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                    <title>Barcelona</title>
                    <description>Barcelonas like the Los Angeles of Spain. Its sunny the vast majority of the year. Somehow we managed to arrive and leave in a downpour. Still we were lucky to have mostly clear skies the rest of the time despite the weather forecast. Our hotel Nouvel is warm cozy and centrally located just off the Ramblas.Robyn loves Spain for their unpretentious meals of tapas. You can get small plates an</description>
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                    <title>Paris</title>
                    <description>Day1Bouquet for a sleepy Croque MadameTooled around BHV and elsewhere while we waited to check in and take a shower at our crappy Hotel Alhambra don39t stay in the 11th it is NOT the 4th.Dinner at Restaurant L39IndustrieDay2Rodin Museum with a walk back through St. Germain and the Marais. Dinner at Pintre. Robyn39s a little sick so I bought her some flowers and cough syrup.Day3Picnic d</description>
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                    <title>Avignon and Arles</title>
                    <description>From the moment you depart the old train station in Avignon and enter the fortified walls the town feels like a petite Paris. The pedestrian friendly and car unfriendly streets are fun to stroll full of shops and cafes. In fact the main avenue leading from the train station to the Palace of the Popes was widened and modeled after the Champs Elysees. The park atop the hill near the palace of </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Avignon/blog-663847.html</link>
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                    <title>Monaco</title>
                    <description>Monaco gets comparisons to Disneyland all the time with it39s fairytale cleanliness and picturesque residences. From the moment the train arrives this place does feel like a magic kingdom the main difference only becoming apparent later on when you realize that everyone visiting is a pauper in a land of princes. If you drive a shinny new Mercedes looking cool in Santa Monica get ready to be u</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Monaco/Monte-Carlo/blog-663841.html</link>
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                    <title>Riveria</title>
                    <description>Nice is eh okay. I wouldn39t go so far as nice. Monaco is nice. Nice is sorta sketch. Reminds me of sketchy Medeteranian places like Athens.And the beach scene was eh not great either. To be fair we39re not here in the right season but honestly even if we were how can a rock beach even compete with sand beaches There had better be some pretty hot bodies for that to happen.Still we mana</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Nice/blog-663840.html</link>
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                    <title>Van Gogh Didn't Commit Suicide  Lessons from Provincial Provence</title>
                    <description>It could be true that Van Gogh didn39t actually commit suicide but was instead shot by a young man in an accident or as a provecation and faked suicide to protect the young man from a murder conviction. So claims a new biography Van Gogh  The Life by pulitzer prize winning authors Naifeh and Smith. The theory has not been fully embraced yet by historians and art critics but it does raise s</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Saint-Remy-de-Provence/blog-663844.html</link>
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                    <title>Grand Canyon</title>
                    <description>A frosty Xmas at the largest canyon these eyes did ever behold.</description>
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                    <title>Costa Rica</title>
                    <description>Working hard and not enough time to enjoy beautiful Costa Rica but definitely an improvement from nearby poverty stricken wartorn Nicaragua.</description>
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                    <title>Madrid</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Madrid on the 21st.On the 23rd in a tiny tucked away tapas spot I asked my beautiful girl to become my wife. She said yes. We enjoyed everything beautiful Madrid has to offer and even ventured afield to Toledo for a day.</description>
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                    <title>Last Day in Nicaragua</title>
                    <description>We went to Garden Cafe one last time for breakfast. Went to the square and got some souvenirs.</description>
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                    <title>Mombacho Beach Club</title>
                    <description>Finally we had a day of pure relaxation in Granada. For breakfast the delightful Casa San Francisco where I had a Nicaraguan Tipica and Robyn got a fantastic oatmeal. The owner is very kind too we'll be back if we have the time.In the afternoon we ventured over to the Mombacho Beach Club which is the hotelspa wing of the same company that does the chocolate making workshops. We lounged by the p</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/Granada/blog-536095.html</link>
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                    <title>Chocolate Making at ChocoMuseo</title>
