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Free... cruise only, the fourth passenger can travel with Avalon Waterways' (www.avalonwaterways.ca) Buy Three Get One Free offer on Christmas-themed European River Cruises booked by Monday.
It's valid on the Dec. 11 10-day Christmastime on the Danube sailing and the nine-day Christmas in the Heart of Germany, departing Dec. 15. Contact a travel consultant about promo 9Buy3.
US$16.50... see the Quilts 1700-2010 exhibit at London's V&A Museum (www.vam.ac.uk) from March 20 to July 4. Some of the usually unseen items from the museum's collection include a bedcover said to have links to King Charles II in the late 1600 and quilts that commemorate such events as Queen Victoria's coronation. Museum admission is free.
US$12.50... see the new Kori Bustard Exhibit on birds native to Africa at The Living Desert (1-760-346-5694, www.livingdesert.org) conservation centre near Palm Springs, Calif.
US$24.99... ride a helium balloon 152 metres above the Las Vegas Strip for 15 minutes. The Cloud Nine (www.cloud9vegas.com) balloon bills itself as the largest helium-filled, land-tethered balloon in the world. It carries up to 30 passengers and gives a 360-degree view of Vegas.
US$36... delight in Grand Tea at the Arizona Biltmore (1-602-381-7632, www.arizonabiltmore.com) in Phoenix.
In celebration of its 80th season offering afternoon teas (Thursday through Sunday), the hotel will create monthly themes such as Holiday Tea throughout December and Chocolate Tea in February.
All prices and availability are subject to change and restrictions apply.
-- Canwest News Service
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition December 19, 2009 E2
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