I don't believe in those whirlwind "Europe in a week" tours. But if I am going to travel across the International Date Line, I like to know what I should be sure not to miss. So, don't tell anyone I gave it to you, but here's a very unofficial (and surely incomplete) check-list of the Macau (cultural) must-sees:
Penha Church
A-Ma Temple
Moorish Barrachs
Lilau Square
Mandarin House
St. Lawrence Church
St. Joseph Seminary
St. Francis Xavier Relic
Dom Pedro Theatre
St. Augustine Church
Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
Ruins of St. Paul
Macau Museum
Saint Dominic Church
Senado Square
Chinese Garden of Lou Lim IOC
Guia Fortress
Handover Museum
Cultural Center & Arts Museum
Kun Iam Statue
Rua da Felicidade
Cultural Club
Guia Light House
Grand Prix & Wine Museum
Taipa Monument, House Museum, and Food Street
A-Ma Village
St. Francis Church
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Jenny Block is the author of "Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage" (Seal Hardcover, June 2008 and Seal Paperback, March 2009), which has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. She writes a weekly column for the Dallas Morning News publication Quick called "Sex Talk with Jenny Block" (quickdfw.com). Jenny holds both her BA and her MA in English from Virginia Commonwealth University and taught college composition for nearly ten years. She writes for a wide variety of publications and websites, including huffingtonpost.com, yourtango.com, American Way, Veranda, the Dallas Morning News, the Dallas Voice, edgedallas.com, literarymama.com, Spirit, chow.com, and ellegirl.com.