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                    <title>Brisbane's South Bank</title>
                    <description>After a couple of lowkey days back at home in Broadbeach Waters we decided to drive north an hour to Brisbane. We enjoyed several days in the city 5 years ago and were really looking forward to getting back to see it again.It was an easy drive north and we found our way to South Bank very quickly. Their regular weekend markets were on so we took some time to explore the stalls before getting Al</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-633505.html</link>
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                    <title>Sydney</title>
                    <description>We always enjoyed our visits to Sydney in 2006 and this trip was no exception. In retrospect we probably should have booked a couple of extra days After taking the train from Gosford we found our hotel just around the corner from the train station. We were luckily upgraded to a one bedroom apartment with a loft bedroom and a pullout couch for Alex. It worked beautifully. Our train ticket fro</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-632515.html</link>
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                    <title>Returning "Home" to the Central Coast</title>
                    <description>The main reason we decided to venture down under again this summer was to visit with friends who we haven39t seen in nearly 5 years. We got lucky with the winter weather and enjoyed our trip home tremendously.Alex continued to be a wonderful world traveller and woke up singing it39s plane day We grabbed a leisurely breakfast then loaded the car for the airport. Alex enjoyed the quick </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Central-Coast/blog-632459.html</link>
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                    <title>Relaxing at the Beach  Tom's Fishing Expedition</title>
                    <description>We39ve had a couple of relaxing days around the house recently. While it was in the high 30s at home we decided to enjoy a sunny 21C day at the Broadwater Rock Pools water park. Alex built up his confidence as the morning went on and eventually was going all over the place. It helped that there was hardly anyone else there... it is winter after all. We39ve enjoyed playing at the beach...</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Broadbeach/blog-629530.html</link>
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                    <title>First Trip to SeaWorld</title>
                    <description>We gave in and purchased 2 season passes to Sea World. Even though we39re just here for another 4 weeks one of those travelling down to the Central Coast we know we will make good use of the passes. Today39s visit was our first  scouting out the area checking out the rides and shows.The park doesn39t open until 10am just about right for our sleepins these days. Alex didn39t wake</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Main-Beach/blog-628694.html</link>
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                    <title>The Beach at Byron Bay</title>
                    <description>The beach has given us many good mornings. Yesterday was bright and sunny and we enjoyed the surf at our own Broadbeach. After sunning ourselves and digging our feet into the sand Alex played at the nearby park for a little. A great park with all of the fun stuff that would never meet safety standards at homeToday we had the opportunity to meet up with our friend Adrienne who both Tom and I w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Byron-Bay/blog-626944.html</link>
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                    <title>Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary</title>
                    <description>We39ve spent several days getting to know the area a little bit... scouting out parks and such for Alex. Traveling with a 3 yearold is certainly different... especially when he read WE still needs an afternoon nap. We are appreciating Alex39s daycare more and more each dayWe ventured a little south on the coast today checking out the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. An expansive facility w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Currumbin/blog-626324.html</link>
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                    <title>Alex's First Trip to the Ocean ... in the middle of Winter.</title>
                    <description>Alex has wanted to see the ocean since we arrived so we packed ourselves lots of layers and headed off to the beach. The local beach is less than 5 minutes away even when driving slowly on the left side of the road. When we got there we realized we were very overdressed. There was no wind and a cloudless sky. We quickly shed our layers rolled up Alex39s pants slathered on the sunscreen an</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Broadbeach/blog-625588.html</link>
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                    <title>Down Under Part 2 This Time It's Only a Vacation</title>
                    <description>We39re off on our adventure of 2011  a house exchange to Broadbeach Waters on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Our trip began on July 4th with us sending Alex off to daycare and madly doing laundry packing and tidying up the house. This was a little different from a typical vacation where you can just leave your house and not worry about anything. This time John and Patsy Gallant will be stayI</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Gold-Coast/Broadbeach/blog-625343.html</link>
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                    <title>A Day on the Riviera</title>
                    <description>After touring France and spending some time in the area around Nice and along the Riviera a couple of years ago we decided to take it easy today while we were anchored off Villefranche. We slept in and finally took a tender off the ship in the early afternoon. We had a nice lunch and walked the streets and beach of this beautiful seaside town. Once again the streets were narrow and curving carve</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Provence-Alpes-C-te-d-Azur/Villefranche-sur-Mer/blog-195998.html</link>
