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		<title>Vienna night life &#8230; street performers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that we like most about most European cities is that they are walking friendly &#8230; not necessarily pedestrian friendly.  Some drivers are totally nuts, i.e., crazy!
Typically after dinner, we like to walk around.  Vienna was perfect for this &#8230; I still wonder how European women are able to walk on those cobblestone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=404&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dining in Montreal &#8230; I love French food</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the bad attitudes that I encountered on my last visit to Montreal, the food was excellent.
My first night in Montreal, I stayed in Downtown, I visited Chez Alexandre, a French Bistro on 1454 Peel St. and the food was incredible.  The foie gras is among the best that I ever have had.  Sorry PETA.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=275&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eastern Europe 2008 &#8230; History comes to life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just recently returned from Austria, the Czech Republic, and Hungary and if you like history and you haven&#8217;t been to these countries, they are must visit destinations.
As much as I would like to take credit for planning such a historic-rich trip &#8230; it was happenstance.  As one who loves history, and is aware of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=272&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Montreal, Quebec &#8230; why the attitude?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/montreal-quebec-why-the-attitude/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We visited Montreal almost 10 years ago and must say that we had a wonderful time.  We visited the Old Port and many of the old churches.  Learned about the history of the city and visited the old world&#8217;s fair site.  As I said, we had a wonderful time.
Fast forward 10 years, the city is still a beautiful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=241&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning about your host country&#8217;s culture</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/host-country-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 13:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You hear a lot about some Europeans perceiving people from the United States as &#8220;Ugly American.&#8221;  Well, that has not been our experience and we have visited many European countries &#8230; in fact, we are visiting Austria, the Czech Republic, and Hungary this summer.
When we travel outside the US, we always remember that the most compelling reason [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=213&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doomed to success?  Visiting the Galapagos &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/doomed-to-success-visiting-the-galapagos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When is a good thing too good?  Each year the Galapagos Islands seem to get more and more popular.  At one time, there were only 60,000 visitors to the islands, but it has grown by tens of thousands.  Recently, a five star hotel opened, appropriately $400 &#8211; 500 per night the last time I checked, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=154&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jo&#8217;burg, a truly wired city</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/joburg-a-truly-wired-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 2007, I visited Johannesburg, South Africa to present a paper on culture and medical education at Wits University.  I was &#8220;culturally shocked&#8221; and found the lingering and persistent effect of Apartheid pulsing throughout the city and its character.
We didn&#8217;t stay exactly in Jo&#8217;burg, as the citizens call the city, we were in one of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=158&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My compliments to Grayline tours</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest decisions to make when traveling is what to do when you get there.  Do you explore on your own or use a tour company?  Well, it depends.  On our trip to Ecuador where language was an issue, we decided to use a tour company, but which one?  I&#8217;ve used Grayline for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=123&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Galapagos Islands or bust &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, we have been in Quito for three days and the temperature has been cool and it has rained periodically, but that&#8217;s okay, because we have gotten to see much &#8230; the old colonial city, the Otavalo Indian market, and other small towns.  The churches and cathedrals in the colonial part of the city are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=91&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Quito, Ecuador</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well the countdown to Ecuador is over, we have arrived.
We flew through my favorite airport, Atlanta, actually that is my least favorite.   We were delayed one hour!  That&#8217;s a blog for another day.   As I said we are in Quito, enjoying our holiday.
Our first full day, we toured the city and visited the equator monument and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=88&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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