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		<title>Visiting the Vienna Woods</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While in Vienna, we took a tour operated by Vienna Sightseeing Tours that&#8217;s called Vienna Woods.  This was a most interesting tour just outside of Vienna.  So on this tour, we visit an old hunting lodge, an abbey, and the largest subterranean lake in Europe.
In route to the old Mayerling hunting lodge, which is now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=383&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best Dining Experience in Vienna</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/best-dining-experience-in-vienna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever we travel, we always eat local food.  We even do this when we travel within the United States.  So, no restaurant chains for us &#8230; except Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but that&#8217;s a story for another day.
While in Vienna the the summer of 2008, as usual we eat at a variety of places, &#8220;mom and pop&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=407&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tour operators in Vienna</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While on holiday in Vienna July 2008, we took a couple of tours, a city tour that included Schonbrunn Palace and a tour to the &#8220;Vienna Woods.&#8221;  Both tours were provided by Vienna Sightseeing Tours, but there were some differences between the two in terms of how personable the tour felt.

One thing that we liked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=370&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My day trip to Salzburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things we like to do when we travel, especially internationally, is to take day trips outside the major city that we are visiting.  While Salzburg is a travel destination itself, when we were in Vienna, we visited the city for the day.  We took a train too &#8230; when in Europe travel the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=352&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Touring Austria with tour operators</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While in Austria during the summer of 2008, I took a couple of tours, as I have been doing the past several years.  I find that organized tours, while they can be a little confining, you learn so much more about the place that you are visiting than you would on your own &#8230; as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=314&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vienna, Austria &#8230; pictures and words aren&#8217;t enough!</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/vienna-austria-pictures-and-words-arent-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vienna, Austria is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited.  Along with all that beauty, you have culture and history.  As an aside, don&#8217;t refer to Austrians as Germans.  I didn&#8217;t do it, but that would be bad!
While in Vienna, we took a city tour &#8230; in part to learn a little history, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=284&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dining in Montreal &#8230; I love French food</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/dining-in-montreal-i-love-french-food/</link>
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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>Warning &#8230; American Express Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you traveling outside the United States and need foreign currency?  Beware!
We are traveling to three eastern European countries the 30th of June.  So, as I usually do, I exchanged/purchased foreign currency prior to our trip.  There are many benefits:

You don&#8217;t have to wonder whether or not you are getting a good rate from one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=237&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where did all the hippies go?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 01:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just recently returned from a trip to Colorado Springs, CO.  When I first started planning the trip, I thought, &#8220;how exciting, I&#8217;m going to CO.&#8221;  Then as I started planning my trip, I started wondering, &#8220;what is there to do in Colorado Spring?&#8221;  Of course, there is the natural beauty of the area, i.e., [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=216&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning about your host country&#8217;s culture</title>
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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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