                    <description>Another place in town offers a chocolate making workshop but I can't imagine it's as good as the one at ChocoMuseo. It's a tour well worthing taking. The newest edition to Granda is a beautiful 2 hour handson experience of making chocolate. Who doesn't like Chocolate Now you can make your ownThey begin with the roasting of the cocoa beans and then you deshell a process which can only be done </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/Granada/blog-535891.html</link>
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                    <title>Oldest City In The Americas</title>
                    <description>We were hoping to go on a birdwatching hike this morning in Ometepe but it was raining like hell at 6AM so we cancelled. Caught the 915 bus to Altagracia which then goes on to Moyogalpa and off on our way up to Granada for a 22 cab fare. Hard to imagine that youd spend more than 22 going from wallstreet to 76th in NYC but here it takes you half way across the country 66kilometers anyway.G</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/Granada/blog-535235.html</link>
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                    <title>The Road to Ometepe</title>
                    <description>Got up early breakfasted at the market and caught at 10 cab to the port at San Jorge. Just in time for the ferry to Moyogalpa and from there we bit the bullet and got a 20 cab to the hotel in Playa Santo Domingo.Villa Paraiso is a cush place compared to Istiam where I stayed before. I had reserved a 29.00 double for us but we soon realized that the room they put us in was much nicer than my r</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/Isla-de-Ometepe/blog-535056.html</link>
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                    <title>Da Flying Frog Canopy Tour</title>
                    <description>It rained like hell last night. But luckily and surprisingly we stayed perfectly dry in Casa Feliz. This morning the rain finally broke around 9AM. Perfect timing.Got up and got some coffee and bananachocolate chip pancakes at Gato Negro. I bought an awesome knockoff DVD of Machete and though I never buy knockoff's it just seemed appropriate to buy a cheesy movie with Danny Trejo down here. T</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/San-Juan-del-Sur/blog-534312.html</link>
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                    <title>Stone Jesus Fiesta</title>
                    <description>Robyn and Joe and I woke up with some killer coffee and breakfast at the local favorite coffeeshop El Gato Negro. The owner decided to become an expatriot after she became so disgusted that George W. was reelected. So she moved down to San Juan and started this amazing coffee shop. They roasted the beans right next to us as we ate and enjoyed telling Robyn all about our experiences over the l</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Southern-Pacific-Coast/San-Juan-del-Sur/blog-534275.html</link>
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                    <title>Diving and Lluvia</title>
                    <description>At the crater lake I finished my final two dives of my Open Water certification with my excellent diving instructor Fidel Lopez. He's been a great teacher both with theory and practice. I feel completely confident in diving now and am excited about diving in the future. Check out his website and services at httpwww.neptunenicadiving.comThe bottom of the lake in an extinct volcano was very so</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Nicaragua/Capital-Region/Laguna-de-Apoyo/blog-534272.html</link>
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                    <title>Before We Lose Another Hour</title>
                    <description>Raining cats and big doggies when we wake.Breakfast again at Love Lane Kitchen because it's sooo good. Their site claims that if you can get it in a french bistro or an italian trattoria or any of the trendy cafes in manhattan then you can get it at Love Lane Kitchen. Alright if you say so.Still two thumbs up way up from Robbie.Up to Bedell bedellcellars.com for a nice tasting. Apparently som</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/Jamesport/blog-482167.html</link>
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                    <title>A Memorable NonMemorial</title>
                    <description>Long Island.Playground of Manhattan's Rich and Famous.On this decidedly nonmemorial day weekend Robyn and I managed to make for ourselves a memorable weekend indeed.The winery region out here is not napa and not hoppin' before Memorial Day but we found some kind people and fine wine that definitely warrants a jaunt from the Big Apple.The Hertz rental location could not be easier across the st</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/Jamesport/blog-481923.html</link>
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                    <title>Don't Give Russians Ice Wine</title>
                    <description>This morning Robyn and I toured around the Dufferin Islands Nature Area and walked down to get a close up of the falls from directly above. Dufferin Islands was certainly worth a visit and we jumped from one little manmade island to the next feeling far away from the Labor Day weekend crowds.After returning home to our BB we packed a lunch and made our way to another Niagara wine region nearby </description>
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