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	<title>A Year in an American Life</title>
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		<title>Six Days in Helsinki</title>
		<link>http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/six-days-in-helsinki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Havis Amanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helsinki Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. L. Runeberg statue Helsinki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace and Friendship statute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saarinen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had never given much thought to visiting Helsinki until my friend Erica said she wanted to visit her daughter, Sophie, who is studying there. For some reason, I said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s go.&#8221; Even after she told me we would have &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/six-days-in-helsinki/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=1103&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Frutillar and Puerto Octay</title>
		<link>http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/frutillar-and-puerto-octay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frutillar Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Octay Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Espantapajaros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teatro del Lago Frutillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volcán Osorno]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we’re heading up the western shore of the lake to Frutillar and then to Puerto Octay for lunch. The day starts out cloudy and chilly. I don’t mind though because cooler temperatures are always better for running. It’s amazing &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/frutillar-and-puerto-octay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=1067&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day-Trip from Puerto Varas to Lago Todos Los Santos</title>
		<link>http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/day-trip-from-puerto-varas-to-lago-todos-los-santos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cafes in Puerto Varas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casa Puma Verde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lago Todos Los Santos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petrohue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peulla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Varas Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puntiagudo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio Petrohue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volcán Osorno]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The same glaciers that carved out Lago Llanquihue also gave us Todos Los Santos. Lying up against the border with Argentina, its name comes from the Catholic feast day of All Saints celebrated on November 1st, the day of its &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/day-trip-from-puerto-varas-to-lago-todos-los-santos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=1024&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Going To Chiloe</title>
		<link>http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/going-to-chiloe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ancud Chiloe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Castro Chiloe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chanel Chacao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiloe Chile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chiloe is a large island of pastures and woods just off the mainland southwest of Puerto Montt and across the Canal de Chacao. The channel is notoriously turbulent. Thirty years before we had experienced just how fierce it can be. &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/going-to-chiloe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=965&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lake Between Volcanoes</title>
		<link>http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/the-lake-between-volcanoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puerto Varas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volcán Calbuco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve fallen in love with this place, this lake between volcanoes in the south of this long skinny country with endless vistas of sea, desert, and mountains. The lake, called Llanquihue, covers more than 300 square miles and sits just &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/the-lake-between-volcanoes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=956&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown Santiago</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When in Santiago, I rarely go downtown, preferring to stay in my leafy neighborhood with vistas of la cordillera around me, but sometimes a trip down into the heart of this ever growing, ever changing city is necessary. The occasion &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/downtown-santiago/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=949&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Solstice Lunar Eclipse, Santiago, Chile</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t plan on seeing the first solstice lunar eclipse in 372 years. While having dinner with friends around 11PM we looked out from their 10th floor terrace towards the east to see the full moon hanging in the sky &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/summer-solstice-lunar-eclipse-santiago-chile/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=939&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Love New York City</title>
		<link>http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/i-love-new-york-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always loved New York. My first trip there was as a little kid in 1964. My father drove us down from Massachusetts to visit the World&#8217;s Fair in Queens. I&#8217;ll never forget that trip. The car ride was so &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/i-love-new-york-city/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=911&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the Alps &#8211; Twice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The First Crossing From Torino we drove to Aosta and up to the Great San Bernardo tunnel that took us across the Alps and into Martigny in Switzerland. As we left the city behind I thought about the larger-than-life figures &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/crossing-the-alps-twice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=882&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Torino &#8211; Turtles, street fashion, and chocolate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Slocum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had been on slumber&#8217;s edge for a long time patiently counting the rhythm of a waltz 1+ 2+ 3+ over and over, hoping the repetition would lull me to sleep. My poor brain was confused; it&#8217;s clock said two &#8230; <a href="http://americanslife.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/torino-turtles-street-fashion-and-chocolate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanslife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3033718&amp;post=863&amp;subd=americanslife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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