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Puerto Rico may be a U.S. Territory, but it’s very different from the States. Here’s a quick, easy tutorial on how to go full local and fit right in when traipsing through the Caribbean paradise. Paula Froelich How to Go Full Local in Puerto Rico

An aerial view of rows of flower fields near the Keukenhof park, also known as the Garden of Europe in the Netherlands. Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters The world’s second largest flower garden, the Keukenhof park in Lisse, the Netherlands, was awash in a palette of colors today as its 7 million bulbs covering 79 acres came into bloom. The Keukenhof, or Garden of Europe, is open for eight weeks, from mid-March to mid-May and over that time an estimated 800,000 visitors peruse the garden’s profusion of floral colors. Thousands of visitors descend on the Garden of Europe in Lisse, the Netherlands each year to see millions of flowers bloom. Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters The Keukenhof was established in 1949  when a group of 20 flower bulb exporters were given permission to use part of the estate of the Keukenhof Castle for a permanent display of spring-flowering bulbs. About 100 suppliers bring their best bulbs to the park each fall for planting and a team of about 30 gardene...

Moviemaker Jose Manuel Davila is shooting a feature film entitled "1950" about the armed uprising that some 100 members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party led 67 years ago against U.S. rule on the island. The film highlights the actions carried out by independence fighters between Oct. 30 and Nov. 10, 1950, Davila told Efe in an interview. "It's a very human documentary. In the project I didn't want members of the Nationalist Party to look like a bunch of crazy people, without any fanaticism or nationalism on my part. I didn't want to skid down either of those two slippery slopes, and if I end up doing that, I'll see the whole thing as a failure," the 30-year-old Puerto Rican said. The graduate in filmmaking from the Autonomous University of Barcelona started working on the documentary while preparing his master's thesis, which is about that group of Nationalist Party young people. However, the thesis made no mention of the uprising on Oct...

Cayo Ratones, a 10-hectare (24-acre) island off southern Puerto Rico that has just one solar-powered wooden house with a swimming pool, has been put on the market for $2.5 million. Puerto Rico Sotheby's International Realty is handling the sale and its president, Margaret Peña Juvelier, told Efe that "people from several parts of the world" had already expressed interest in the property. The small island is just a 10-minute boat ride from the city of Salinas, Peña said. "We're happy to show the world that things like this exist here. It's fantastic. You have to admit that we have beautiful places in Puerto Rico," Peña said, referring to Cayo Ratones. The Sotheby's executive, however, did not provide any information about the seller, saying only that the decision to list the property was made because the owner did not use the island "as often" as he would like to. "This island is unique and very special. It's paradise," Pe...