Walking by the beautiful lakes at sunset is very relaxing and for a moment, one forgets one's problems and is immersed in silence and peace. I have also included a black and white photo of this lake here,

Growing up, many of us were taught that getting married was one of the biggest achievements in a woman's life. It was almost treated like a finish line, the moment you had finally "made it."

Piracy along the Barbary Coast once challenged the very survival of the United States. The fees for safe passage extracted by the pirates were so great that they represented a large portion of the national