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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>Tour operators in Vienna</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/tour-operators-in-vienna/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/my-day-trip-to-salzburg/</link>
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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>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>STA &amp; G.A.P. &#8212; Travel for the young?</title>
		<link>http://walkingates.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/sta-gap-travel-for-the-young/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, I received my periodic STA (Student Travel) email with updates on travel deals and destinations.  STA [a Swiss found company] has an office at the University of Kentucky and provide travel arrangement for students &#8230; young students.  By the way, I am a full-time graduate student and a full-time employee and I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=193&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Livingstone, Zambia and Taita Falcon Lodge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest decision that I had to make when visiting Livingstone, Zambia was where to stay.  Accommodations, service, and comfort are vitally important.  No disrespect to Zambia, but the country is developing and making travel arrangements are not as easy as developed countries.  For instance, I had not trouble make hotel reservation online [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=171&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>My favorite Galapagos Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to determine which of the Galapagos Islands was my favorite is really difficult.  While there is a lot of similarity between the islands, they are also unique too. 
So, on our trip, we visited 6 islands:  Bartholomew, James Island, Fernandina, Isabella, North Seymour, and Santa Cruz.  We would visit one island in the morning and one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=121&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Nesting frigates of North Seymour</media:title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we visited the Otavalo Indian Market and surrounding areas, which is definitely going to be a highlight of the trip to Ecuador.  This is where indigenous people sell and show their trade.  Part of the experience is to bargain and negotiate with the vendors.  I do not really like this part of the experience, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=walkingates.wordpress.com&blog=2114140&post=89&subd=walkingates&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Quito, Ecuador</title>
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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.
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