<?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[TheTravelingTraylors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thetravelingtraylors]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:37:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Portsmouth, UK visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unfortunaltely, I can't share photos anymore due to a lack of free storage. Please see my Facebook account for those. 	Taking a ferry...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/portsmouth-uk-visit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6735fdfbd88d3490618294bb</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:42:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western France]]></title><description><![CDATA[Western France 	As fun as Paris has been, it's time to move on. From here, we travel to Caen. We've packed and organized our bags and...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/western-france</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67292488161fbe1bcadbde2d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:44:20 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our visit to Paris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arriving in a new, big city can be intimidating but exciting. As we get closer to Paris, the traffic gets busier, the buildings become...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/our-visit-to-paris</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67014817da6472905c9f3e77</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 18:55:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30b249_d60500740add482f96ae7f27025b7ebe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_908,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eastern France]]></title><description><![CDATA[While sitting on the train, I realized how similar the scenery was to the area where I grew up. Since the roots of my last name go back...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/eastern-france</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66c330e6c019ceb37727233e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:04:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finishing up Switzerland and a touch of Germany.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We will celebrate my middle son's 13th birthday in Switzerland. He said all he wants to do is go climbing. My wife and I have been...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/finishing-up-switzerland-and-a-touch-of-germany</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a231c8d509000f3d2826cf</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:22:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30b249_a4479db857fa46ea92cc5a415a4d533b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Switzerland Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[The whole bus debacle really cost us. We had to pay for more bus tickets for the later bus, move our rental car pick up to another...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/switzerland-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66953716c7da78343e662ef0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30b249_6abab9d9057b4e6c9b87448658771117~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verona and Venice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our following destinations while in Italy are Verona and Venice. We left a little late from our Bologna place and had to hurry to the...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/verona-and-venice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66883ec7b7b39f4fcaa90899</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 19:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30b249_5295c0ebdea041dd9c62802d0ab2f3f8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florence and Bologna]]></title><description><![CDATA[Florence is our next stop, and it is a several-step process to get there. We walk to the metro station and take a metro train to a bus...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/florence-and-bologna</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667c2cb65d079356dc6cbe80</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:08:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30b249_a44e5e83637f4381abf6e3f09c9f8f7e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_787,h_819,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: We visited places where pictures were not allowed, so I included photos from the internet here. From Naples, our travels took...]]></description><link>https://travelingtraylors.wixsite.com/travelingtraylors/post/italy-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6672ed04b03c8ef366e7ea9d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:08:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/30b249_45b57e2dac3a4076ba6f4e10e92cb4d7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_806,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nick T</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time to explore Italy]]></title><description><![CDATA[We arrived in Brindisi about 6:30 AM. The early morning was foggy, and we couldn't see much of the town from the ship. 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