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		<title>Spring is in the Air</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/04/04/spring-is-in-the-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Biking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring is definitely my favorite season. Everything just looks better; happier even. Going outside is fun again. Just give me a backpack with a bottle of water, sunglasses and some snacks and I&#8217;m good to go. Spring also happens to be the best time to explore the nature of the ...]]></description>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Like Skiing Anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/02/22/i-dont-like-skiing-anymore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my victorious words “I’m a skier now” I was planning to tell you a lot more exhilarating skiing stories. Instead, I have to share my failures. I don&#8217;t know if I will ever ski again&#8230;

Like most of Europe, Macedonia was caught in the grip of winter. First there was ...]]></description>
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		<title>Facing My Fears on the Slopes</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/02/08/facing-my-fears-on-the-slopes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been snow since the dawn of the new year. Boyfriend is itching to put his board on the roof of his car and drive off towards the mountains. Any mountain will do. But I&#8217;m scared. I make up excuses: “I just learned to ski last year. Maybe I&#8217;ve ...]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Mosque versus Süleymaniye Mosque</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/02/01/blue-mosque-versus-suleymaniye-mosque/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Istanbul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Why don&#8217;t you want to go to the Blue Mosque?” I ask my sister, who I am visiting in Istanbul. I think I already know the answer &#8211; she has been there many times during the half year she has lived here. But I get another, interesting answer instead&#8230;
“It smells ...]]></description>
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		<title>More Byzantine Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/01/30/more-byzantine-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Istanbul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I told you how we were introduced to the Byzantine Highlights in former Constantinople by taking a specially designed tour. During the first half of that tour, we saw the defensive stone walls that once circled Constantinople and the Panorama 1453 History Museum which shows the Ottomans conquering the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights from the Byzantium</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/01/25/highlights-from-the-byzantium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Istanbul, not Constantinople, the Canadian group The Four Lads sang to us in 1953, as did many others after them. But the history of Constantinople is what makes Istanbul so interesting.

According to legend, Byzantium was founded by a tribe from Greece led by their king Byzas around 660 BC. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Peek through Hagia Sophia</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/01/23/peek-through-hagia-sophia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Istanbul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only the beautiful interior of the Hagia Sophia is worth your attention.
Peeking through windows and other vistas can be just as rewarding.

With the blue mosque in the background
A view on the minarets of the Blue Mosque
Many small windows
Highlighted balcony inside Hagia Sophia
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		<title>Amazing Hagia Sophia</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/01/19/amazing-hagia-sophia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Istanbul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Lady, you dropped something!” I don&#8217;t look around, being fairly certain I didn&#8217;t drop anything. The voice of the Turkish man in his late twenties is filled with the melody of a boyish prank. Of course it&#8217;s just a trick to lure me into his tiny shop. But then he ...]]></description>
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		<title>Relaxing in Mövenpick Istanbul</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2012/01/12/relaxing-in-movenpick-hotel-istanbul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Travel writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a month-long travel writing break, I kick-off the new year by traveling to Istanbul, Turkey to visit my sister. I have the possibility to surf her short couch or sleep on the bedroom floor, but instead, I decide to look for a nice hotel, something affordable in a safe ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Wonders of Language</title>
		<link>http://www.travelinwords.com/2011/11/24/the-wonders-of-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How stunned I was when I heard kids my age speaking perfect English, whilst traveling through Britain with my parents.  Saying “How are you”, “One bread please” and “I don&#8217;t speak English” in a thick Dutch accent were probably the only things I was capable of.

I remember meeting some ...]]></description>
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