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<title>C'est Si Bon! Healthy Eating in France</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In his book, French Lessons, best-selling author Peter Mayle writes that historically, the French have paid extraordinary attention to what they eat and how they eat it. He attributes two factors for this extraordinary trait; the gift of nature and the army of outstanding chefs. The outside world associates haute cuisine with the French, but can one actually eat healthy while in France? Indeed, yes. Let me show you what I mean.]]></description>
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<title>Boracay - Progress in Paradise</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An advantage of traveling on a domestic plane is the view from the clouds. I didn't realize it until the Cebu Pacific plane took off from the international airport in Pasay City, Philippines. Our journey to Boracay island began in the clouds]]></description>
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<title>Getting to Know Japan With Haikus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Being Catholic, I didn't realize that Mount Fuji was a sacred mountain for the Japanese who are mostly Buddhists. To them, Mount Fuji is the home of the great kami-sama or gods. They believe it is a mystical gateway between heaven and earth.]]></description>
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<title>Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree</title>
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<description><![CDATA[My timing was perfect, even if the place was not as I imagined. How could two cities be so different yet share something so distinct as to make them like sisters in a family? There was no doubt in my mind that it was the cherry blossoms that created the illusion before me  - an illusion of something Japanese, in a place as American as New York City.]]></description>
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<title>A Teenager in NZ</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:19:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some days are wacky, and teenagers just want to have fun. Every week, I get a chance to sample an international fare prepared by other foreign students at the hostel. Of course, there are chores to do everyday - cleaning up, throwing rubbish, laundry and cooking on weekends - aside from classes. This is my life at the boarding school, at Marlborough Girls' College in Blenheim, located in the South Island of New Zealand.]]></description>
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<title>A Graduate in NZ</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fate, like love, moves in mysterious ways. In the summer of 2000, I visited New Zealand for the first time as a tourist, fell in love with the country, and met someone special. Exactly a year later, I'm back again, but this time as a postgraduate student. Like Robert Frost, you could say that I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference in my life.]]></description>
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<title>Bali High</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I am writing this memoir from the perspective of a tourist from the Philippines. Before coming to Bali, I thought that Bali was another beach destination, like Boracay or Phuket. No, it seems that I was mistaken. Bali is much more than a beach. Let me show you.]]></description>
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<title>Close Encounter in Barcelona</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It happened so fast. We arrived in Barcelona Franca train station past 10 pm from Perpignan, France. Darkness had fallen and all the passengers headed quickly for the taxi stand at the exit of the station. Barcelona Franca station was deserted at that time of the night, and there was an air of nervousness among the tourists.]]></description>
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<title>Food Tripping in Barcelona</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:02:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What's Catalan cuisine like? A tourist visits a former motherland Spain and relishes the familiarity of Catalan cuisine with the food back home.]]></description>
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<title>Carcassonne Dreaming</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When Charlemagne stood before the gates of Carcassonne with his troops, the castle army existed of only one person, Madame Carcas. She gave the illusion that many men were still on the walls. When Charlemagne wanted to starve the castle, and Dame Carcas heard of his plans, she threw a pig over the wall, filled with sweet corn. This made Charlemagne believe that there was still enough food left, so he packed up and left. On the site of his retrieve, she triumphantly blew her horn (Carcas sonne)."]]></description>
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<title>Collioure Will Always Be Collioure</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In France there is no sky as blue as the one in Collioure...I just have to close the shutters of my room and I have all the colors of the Mediterranean before me. - Henri Mattise, French painter.  Matisse probably wrote this a century ago, when in 1905, he came with fellow artist Andre Derain to Collioure. Today, Collioure is attractive and inspiring as ever.]]></description>
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<title>NZ Cuisine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[New Zealand cuisine is culturally diverse - with European, Maori, Polynesian, Asian and Indian influences. It is a reflection of the country's multicultural society, geography and history. Kiwi barbecues - featuring NZ beef, lamb, pork sausage, and seafood - are a big part of the culture, and typify the relaxed, friendly and casual nature of the Kiwis.]]></description>
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<title>A Second Life</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When my Dad first visited Disneyland in Anaheim, California, he didn't expect to suffer a heart attack. Why, he didn't even know that his arteries were already blocked. He loved Disneyland like a kid. Indiana Jones' wild ride, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan, Mark Twain's Riverboat, Star Tours...you name it, he rode it.]]></description>
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<title>Road to the Blue Mountains in Australia</title>
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<description><![CDATA["We are in dreamtime. Go and resonate with nature. Whatever comes to you brings a message," our tour guide tells us. We are in a place called the Euroka Clearing, in the Blue Mountains National Park, Glenbrook, New South Wales, Australia.]]></description>
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<title>Discovering French Music in Paris</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We are en route by car to Paris from Giverny when our French driver/guide Patrick plays the songs of Edith Piaf, legendary chanteuse of France, from her latest album, Eternelle.    "My favorite song is Je ne regrette rien," says Patrick, "which means I regret nothing."    I nod my head in comprehension.]]></description>
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<title>Paris Fashion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Why are women crazy over designer brands? Is it psychological?]]></description>
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<title>See You in Paris</title>
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<description><![CDATA[What can a first time visitor expect to encounter in Paris, France? Here is my list which you can compare with yours...]]></description>
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<title>Lourdes - A Pilgrim's Visit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[No one comes to Lourdes by chance. You were called by our Lady. She has a message for you.]]></description>
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<title>Siam Magic</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:05:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the semi-darkness, a spotlight focused on a half-naked man with his back turned against us. He whipped up an ancient instrument and delivered several mighty blows to the gong. With successive blows, he beat faster and faster, and the sound echoed in our ears.]]></description>
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<title>A Pilgrim's Journey to Israel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The time is near. It is midnight as the El Al Israel plane touches down at the Ben Gurion airport amid the joyous singing of the Israelis on board. Shalom.]]></description>
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<title>Overseas Filipino Worker - Australian Style</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:04:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How is life as a foreign worker in Australia? A Filipino IT worker shares his true story.]]></description>
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<title>Confessions of a Leper</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:04:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Based on the true story of Roberto Abello Sr.  It happened on a semestral break in 1969. I was then studying Law at the Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines.]]></description>
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<title>Living and Studying in NZ</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:58:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[They were the largest muffins I had ever seen! Crusty tops, filled with blueberries, cherries, cream cheese or chocolate. We ate them with frothy steaming milk, sprinkled with cinnamon for breakfast.]]></description>
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<title>Sleepless in Rome</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:56:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mountains of cheese sit alongside of cheese-filled tortellini and spinach ravioli. Nearby are selections of fresh olives, mushrooms, pine nuts and cold meats like prosciutto and pancetta. Across the aisle, live seafood and poultry vie with fresh fruits and vegetables for attention.]]></description>
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