Currency General Sites French Spanish Dictionaries Translators German Italian Countries Travel Guides Currency Currency converter This interactive converter loads on a single page and allows the use of commas and a decimal point. This site makes a great resource for students working on interdisciplinary projects and travel assignments. Conversion Table for Cooking - Handy guide converts metric to U.S. and gives cooking equivalents. Metric Conversion Table Distance Calculator - use this calculator to determine the distance between two parts of the world. Dictionaries Yahoo links to many foreign dictionaries English Foreign Language for Travelers Language Dictionaries - over 900 dictionaries Top of Page Translation Services Foreign Language Translations - over 2,000 foreign language are available Asian Language Translation Service Babelfish  Digital Librarian - a one stop resource for languages; includes texts, language study centers and dictionaries.  Top of Page Maps Maps of the World Online Maps - includes special interest as well as historical maps. World Time Zone Map World Maps - includes international city maps. National Atlas of America - includes multimedia maps, maps on a variety of topics and a map creator Map Machine Top of Page

Travel Guides - use these site to plan your trip

Destinations
Excite Travel
Geographia
Microsoft's Expedia
Rough Guides
Fodor's Travel Guides
Frommer's Travel Guide

Countries of the World

Electronic Embassy - Information on each Embassy in Washington D.C.
Country Studies - Area Handbooks from the Library of Congress
U.S. Department of State - its regional briefings are very useful
Ask Asia - links to information about Asia
World Wide Web Virtual Library - Asian Studies
Encyclopedia of the Orient - the Middle East and North Africa
Background Notes - information on geographic entities and international organizations
Atlopedia - Countries form A-Z
E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
Governments on the Web
Regions and Countries of the World
State Department Background Notes
CIA World Factbook

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General Links

Foreign Newspapers - learn the language by reading the newspapers 
On-line Grammars - these are online grammar and language courses for over 100 languages 
Online Language Courses - these are free online courses
Virtual Library Museums Pages - these are listed by country 

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French - be sure to visit the Travel sites on this page

Civilization Francaise 
Discover France 
France. com - travel site devoted to France
France Diplomatie - from the French Department of site 
France Way  - this is another French travel guide
Learning from Francophone TV and Radio - learn the language by using this interactive web site which uses French television and radio programs 
Tourism in France - visit the tourist information centers 
Paris Pages - learn about the city, its history and culture 
Popular Places of Paris - this site provides links to all the places tourists want to see; it even includes information on travel packages
Web Museum - this is a great site for tours of Paris

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German - be sure to visit travel guides on this page
Germany - a guide to Germany from A to Z 
German for Beginners - a very helpful site for learning the language; sponsored by Lufthansa 
German Study Trails on the Web 

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Spanish - be sure to visit travel guides on this page

Spanish - Beginner's lessons
Diego Rivera Virtual Museum  - learn about this Mexican artist and muralist 
La Cocina Mexicana  - read about the cuisine of Mexico in both English and Spanish
Latin American Studies - from the Latin American Information Center; learn about the culture, economy, government, education of Latin American countries 
Si Spain - this site provides information on Spanish current affairs and its historical, cultural and linguistic development

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Italian
Italian Word of the day
Italian Literature - archive of poetry and literature
Italian language course - Interactive language
Italian for beginners - pronunciation, workbooks, verbs and exercises

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