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                    <title>Preserving Pisa</title>
                    <description>It seems a little strange that tourists from all over the world want to see what is essentially a failure in architectural planning and foundation surveying.  But never the less we added ourselves to the list of millions who visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa every year.  For me the tower was not so much a marvel as it was a moment suspended in time. It leans because the foundation is not solid. Ev</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Pisa/blog-620768.html</link>
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                    <title>From fair Verona</title>
                    <description>From fair Verona Shakespeare was inspired by the epic feuds between powerful families.  He wrote of the Capulettes and the Montegues and the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. With this romance in mind we traveled to Verona to see what had really inspired the bard.  Before we continue heres Romeo  Juliet the short short short version.  Romeo of the Montagues and Juliet of the Capuletes fall wildl</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Verona/blog-620617.html</link>
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                    <title>Redeeming Venice</title>
                    <description>Literary buffs may turn a little green with envy at our morning activity.  Mom and I went to the home of Dante Algheri master poet of the divine comedy in three parts Inferno Purgarotio and Paraiso. This native of Florence was more than a poet he was also a political and religious commentator.   With snide remarks to Popes and princes alike he wove the current events of his beloved Florence</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-619770.html</link>
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                    <title>Medici Mania in Florence</title>
                    <description>Wealth power respect all in the grasp of the Medici family and preserved forever in gold leaf ceilings detailed frescos and monumental buildings were our objective of the day.  Mom and I strolled through the Medici chapel and plazzio absorbing the Medici family history that has endured for six centuries. They were generous patrons of the arts.  Among the beneficiaries of their support were Leon</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-619768.html</link>
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                    <title>A taste of Florence</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Italy at sunrise. The airport in Rome is in the middle of a field with nothing but countryside surrounding it for miles. We took the fast train in to the center of Rome and then hopped on the train to Florence. Florence how I39ve missed you Arriving in Florence was like coming home. The streets and sounds were so familiar. Strange as it seems all the walking and navigating that</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-619341.html</link>
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                    <title>Irish Love Affair</title>
                    <description>Welcome back Ms. Harrington said the immigration officer when I arrived at his window this morning at 8am.  Oh no you see this is my first time in Ireland I replied.  No lass your people are from Ireland I'm sure of it. I can see it he answered. My father's family is from Ireland I confirmed for him. So you see then welcome home he said with a smile and stamped my passport.  Des</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-471865.html</link>
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                    <title>Tubes Tudors and Tower of London</title>
                    <description>Over the past 48 hours Diane and I have mastered the London Tube system explored the greater London area discovered the delights of sticky toffee pudding and slept maybe 10 hours in 3 days.  Yesterday we were so exhausted that we skipped our blog for the evening but today could not be skipped. Early this morning on the coldest day of our journey so far  we headed out on the District Line tub</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Bayswater/blog-471542.html</link>
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                    <title>Hyde Park Happiness</title>
                    <description>We arrived into London this morning around 9am 4am for our families back home and although we slept very little on the plane we were ready to get settled into London life.  Our hotel is located across the road from Hyde Park and the gardens there are lovely even in the winter.  We had hoped to get some rest but our room was not ready so we headed out to the British Museum to while away the hour</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-470981.html</link>
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                    <title>In the valley of Ft. Charlotte</title>
                    <description>In the valley below Fort Charlotte there is a traditional cricket field.  Last night the full moon illuminated the cricket field and lured Rache and I to the Cricket Club.  I felt like we learned about one of the best kept secrets in Nassau.  Walk past the gentlemen playing dominoes and go up the creaky staircase to the open air patio upstairs.  It was almost magical.  The food was rich and succu</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Nassau/Paradise-Island/Atlantis-Resort/blog-434416.html</link>
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                    <title>SUBperb Dive in Goulden Key</title>
                    <description>Who dares to start their morning with a bit of dolphin training and end their day with a dive in a SUB down to 20 feet over gorgeous reefs  We DOWe started the morning off with a dolphin encounter.  Rachelle had her very first experience with dolphin training.  After getting her wetsuit and a training orientation  Rache headed into the water to meet... Noah  It was love just hearing the dolphi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Nassau/Paradise-Island/Atlantis-Resort/blog-434140.html</link>
