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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.
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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.

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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>Cruising Alaska</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my possible holiday trips this summer is a 7-day Alaskan cruise on Royal Caribbean.  Deciding which cruise line to take can be difficult, as it was in my case.  I&#8217;ve been critical of travel agencies and their cookie cutter service, which is one of the reasons why I painstakingly make my travel arrangements myself, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=199&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 Explorer II &#8230; now that&#8217;s one fine ship</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit that I was a little skeptical about exploring the Galapagos Islands on the Explorer II.  The ship is owned and operated by Canodros who markets themselves as ecotourism providers.  There were a couple of things that I was concerned about like how comfortable would the ship be, would we get motion sickness, what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=100&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Am I too old for G.A.P.?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a full-time employee and student at the University of Kentucky and the leading travel operator that our student travel agency (STA, a real company) uses is G.A.P. (Great Adventure People).  Okay, I am a believer in full disclosure and have to say that I have yet to take a G.A.P. tour, excuse me, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=68&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happened to the G.A.P. Antarctic cruise ship?  This cruise ship hit ice November 23, 2007 and sank.  Fortunately, all the passengers and crew members were rescued after spending some time in life boats waiting for other cruise ships to take them aboard.
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		<title>When does a tour become an adventure?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not quite &#8220;to be or not to be&#8221;, but this question of tour or adventure has been nagging me.  Some tour operators, such as G.A.P. advertise their vacation/holiday packages as adventures instead of tours.  Okay, I understand that a tour is a journey that starts at a starting point and typically ends at the starting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=37&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now that&#8217;s bad press or is it</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/now-thats-bad-press-or-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following the Antarctic accident and am glad that everyone evacuated the ship to safety.  I certainly do not want anyone to think that I am blaming G.A.P. for the accident &#8230; right now, it sounds just like an accident.  Of course, this accident will impact the environment, but it sounds like it was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=32&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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