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                    <title>Innsbruck Weekend</title>
                    <description>June 8 to 11The Gasthof Halle was a very convenient comfortable friendly and clean hotel. It was one of the better hotels I had stayed in during the holiday. But who can turn down the offer of a friend39s couch even if it means rolling up the bed sheets every morning.My friend Mirjam whom I had met in Malaga Spain some time ago made me this irresistible offer. I was able to experience liv</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Innsbruck/blog-730591.html</link>
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                    <title>Hall  in Tyrol Salt and Silver Mine</title>
                    <description>The word hall in medieval times translated to salt. I have had a fascination with salt ever since my Father made me a model of a salt mine as a Christmas gift.Hall39s Old Town is the mother of all medieval city centers. Like Luebeck in Northern Germany loved how the streets meandered one into the other past church spires and brick works a thousand years old now holding either a hair salon</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Hall-in-Tirol/blog-724269.html</link>
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                    <title>Budapest  goulash spa architecture</title>
                    <description>Buda lies on the hill side of the Danube and Pest the flat area lies opposite. The st of the name is pronounced with the 39shh39 sound. Goulash is a soup not a stew. I only saw Bobosh Torte once and did not taste it. There was an opportunity to shoot with a bow and arrow as Hungarian warriors are depicted on the hill during the Goose Festival. Many buildings have been carefully restored.</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/Pest/blog-723665.html</link>
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                    <title>Bucharest Romania</title>
                    <description>May 27 .... Arrived in the city of Bucharest late in the evening and after asking two people found the IBIS Hotel. There is one of these in almost every city and they can be trusted to be nice. After a much needed shower ate peasant veg soup and desert but no coffee after my 18 hour fast... well almost ... cannot count that white bread with one slice ham one slice cheese I bought while the train</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Muntenia/Bucharest/blog-723055.html</link>
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                    <title>  Bosphorus  Aquaduct  Turkish Bath</title>
                    <description>Saturday May 26was a day spent wandering with map in hand negotiating the streets leading eventually to roman aqueducts ... that fed the cisternsFirst passed thru the Grand Bazaar in the search of knitting needles and to peruse the choice of wool in the Bazaar. No such luck ... the Han described as the one with sewing goods was not found but I did encounter numerous underwear stalls with every ki</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-721983.html</link>
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                    <title>Sultanahmet Mosque  Ayasofya  Hagia Sophia</title>
                    <description>I am sure mass workshops in friendliness and extending feelings of welcome have been used to instruct all and any citizen of Istanbul in making 39the tourist39 feel comfortable. Most intensive programmes seem to have been extended to the carpet sellers.These guys have it down to a fine art. Unsuspecting easily swayed 39tourists39 enter at your own riskIt always begins can I give you m</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-720542.html</link>
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                    <title>  Topkapi Palace   Basilica Cistern</title>
                    <description>OK ...first comment ... they didn39t film the movie here and the dagger is nowhere to be seen. So much for dashed expectations... Audrey Hepburn wasn39t here eitherTo reach Topkapi Palace I walked from my hotel towards the railroad tracks and veered right.On the way I saw exquisite hand work crocheted with myriad beads and metal pendants ... prices high and so they should be for the origin</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-720528.html</link>
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                    <title>Inspired in Istanbul</title>
                    <description>The first day was V ERY busy so events in piont form.Hotel Evsen reached by public transport from airport  metro first then a change to tram  helpful men at turnstiles  get tokens 2turkish lira each machines gives change insert red token and you are on your way. Each stop announced in turkish and english and scrolling info rolls inside the the tram wagon. If you have a map and familiarize you</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-719424.html</link>
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                    <title>VenloBaarlo Floriade Five</title>
                    <description>The last day at the Flower Expo was at hand. Hans and Tiny from camping Heiderust were driving by car and I begged aride. We drove to Venlo and from there tookthe Floriade Express for 3.50euro. The tickets were bought at the Station Kiosk the bus was packed and we were there in no time.It was a sunny day and the place was teaming with visitors. This wa the day for the gondola ride. The system has</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Baarlo/blog-718576.html</link>
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                    <title>Villa Flora at Floriade 2012 Venlo</title>
                    <description>Sights seen .... facts read ... trivia learned ...All the pictures are from day three at Floriade spent at Villa Flora where the competition flowers are housed and where other international countries displayed their seeds desalination methods happiness quotients the availability of herbal spas and festivals celebrated with flowersThe animals observed up to now include at the camping in a sma</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Baarlo/blog-716916.html</link>
