In addition to ushering in 2013 with positive energy and an appetite for fresh discovery, our annual tradition at JG Black Book is to commemorate all that we and our partners have experienced in the past year.

Celebrate with us each day this week as we pause and rewind to some of our favorite, most popular Black Blog of Travel entries from 2012.

Thanks for the memories!

Cheers to 2013,

-the JG Black Book team

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Travel+Leisure Magazine has named Black Book Collection member, Micato Safaris as the World's #1 Best Safari Outfitter nine years in a row.  And if you don't yet know why, you need the Micato Experience first-hand.  Take notes on these Swahili Expressions before you take off for Africa!

Just one picture you might take on safari with Micato Safaris

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Welcome to the 'advanced class' for our Expressions followers!  This week we're takin' it up a notch with the Shangaan language from our partner, Singita Pamushana Lodge in Malilangwe, Zimbabwe.  Good luck!

Singita Pamushana Lodge in Malilangwe, Zimbabwe

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Ready for some French elegance in a tropical setting?  Visit Hotel Taiwana in St. Barth's and speak the local lingo with this week's Expressions post on the Black Blog of Travel. 

Hotel Taiwana in St. Barth's

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September is coming and that's the perfect time to book your summer travel with explora in Chile and Easter Island!  (Think Southern Hemisphere.)  With this week's Expressions post, you can brush up on your South American Spanish skills for your trip with Black Book Collection icons, explora Patagonia in Torres del Paine, Chile, explora Atacama in San Pedro, Chile or explora Rapa Nui at Easter Island.  And you thought summer was ending...

explora Patagonia in Torres del Paine, Chile

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Este verano, visiten a Hotelito Desconocido para divertirse en la playa, el lujo y la cultura mexicana! 

Don't understand?  No worries!  But continue reading this Expressions post to pick up some Spanish phrases you might need next time you travel to Mexico – recommended by the exquisite staff of Black Book Collection member, Hotelito Desconocido in La Cruz de Loreto, Mexico.Los palafitos at Hotelito Desconocido

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Are you as excited as we are about visiting JG Black Book of Travel's new partner, the Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam?  Prepare thyself with some simple (sort of) phrases from the superior staff at the Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam!

The Conservatorium Hotel Amsterdam

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Gear up for a serious adventure with Quasar Expeditions in the Galapagos Islands by practicing your Spanish!  For this Expressions post, we asked our contacts at Quasar Expeditions to give us a quick tutorial so we'll at least be able to eat well...

An adventure with Quasar Expeditions in the Galapagos Islands

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We asked our contacts at Grand Hotel Wien and The Ring in Vienna, Austria for a quick German lesson for the next time we visit. So welcome, or shall we say willkommen to our first German Expressions post. Grand Hotel Wien in Vienna, Austria

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Or maybe your New Year's resolution is to learn another language. Just in case it is, we at JG Black Book of Travel are launching a new series on the Black Blog of Travel called Expressions. Each Expressions post will feature phrases you can use next time you're immersed in a fantastic foreign culture. To start things off, however, we've found a few cool language schools near you!

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