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French Merlot makes EVERYthing better!

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September 30th 2011
It's really quite amazing what a really good bottle of wine can do for one's happiness quotient. LOL. After hiring a taxi to take us to the ferry yesterday, we boarded with a group of ancient Chinese tourists and glided over to the magical Isle of Gulang Yu once again. It was my second trip but Joyce's first. Miraculously, we did NOT get lost on our way to Remy's Garden Hotel ... read more

Asia » China » Fujian » Xiamen

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more