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                    <title>Heading Home After 10 Months and 21 Countries</title>
                    <description>Evy and I were both up early this morning. It is difficult to sleep with it so light outside. It is hard to believe that this was our last night on the road and that after over 10 months we are heading home today. It is a bright sunny day. Joshua and Benjamin seem to need their sleep and so we refrain from the usual wake up routine. I make use of our internet connection to do the final blog entri</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-429207.html</link>
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                    <title>A Trip to the Saga Museum</title>
                    <description>We had two possible options today the thermal pools or the Saga Museum. Having done thermal pools a lot in New Zealand we decided to go the the Saga Museum instead and so after packing a lunch we headed off.The Saga Museum is about a half hour walk from our apartment and is more on the outskirts of Reykjavik. It is a very modern looking domed building visible from quite a distance away. As we</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-414718.html</link>
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                    <title>Going Whale Watching</title>
                    <description>Today is Canada Day back home. Joshua and Benjamin are lamenting the fact that they will not get to see fireworks. We get a relatively slow start to the day and are only ready to head out some time after 11.Our thought for the day is to walk to the downtown park of Reykjavik and find the tourism office. We would like to do some whale watching while we are here having passed up the opportunity wh</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-414717.html</link>
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                    <title>Heading to Iceland</title>
                    <description>We can't check in at the airport until about 10 am so we slept in a bit this morning. There happened to be a shuttle bus about to leave when we came out of the hotel so we were quite quickly at the airport. Despite having printed out the etickets last night I had the terminal confused. We got off at terminal 3 only to discover it was terminal one that we needed. Fortunately the terminals are</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/blog-414716.html</link>
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                    <title>Off to London</title>
                    <description>We got up a bit earlier this morning and after breakfast at the hotel walked our luggage through the streets the short distance to the train station. We arrived with lots of time to spare before our 1030 train and bought food for lunch at the Marks and Spencer's as well as checking out the book stores.The train platform was quite crowded and at the last minute we found out we needed to be at </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Heathrow-Airport/blog-414715.html</link>
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                    <title>Off to Edinburgh</title>
                    <description>We packed and loaded up the car this morning aiming the gps for the Edinburgh airport area to return our rented car. The roads got better the closer we got and it was raining lightly most of the trip. Leaving the main highway in Edinburgh we quickly found ourselves in a traffic jam full of people going to the Edinburgh Royal Fair the Queen herself went yesterday. This combined with lots of c</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-414236.html</link>
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                    <title>Glenfinnan and Glencoe</title>
                    <description>As we are moving again today we packed up after breakfast and said goodbye to Uig leaving with the sun shinning on the bay. Just down the road I stopped and took photos of long haired Scottish cattle that we have passed several times but never yet stopped for. When he combs his hair across Benjamin looks just like one of them We stopped in the small town not far along the road to do some souv</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Inverness-shire/Fort-William/blog-414234.html</link>
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                    <title>Visiting Dunvegan Castle</title>
                    <description>Today mark ten months away from home and also one more week before we return to Toronto. Benjamin and Joshua are delighted to be counting down with single digits. We slept in a bit later this morning and having a coffee maker at this hostel was a nice bonus we rarely find one so we could actually have real coffee rather than the instant stuff.After breakfast I got talking with a Taiwanese wom</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Inverness-shire/Isle-of-Skye/blog-414233.html</link>
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                    <title>Evy's Birthday and off to Skye</title>
                    <description>I went out early this morning to a field near the castle and cut some wild flower's for Evy's birthday. When I returned we all had breakfast in the dining hall under the family portraits again. After packing up we said goodbye to the castle and headed off down the road  a very narrow one lane road. Though most of the roads here in Scotland our paved they have this odd habit of making one la</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Inverness-shire/Isle-of-Skye/blog-414232.html</link>
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                    <title>Cawdor Castle and spending a night in Carbisdale Castle</title>
                    <description>It was light very early again today which was just as well as we needed to get up a bit earlier. After breakfast at the hostel we packed up the car and heading North up the road. A few minutes later we turned around and headed back after realizing we had left all our food on the kitchen counter Our second attempt was more successful and we were soon passing through downtown Inverness on our w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Sutherland/Carbisdale-Castle/blog-414231.html</link>
