<?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 09:53:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/utrecht/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Another day in the hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[I went early this morning with my wife to the hospital for her cataract surgery . She got cateract as a result of her diabetic . We arrived as requested at 9:00 Am and had to wait until 10:30 AM before]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-14396/@stresskiller/another-day-in-the-hospital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-14396/@stresskiller/another-day-in-the-hospital</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-14396]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stresskiller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:51:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zpvpyaa1LR82a1z1KFFzCzCFkYVyDpVhiLr4Wv6GzQaFeGRjBCBBpuFeoExs8e8ev7tnfUX3KMeB3oxNC2kCii?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht, Netherlands.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I climbed up all the internal stairs of the Dom Tower more than 30 years ago. I am struggling to remember the details. 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