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Chicago, Illinois

John Hancock Observatory
Art Institute of Chicago
Shedd Aquarium
Navy Pier
Chicago Botanic Garden during summer and early fall
Chicago (overview)
Downtown Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo

Cleveland and Cleveland Zoo

Australian Adventure at Cleveland Zoo
African Savanna at Cleveland Zoo

Places to visit in and around Cleveland, a general starting point, for specific places look below
Vermilion, a 'New England' town on Lake Erie
Kelleys Island and Marblehead Lighthouse, a wonderful summer getaway
Northern Trek in the Spring
Rain Forest at Cleveland Zoo
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Ohio

Stan Hywet Hall: An Old English Style Mansion in Akron
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron, Ohio
Akron Zoo: There is only one inch between you and the tiger
Legends of the Wild
Tiger Valley
Asian Trail
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Midwest

Chicago, Illinois
Cathedral of Saint Paul and State Capitol in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and Cowles Conservatory, Minnesota
Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Big Boy Steam Locomotive in Kenefick Park
Omaha Botanical Gardens
First ever pedestrian bridge to connect 2 states
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Northeast

Washington, D.C.: So Many Things to See, So Little Time
In New York City for 20 Hours
Niagara Falls, New York
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The City of Many Bridges
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: The Birthplace of America
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Southeast

Key West
Sanibel Island
Disney World in Orlando
Shells of Honeymoon Island
Saint Petersburg
Clearwater
Miami Beach
South Beach
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West

Seaport Village in Downtown San Diego, California
Balboa Park, San Diego, California
San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California
Coronado, San Diego County, California
Downtown Seattle
Pike Place Public Market
Waterfront in Seattle
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Europe

Sofia, Bulgaria
Rila Monastery, Bulgaria
Frescoes in the main church of Rila Monastery
Tsarevets stronghold in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Monument of Founders of Second Bulgarian Empire in Veliko Tarnovo
Samovodska Charshiya Street in Old Town of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
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The Women on the 6th Floor - French movie from Amazon Prime Video

The Women on the 6th Floor (French: Les Femmes du 6ème étage; also known as Service Entrance) is a 2010 French film directed by Philippe le Guay. The film premièred at the Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film in 2010. First shown in the USA in 2011.



Plot

Set in Paris in the 1960s, the film is a social comedy that pits the propriety of a well-to-do French family with the earthiness and humor of Spanish cleaning ladies who work in their apartment building. It follows Monsieur Joubert (Fabrice Luchini), an unadventurous stockbroker, as he befriends the Spanish maids who live on the top floor of his building. Maria (Natalia Verbeke), his new maid, introduces him to her compatriots and their simple but happy lives animated by friendship and folklore, in contrast to the emotional austerity of his own life. Slowly he recovers his joie de vivre by tasting life's simple pleasures; when his wife (Sandrine Kiberlain) falsely accuses him of having an affair he moves into an empty room in the servants' quarters upstairs, the first time he has had a bedroom of his own.

Two of the Spanish actresses, Berta Ojea and Concha Galán, did not speak French before the film and learned their roles phonetically.

The film was well received by critics and audiences in France (British critics disagreed). Le Monde wrote "The entertainment is as good as the actors are pitch-perfect. Fabrice Luchini and Sandrine Kiberlain are among our best stars." Dissenting, La Croix described the "lazy screenplay, poor dialogue, catalogue of clichés, indigent mise en scène". The New York Press reviewed the film at the Rendez-vous with French Film festival in New York, calling it "charming".

I thought it was a good comedy when I watched it via Amazon Prime Video.

References:

The Women on the 6th Floor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://buff.ly/1drDza5

The Liberation of Sofia in 1878

5 минути София - Освобождението на София, 1878 / 5 minutes Sofia - The Liberation of Sofia in 1878 - YouTube http://buff.ly/1cTnda3

Всяка година на 4 януари камбаните на столичния храм "Света Неделя" бият празнично, възвестявайки благодарствения молебен за освобождението на София от турците.

On 4th January every year the bells of St. Nedelya Church in Sofia announce with their festive ringing the thanksgiving service for the liberation of Sofia from the Turkish rule.