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                    <title>Rome in a Day</title>
                    <description>What a packed day We pretty much ran through the whole city of Rome today. Once again we splurged for the ships transport to and from the city. Since the ship docked in Civitavecchia we decided it would be most prudent to rely on the ships transport rather than the trains. We were dropped at St. Peters square and grabbed a cab to the coliseum. The cab ride was crazy  the driver was sw</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-195992.html</link>
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                    <title>Florence and The Field of Miracles</title>
                    <description>Although we had a bit of a late start today it was a busy one. We decided to take the ships tour Florence and Pisa on your own in order to maximize our time and have the chance to see both sights. We boarded our airconditioned coach at 930 and headed straight to Pisa. Once there we had 45 minutes to explore the Field of Miracles and take pictures. The tower really is leaning and in c</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-195986.html</link>
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                    <title>Walking through the Ruins of Pompeii</title>
                    <description>The ship docked in Naples and our internet directions for today were perfect. We found our way to the Circumvesuviana train station easily and purchased our roundtrip tickets to Pompeii we were there before 10am Train tickets  3 Euros Guidebook  8 Euros Audioguide  6.5 Euros Admission  22 Euros experiencing Pompeii in person Priceless.We were both shocked by how wellpreser</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-195982.html</link>
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                    <title>4Wheeling in Santorini</title>
                    <description>We woke up this morning at anchor in the caldera at Santorini Greece. After going up the wrong set of elevators we decided to eat breakfast at the Aqua Spa instead of the main restaurant  fewer people healthier food  all round a good mistake Because we were getting ashore via tender boats we had to get our tender tickets in the theatre  we picked up our tickets and were on tender 3  and</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/South-Aegean/Santorini/blog-195977.html</link>
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                    <title>10th Anniversary in Athens</title>
                    <description>After a full day at sea our next stop was Athens. We were docked at Pireaus on the day of our 10th anniversary. After making our way to the Piraeus metro station after taking a bit of a detour due to inaccurate directions from the web we purchased round trip tickets cheap and hopped on the train to the acropolis. We walked out of the train station and looked up hill  to see the Parthenon w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-195966.html</link>
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                    <title>Walking the Walls of Old Dubrovnik</title>
                    <description>We woke up this morning in Croatia Grabbed a quick breakfast at the Ocean Grill on the 10th floor great buffet and then jumped on a shuttle to the Old Town of Dubrovnik. We paid to tour the entire perimeter of the old town along the top of the city walls. The town is all stone with clay roof tiles  ranging from yellow to deep red. The fortifications at each corner of the town are tall and imp</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Dubrovnik/blog-195953.html</link>
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                    <title>Lost in Venice</title>
                    <description>Getting to Venice was supposed to be easy but this time we got turned around in the subway station rather than above ground and then had to deal with unbelievable crowds and signs pointing us the wrong way to check in at the airport We did catch our flight with MyAir and they didnt charge us for being slightly over the weight limit on our luggage but we had to wait an extra hour on the gr</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-195191.html</link>
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                    <title>Barcelona  How much can you pack into 2.5 days</title>
                    <description>Our flight from Toronto to Amsterdam was relatively short but felt much longer due to the group of 40 teenagers who felt no need to be quiet or even sit down during the redeye flight. Luckily KLMs entertainment system is fantastic and we were able to catch up on several movies each while trying to get a little sleep. We transferred planes in Amsterdam  nice airport but since smoking is al</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-194909.html</link>
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                    <title>Ice Precise in France</title>
                    <description>Day 1  Tuesday May 8 After teaching in the morning I arrived at the airport by 200 for the 450 plane. The team made it through security with no issues and we just hoped we had packed our skates safely. Tried to sleep on the plane but at 5pm its rather difficult.  Day 2  Wednesday May 9 Arrived in Paris on time  615am. Not much sleep for any of us the plane was really hot no AC</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Aquitaine/Bordeaux/blog-159533.html</link>
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                    <title>The Routeburn Track</title>
                    <description>Routeburn Track  Day 1 December 18 2006We were packed and ready to go most of our luggage was stored at the hotel and the few belongings we were taking with us were packed and on our backs. We were picked up at our hotel and whisked by bus to the start of the Routeburn track. We enjoyed the views from the bus all along as we drove north along the banks of Lake Wakatipu. The mountains were stu</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Routeburn-Track/blog-113460.html</link>
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