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		<title>Pieces of Our Happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is dedicated to the people of the couchsurfing community who not only took the time to provide us accommodation, but also took the time to welcome us into their lives and just be there for us when we were lost.  At times, traveling can be a lonely experience (even as a couple), but it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://travelstainedlife.com/2010/09/06/pieces-of-our-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Things We Learned and Liked-Latvia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things we learned: Currency: Lat (1 Lat=$1.75 USD) Places Visited: Ventspils, Kolka, Riga Venspils (and Latvia in general) is a great place for families and recreational activities. Internet is everywhere including pay phones and bus stations. In Kolka, it seemed as if there were only 2 cafes/restaurants and 2 hotels.  Our advice is to skip [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://travelstainedlife.com/2010/08/23/things-we-learned-and-liked-latvia/</link>
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		<title>Ventspils Beach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our flight to Thailand was scheduled out of Riga in mid-July which meant that Latvia was officially the last country on our RTW trip.  In true travel fashion, we changed plans as we moved our way up Latvia&#8217;s coastline and decided to spend a few extra days in the seaside town of Ventspils instead of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://travelstainedlife.com/2010/08/15/venspils-beach/</link>
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		<title>Things We Learned and Liked-Lithuania</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things we learned: Currency: Lita (2.8 Lita=$1 USD) Places Visited: Vilnius, Klaipeda, Nida, Trakai Lithuanian trains get the reward for cleanest bathrooms ever.  Trains are very organized with seats and carriages assigned. Like most of Eastern Europe, Lithuanian food is very unhealthy, greasy, and buttery, but delicious. Check out Trakai castle for a nice day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://travelstainedlife.com/2010/07/27/things-we-learned-and-liked-lithuania/</link>
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		<title>Witnessing World Cup Fever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are Americans, and like a good chunk of our countrymen we know almost nothing about world football.  Deenaree and I can watch, but we very rarely do and have only fleeting knowledge of the various club systems through international news and people we have met along the way.  This was all destined to change&#8230;sort [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://travelstainedlife.com/2010/07/25/witnessing-world-cup-fever/</link>
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