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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #14:  Paris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 14th and final entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
With 18 days in Europe starting in London, passing through the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium, it seemed fitting that Paris would be the final stop.  I arrived in Paris with 3+ days left, a fair amount of time to explore and eat my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benross.net/wordpress/eurotrip-destination-14-paris/2012/01/24/</link>
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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #13:  Leuven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 13th entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
Like Bruges and Ghent, Leuven is another easy daytrip from Brussels.  Only 20 minutes away, via trains which run multiple times per hour, Leuven is close enough that its many of its residents commute daily to Brussels and vice versa.






Leuven is home to Belgium&#8217;s largest student [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #12:  Ghent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 12th entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
Bruges is only an hour train ride outside of Brussels, and after an early morning start in Bruges, I found myself with some extra time in the afternoon.  Ghent, Belgium&#8217;s fourth largest city, is a stop along the Brussels-Bruges route, so I decided to stop off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benross.net/wordpress/eurotrip-destination-12-ghent/2011/12/29/</link>
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		<title>Ghost Town Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to take a quick break from the Europe Trip series to post this impromptu video I made yesterday.  As a Jew, every year Christmas brings an inevitable spell of  boredom and understimulation.  Since we abstain from celebrating the holiday, yet still live in a Christian country where offices, schools, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benross.net/wordpress/ghost-town-chicago/2011/12/26/</link>
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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #11:  Bruges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 11th entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
Located in the heart of Flanders (the Dutch speaking province of Belgium) Bruges is Belgium&#8217;s premiere tourist attraction, and along with Amsterdam, often referred to as the &#8220;Venice of the North.&#8221;






A major trading center in the 12th Century, Bruges today remains one of Europe&#8217;s most well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benross.net/wordpress/eurotrip-destination-11-bruges/2011/12/24/</link>
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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #10 Brussels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 10th entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
After 6 days in the UK and 4 in the Netherlands, the next country on the itinerary was Belgium, first stop:  Brussels.  As the capital of the EU, and located in the center of Europe&#8217;s densest transportation network, Brussels has played a prominent role in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benross.net/wordpress/eurotrip-destination-10-brussels/2011/11/22/</link>
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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #9:  Rotterdam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 9th entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
Without checking Wikipedia, what&#8217;s the largest port in Europe?  I didn&#8217;t know either until about two months ago, but it&#8217;s Rotterdam, the Netherlands&#8217; second largest city.  Also part of the Ranstad is a hop, skip, and a jump away from Amsterdam and Utrecht.






Rotterdam is an anomaly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benross.net/wordpress/eurotrip-destination-9-rotterdam/2011/11/18/</link>
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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #8:  Utrecht</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 8th entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
Utrecht is the Holland&#8217;s 4th largest city, and was the dark horse of my stay in the Netherlands. Part of the Randstad conurbation, Utrecht is a short, half hour train ride from Amsterdam Centraal.






Utrecht is known as the Netherlands&#8217; college town, but there&#8217;s more to this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benross.net/wordpress/eurotrip-destination-8-utrecht/2011/11/11/</link>
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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #7:  Amsterdam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 7th entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
The first place my feet touched down on the European continent was Amsterdam.  Once the center of the world&#8217;s first modern capitalist economy, Amsterdam of today is a bustling Old World metropolis, full of both culture and debauchery.






Amsterdam&#8217;s most defining feature is the ring of concentric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benross.net/wordpress/eurotrip-destination-7-amsterdam/2011/11/08/</link>
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		<title>Eurotrip Destination #6:  Manchester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the 6th entry from my 2011 Europe Trip.
The last stop in the UK, before heading to &#8220;Europe&#8221; was Manchester.  Home of the world&#8217;s most valuable sports team and a plethora of industrial history, Manchester is only a hop, skip, and a jump away from Leeds.






Manchester&#8217;s city centre is dense and compact, and built [...]]]></description>
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