in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Each bed and breakfast in oklahoma boasts a spectacular view of the water. You will have a hard time deciding if you want to be in your plush surroundings or outside on your balcony to enjoy the fabulous view.

When you first arrive, you’ll be struck by the Tuscan appearance, which is very different from all the log cabins in the surrounding area. Just inside the front doors of Lago Vista, you are surrounded by antiques, which you will barely notice because the view of the Broken Bow lake out the back window will take your breath away! And it only gets better.

Each of the four private Oklahoma bed and breakfast guest rooms is complete with a Jacuzzi tub, fireplace, private lakeview balcony and a private bathroom with walk-in shower. Breakfast is served daily in the dining room, or brought up to your room if requested. Complimentary cocktails are served each evening while star-gazing from the decks. The outdoor hot tub and fireplace also provide a gorgeous setting for your enjoyment, visit bed and breakfast in oklahoma Today

There are plenty of beavers bend state park outdoor activities to enjoy in this beautiful area. Eagle-watching is very popular. The David Boren Nature Trail is just steps away from your room. This trail takes you all the way to Beavers Bend State Park and Broken Bow Lake. Trout and bass fishing are bountiful, along with other water activities, including a canoe or kayak float down the river, water skiing and swimming. Or, you can visit the local Oklahoma winery, and gift shop, Girls Gone Wine, for free wine tasting. You can simply purchase your favorite wines, or make a batch with your own private label.

Chandler will be the only child on the property because Lago Vista is for adults only. No children are allowed – but you can bring your dog. We certainly love children, but most people visiting a Oklahoma Bed and Breakfast want to get away from it all and that includes the kids.

sitting on a mountainside , In your room you can curl up and read a book by the fireplace, bed or take a bubbly soak in the Jacuzzi tub. Oils, salts and bubbles will be provided, along with shampoo, conditioner and soap. If you forget something, We can probably supply it for you if it isn’t already in your room. There is a media room on the first floor for movies, and a game room for shooting pool or playing board games. Lago Vista Bed and Breakfast loves birthdays, romantic getaways and anniversaries. We will do something special for your special someone if requested.

beavers bend state park , Enjoy the photos on this site and picture yourself relaxing at beautiful Lago Vista Bed and Breakfast in Broken Bow, Oklahoma See ya soon!

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Author: francetravel
• Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

french-riviera-mentonFrance landscape ranges from high mountains plateaux, lush farmlands, traditional villages to modern cities. It’s a country of a variety of climates as well. Very hot and sunny in the south to much cooler and rainy in the north. Even though the country of size of France has nothing to compare with the size of the untied States, the difference in temperature between the north and the south is about the same as New York and Georgia.

France is a very modern country with high-tech advances such as the TGV (high speed train) born in 1983 and its home databank service Minitel, which is a kind of “phone book computer” which has been in French homes since the late 1980’s for free, just like your phone book.

The country of France belongs to both northern and southern Europe with its Germanic Alsace-Loraine and his Pyrennes mountain region border from Spain.  Besides Paris, France ever famous capital, other cities range from the huge industrial conglomeration of Lyon and Lille and Marseille the largest port of the Mediterranean.

France Products And Social Customs

In 1945 one person in 3 in France was a farmer, today the number is only 1 in 16.  The largest good exports in France used to be Cognac and perfumes, but today France exports more cars and telecommunication equipment than any other goods.

Statistics show that there are more French people who own a second home, than any other nationality.  It is very common for the average French family to own their main home in the city and their get away home in the country, beach or mountain areas.

As US citizens, women in France have full legal equality with men, but French attitudes remain traditional when it comes to galantery.

Social customs are very important in France.  The saying of  the “bonjour” (hello) when someone enters a room, the handshake for strangers and acquaintances and the kiss on the cheeks for family and close friends. (4 kisses in the north, 3 in Paris and its region, and 2 in Lyon and beneath)  regardless of genders.

For adult strangers, the formal “vous” rather than the intimate “tu” is used, however, among the younger generation the “tu” is more and more often used, even in an office context.

The dress standard has also become more relaxed, even though the French are still making a point about dressing well and preserving elegance.

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Author: francetravel
• Saturday, February 07th, 2009

valentineThere are many different stories as for the origin of Valentine’s day.  Many of them  are pure fables,  but one that I have researched and found to be pretty consistent and to be true is this:

As many other actual events in our society, Valentine’s day has it’s origin in The Roman Empire, which at one time was the “center of the world”.  Claudius II was a cruel emperor who led many bloody wars, but was having a very hard time in getting soldiers to fight his wars. He believed that the reason for such an unwillingness for fighting for him was that soldiers didn’t want to go to war because of  their wives (not willing to leave them).  As a result Claudius ordered for all marriages and engagement to be canceled in Rome.

A Christian priest named Valentine took side with the people wanting to be married and married them in secret, regardless of the emperor’s order.  Even though he knew of the danger of going against the emperor’s order would mean for him.  In time, the emperor Claudius did found out about the priest marring people behind his back, and Valentine who is often referred now as Saint Valentine because of his sacrifice for the people, was sent to prison for the rest of his life and died their, murdered by order of  Claudius on February 14 270.

It was not until few centuries later that the festival of fertility and later our present Valentine’s day took effect.