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                    <title>Floriade in Venlo</title>
                    <description>Limburg Province shares a more than 200km long border with Germany. Baarlo is a small town south of Venlo. Venlo is very close to the border and many shoppers in the city have come across from Germany to go shopping. Floriade lies north of Venlo on the east side of the river Maas. It is ride of a little more than ten kilometers one way.Mushrooms asparagus fruits and vegetables are produced in th</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/blog-715961.html</link>
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                    <title>Camping Heiderust in Baarlo</title>
                    <description>Camping Heiderust was an excellent find. Have only been here half a day and am already loving it. Will be here for two weeks. There are people with trailers and tents cars and satellites bikes and mopeds kids and pets. The place is fully booked. Am happy that the reservation was made last December.Heiderust is Number 19. The owners live at Number 20. As mentioned before I met the owner on my fi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Baarlo/blog-714875.html</link>
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                    <title>Finally in Holland</title>
                    <description>And so it begins. Four hour delay in flight and then flying on a plane that required four hours of repair. One of the attendants said it was a small computer wire ...  .... . Finally on the plane in a seat with limited leg room beside a big man with large elbows. With great anticipation i took out my wooden knitting needles and Noro wool in shades of morning mist BUT he back of seat in front </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/Limburg/Baarlo/blog-714869.html</link>
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                    <title>Not in the AirTransat</title>
                    <description>Is the airport in Vaughn or Missessauga....don39t know....but do know I have been at this airport too long. Acording to the captain who at the moment is holding up the wall in the ...Oh wait.... big announcement..... getting the defectie part from another plane will be ready to leave in another hour.... having having trouble believing that. I am going to use my width and length and lie down on </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Vaughan/blog-714529.html</link>
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                    <title>Preparation</title>
                    <description>May 2ndat 1100 has slowly come to an end. After a second furtive search for my mobile I took the bus north to the library at Scraborough Town Centre. Looking for the location I spoke with a nice man at the security desk of the Scarborough City Hall. The library was inside the STC. Asking at at the Customer Service desk the lady said no library was in the Mall. But there it was on the list albeit </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-714238.html</link>
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                    <title>April Snowstorm</title>
                    <description>The fine weather in March was too good to wish for. The rhubarb shoots and tulip greens are today paying the price a meteorological storm warning of fifteen to twenty centimeters of heavy wet snowI will not be shovellingAm at the moment supposedly studying for an Anthropology exam which takes place on Monday next. Am on cat duty since my sibling has taken herself to Toronto. It is not an onerou</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Sudbury/blog-711098.html</link>
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                    <title>Sharing Space</title>
                    <description>Since the middle of March a small 'flat' has been rented. After much cleaning scraping and scrubbing with SOS Comet Steel Wool and a Sharp Knife the little space is somewhat cleaner. If the carpet is as cleaned as the stove was a redo with super carpet cleaning machine will be required.'The Flat' is in a Presbytirian senior apartment complex of 178 units. Residence range in age from 58 to infi</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-593337.html</link>
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                    <title>La Habana 30 years later</title>
                    <description>First memories of Cuba originate with the ousting of Battista. Where I lived there was one TV station ...the CBC of oldSketchy photos and jubilant comments definitely not including speculations of Mafia control and gamboling money and buxom girating cabaret dancers were heard. Fidel Castro became my hero ... including Mao and Jomo Kenjatta. Oh how the mighty have fallen.   During the  the Bay of </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Cuba/Oeste/La-Habana/blog-529273.html</link>
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                    <title>Chrismas Markets  Weihnachtsmarkten I</title>
                    <description>Five Christmas Markets  Funf Weihnachtsmarkten ...part oneIt began in St. Petersburg. The trees were being erected ... artificial branches stuck into triangular shapes made of steel. In most squares and in front of churches and railroad stations men in cherry pickers could be seen creating these trees that would later be lit and decorated with cardboard cutouts of holiday decorations.On Nevsky P</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-464536.html</link>
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                    <title> St. Petersburg from a 160cm Vantage Point</title>
                    <description>Two major disasters occured in Russia during my  the 29 day stay in St. P.B. ... a colossal train wreck and a nightclub fire. Even though France is Paris and Paris is France St. Petersburg is not Russia. Small incidents which happened where I usually passed or stopped made it to the evening news. Although my visit was not reported I am filing a report on St. P.B.The centre St. P.B.is laid out lik</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Northwest/Saint-Petersburg/blog-458838.html</link>
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