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                    <title>Exploring the Lost Continent</title>
                    <description>Summer is almost over but before I let my suitcases rest I headed off to meet my sister Rachelle in Nassau. Since this is her first time appearing in my travel blog I put the pressure on and asked her write today's blog.  Without futher ado here's her update on today's adventure... Traveling back to the lost continent was an experience in food water and fun  Arriving late last night we we</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Bahamas/Nassau/Paradise-Island/Atlantis-Resort/blog-433962.html</link>
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                    <title>Crawling in the Caves of Crete</title>
                    <description>Crete is over 60 mountains and there are more than 3000 recorded caves on the island.  With that in mind we thought it would be fairly easy to find these caves and explore them.  We thought wrong but we were determined so we spent the past two days looking for the perfect cave.  We pushed our little rolling box to the limits encouraging it to go up steep inclines to that gap over there in the</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/blog-429689.html</link>
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                    <title>Sitia and Northeastern Crete</title>
                    <description>Today was our day to visit the northeastern end of Crete situated around the main city in the region Sitia sihteeah. The Rolling Box again encountered rugged mountain terrain and while we were a little bit green from the hairpin turns we made it in short order. Sitia is a busy oceanside city that caters to tourists farmers from the surrounding countryside industrial entrepeneurs vacati</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/blog-429280.html</link>
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                    <title>Crossing Crete</title>
                    <description>Today's blog actually starts last night with an evening briefing with our hotel owner here in Crete Vassilis. He is a wizened old Greek man who manages the hotel during season and spends the offseason in Ft. Lauderdale so his English is very good. He spread out a map of the island and gave Rickelle and I a twenty minute lecture about the various places we could reach for day trips including </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/Knossos/blog-428714.html</link>
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                    <title>Crete Paradise Found</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Crete yesterday afternoon.  Our island hopping jet landed right on the shore by Heraklion.  It was difficult trying to decide if we should go to the terminal or straight to the shore but logic prevailed and we went to the tiny airport terminal which reminded me a lot of Georgetown.  After getting our rental car and a new map with more squiggly unnamed lines we headed off to find th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Crete/blog-428320.html</link>
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                    <title>The Oracle The Highway and the Mayonnaise Tavern</title>
                    <description>Ask thy question mortal and behold..... THE PROPHECY OF THE ORACLEcue hissing vapors lightning crashes and strong breezeToday Rickelle and I left Athens in our zippy Subaru in the early morning. Our destination was the city of Delphi along the southern edge of the Greek mainland. We traveled along the Greek autobohn E75  the only things of note being 1 it has one lane with a speed</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Central-Greece/Delphi/blog-427973.html</link>
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                    <title>Captivated by Cape Sounion</title>
                    <description>After picking up our rental car this morning a compact little red car that resembles a strawberry we headed off to find the Cape of Sounion.  Winding roads along the coast of the Saronic Gulf lead you to the cliffs where the Temple of Poseidon overlooks the Aegean Sea. It was quiet except for the sound of the waves crashing on the shore below us.  I have been many beautiful places in my life but</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Cape-Sounion/blog-427740.html</link>
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                    <title>Flying Dolphins and Fishing Towns</title>
                    <description>Early this morning we boarded the Flying Dolphin to the island of Aegina.  The Flying Dolphin is a hydroplaning hovercraft that essentially zips zips is a technical term above the water at a much faster speed than a regular ferry.  If Jimmy were writing this blog you'd get fascinating details about how compressed air is released to propel the craft above the water.  But since I'm writing this b</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-427361.html</link>
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                    <title>Cicadas Socrates and Sunday in Athens</title>
                    <description>Rickelle is napping so you're stuck with James today Sunday in AthensThis morning we rolled out of our hotel for another busy day in the historical areas around the Acropolis. As we exited the Metro in the Thissio district we were greeted by two aural overtones to the natural hum of the city. The tolling of bells from numerous churches slowly gave way to the steady shurrruping of the cicadas a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-426757.html</link>
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                    <title>Sunrise at the Acropolis</title>
                    <description>We had read that to really experience the awe of the Acropolis and the Parthenon you should arrive before 9 am when the hordes of tourists would take over the ruins and the mystery would be lost as just one more tourist attraction.  Not  one to miss a magical moment I dragged Jimmy out of our hotel and onto the subway so that we would be able to indulge in the ancient aura before the crowds arriv</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-426434.html</link>
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