The New 7 Wonders of the World...

[purpleperiod]

Well well... This morning, I was reading the Sunday newspaper. Besides the talk about whether Cartez as President of Venezeula resembles the dictatorship of Stalin or not, I found an article that was quite interesting. Only one of the seven Ancient Wonders of the World still exists today and that is the Pyramids in Egypt. All the others are no

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[rusty_tub]

i'm surprised the great wall of china isn't on your list.
my list:
- the great pyramids (of course)
- the great wall of china
- taj mahal
- stonehenge
- the acropolis
- the colosseum
- machu picchu

it's ridiculous (at least to me) that the statue of liberty is on the list.

dammit. now i wanna travel.

[denazzie]

i'm really behind the news, and i hate being so behind. but 7 new wonders of the world? why 7? cant it be 1? or 27? whats 7 got to do with anything?

and isnt there a difference between natural world wonders and the wonders of the world? like niagara falls, i thought was one of the natural world wonders, no?

hm. i really dont know.

[purpleperiod]

Lizzie made a good point... SO I decided to google online. Here's what I found.

Seven Wonders of the World refers generally to any number of lists which list popular sites for tourism. The oldest and most famous is the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, largely a tourist guide for travelers of the ancient world who wanted to see the most famous and well known sight-seeing destinations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World

Check out that website. It has all the explanations of the natural wonders as well as the modern wonders of the world. Just for FYI, if you're interested! *wink*

[hushstorm]

acropolis
the statue of liberty
pyramids of giza
stonehedge
eiffel tower
the colosseum
neuschwanstein castle

tee!

[purpleperiod]

Did you know that I've been to Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany about 5 years ago? It was GORGEOUS!!! HUGE too!! Had over 100 rooms, seriously. And they had a bridge called the Bloody Mary Bridge. It was HIGH above the ground in the Alps overlooking the castle in the background. One day, the King's wife, Mary, wasn't happy and committed a suicide by jumping off the bridge. Thus, they named it the Bloody Mary Bridge. Interesting, don't you think?