On the lakeshore the wedding guests milled about between the yurts in their finest outfits, swapping salutations and gossip.

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Lakeshore sells its products online and through a chain of retail stores.

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Tim Lampe of Lakeshore Realty represented both the buyer and the seller.

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Kigoma, the closest major town, is about 130km north of Mahale along the lakeshore, and this remoteness makes getting to and from the park half the fun.

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He says interest runs along all price points, from distressed properties that can be fixed up and rented out to seven-figure mansions along Lakeshore Drive.

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Farther away from the centre and down the lakeshore, Wollishofen in Kreis 2 and on the other shore, Seefeld in Kreis 8 and Zurichberg in Kreis 7, are very popular.

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Back on the lakeshore the speeches were underway.

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As for toys and educational materials, Lakeshore Learning Materials offers one of the broadest selections--books, toys, paints, tricycles, climbing equipment and more--at decent prices, says Michael Olenick, president of Child Care Resource Center, a child care facility located in Van Nuys, Calif.

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Held each June on the closest weekend to the longest day of the year (this year from 22 to 24 June), midsummer is Finland's most enthusiastic party -- an excuse for lakeshore bonfires, midnight airshows, drinking games, skinny dipping, saunas and all-you-can-eat banquets of grillimakkara (grilled sausages) served with mustard and the season's first new potatoes.

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