<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:45:11 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/contiki/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tijuana, Mexico, 1996]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was reading one of those coffee table bucket list books wondering about all the wonderful things where in Mexico and pondering whether we would ever get there. To be fair I was really not really reading]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@new.things/tijuana-mexico-1996</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@new.things/tijuana-mexico-1996</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[new.things]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:42:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHy2z6mpDfofRjmshkiUa4Yh1sdcCeWp63wF5gtot73mu2qTeSa4gSAfi271FY1gSLZZNMCN3YJztDTwp4sLd39rZLqgQvMm8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Austria 1991]]></title><description><![CDATA[Salzburg City with it's Cathedral and the Salzach river, my photo taken from the Castle.  My 1991 Contiki bus tour took us to a few different places in Austria. I struggled to remember lots of it until]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@new.things/austria-1991</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-184437/@new.things/austria-1991</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-184437]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[new.things]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 19:20:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHy2z6mpDfofRjmshkiUa4Yh1sdcCeWp63wF5gtot73mu2qTeSa3NPXL74eXEDXC1gJmuxJEBPTtzHJU6MJUDKtpPNReToLQN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contiki Europe 1991]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who is keen for 6 weeks on a bus around some of Europe's most famous sites I had backpacked my way across Asia to the United Kingdom where I had visited and stayed with some distant relatives. I was keen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@new.things/contiki-europe-1991</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@new.things/contiki-europe-1991</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[new.things]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:33:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHy2z6mpDfofRjmshkiUa4Yh1sdcCeWp63wF5gtot73mu2qMpD3TaXrRpqZhbo9ttAbP4NMmdqArx9em7oJJCygrJnTLXuPo4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I left my heart in Prague]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prague! The most incredible city I’ve been to and it definitely captured my heart. I just felt relaxed and at home in Prague. It’s such a beautiful place to be. I was lucky enough to spend two amazing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@fran.hardwicke/i-left-my-heart-in-prague</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@fran.hardwicke/i-left-my-heart-in-prague</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fran.hardwicke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:24:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCe8cbHsnkm9GfhpP4uVtMFf34VAihANEYmS9y2WKRe72Bn51bbUPWRtqk6Ut4fw2Njh6Crvry5oELp25x22cVsWabysjME5jhMcFvX1YAQGN2ThYNrm4Ez?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah Vienna!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Next stop on the Eurotrip - Vienna! Vienna was actually a pretty cool city. I found it very easy to get around and the culture was amazing. We went to a really cool but very old theme park, saw a opera]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fran.hardwicke/being-brave</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@fran.hardwicke/being-brave</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fran.hardwicke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:59:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdDC7yhm6CGeJ7Ue2j8HaSTTQ1ob2QMNUQryzko7rRpbcC4E5yeowkrLLJine1dhcaH93kTTTotE2LWki3ZuBC6WYaRitchfC3DhJdWybPuqRFf6DVYJAA6i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prost nach Munchen!! (Cheers to Munich!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back onto the Eurotripping bandwagon and the next stop, Munich. 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