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                    <title>Urquhart Castle and the Loch Ness Centre</title>
                    <description>It was already light at 430 in the morning making it a bit hard to sleep. By the time we got up the sun was high in the sky and it was shaping up to be a beautiful day. The hostel provides breakfast and sitting in the huge dining room looking out over the Loch felt like a morning at the cottage. After breakfast I went on the internet for a few minutes and was able to book a hotel for our final</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Inverness-shire/Loch-Ness/blog-414230.html</link>
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                    <title>Off to Scotland</title>
                    <description>My watch failed to go off I later realized that I had set the time wrong so the hotel's wake up call saved us. We were all very tired as we boarded the shuttle to the airport one last time. Though the airport was busy we got through our check in quite quickly and after going through security made our way to our gate. We had about 45 minutes before the gate was set to open so we ended up break</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-414229.html</link>
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                    <title>Exploring Dublin</title>
                    <description>Despite having now had two night here in Dublin we haven't seen anything beyond the airport so the plan for today is to take the bus in and wander around.Before breakfast I take another go on the hotel computer. Doing some research it now seems like hostels will be our best option for Scotland so I book two nights at the Loch Ness Youth Hostel to make sure we have something for the first two d</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-414226.html</link>
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                    <title>Off to Dublin</title>
                    <description>We got up a bit earlier this morning as we need to get the car back to the airport in Dublin before noon or face another day of the high rental charges here. After packing up we said goodbye to the horses in the field one last time before locking up and heading off.After a relatively quick drive to Dublin we spent some time trying different self serve gas stations to fill up. The credit cards </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-414224.html</link>
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                    <title>A Quiet Day</title>
                    <description>After breakfast Evy and I headed over to the clubhouse to use the internet.  We managed to set up a car rental in Scotland and contact a hostel in Inverness about staying there. As well I got in touch with my Scottish friend David Noble now living in Canada about ideas for places to go.Back at home we are trying to get Benjamin finished up with his school work Joshua finished up last week a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Wexford/blog-414222.html</link>
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                    <title>Visiting New Ross and the Dunbrody</title>
                    <description>We got a later start today having had a comfortable sleep in our this great place. After breakfast Evy and I head up to the club house where we are able to get a internet access as they have wifi throughout the clubhouse. Unfortunately no one has responded to our inquiries for accommodation later in the week.   When we get back we have some lunch before getting in the car and heading off to the</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Wexford/New-Ross/blog-414221.html</link>
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                    <title>Finding a place and a trip to the Irish Heritage Park</title>
                    <description>The breakfast which is included in our room turns out to be quite substantial and we get to try new things like Black Pudding. After breakfast we call the phone number given us by our landlord. His sister tell us that in fact the place is not available tonight but that her sister has a place in the same complex that might be available. As her sister is at work she says she will call he</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Wexford/blog-414220.html</link>
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                    <title>Off toward Wexford</title>
                    <description>With the wifi in our room still not working I went down to the hotel business centre to use the computer this morning. One person with a unit to rent near Wexford had contacted me. The unit would be available and the price was good so I emailed back to say we would take it and to please send further details.We had breakfast at the hotel restaurant and afterwards checked our email again. I hadn't</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Wexford/blog-414219.html</link>
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                    <title>Off to Ireland</title>
                    <description>Kirsty had to leave quite early this morning and was gone by the time most of us got up. After breakfast Joshua and Benjamin said goodbye to Caleb and Leah who were off to school with Stephen. We had been weighing and repacking things last night to make sure we make the reduced weight limits on our RyanAir flight today. We now had a few bags  some things to be mailed some for charity and unus</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/Dublin/blog-414218.html</link>
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                    <title>A Visit from Rob and Pam</title>
                    <description>After a leisurely breakfast We got doing  some school work for a bit before Rob and Pam showed up. Rob was at University in Grenoble France with Kirsty and Evy so this was a reunion of sorts. Evy and I haven't seen Rob since he came through Toronto many years ago and we have never met Pam his wife. Kirsty brought out photo albums and the three former Grenoble students reminisced over their ti</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-414216.html</link>
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