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	<title>Mikhail's All-Star World Tour 2006</title>
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	<description>Conquering the world one city at a time</description>
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		<title>Family Album</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2006 18:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Yesterday we went bowling, then watched some Russian movies I brought from Seattle: &#8220;Antikiller&#8221; and &#8220;Antikiller 2&#8243; (thanks Peter for loaning them to me!). Hey Tuan, &#8220;Antikiller&#8221; is AK-47&#8217;s favorite action movie.
I took some pictures of my family with my replacement camera - I had it shipped to Des Moines to avoid sales tax. Hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couch-burning party</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I called up Aaron yesterday and he called me back with an invitation to a couch-burning party at his friend Nate&#8217;s place, just south of Des Moines. I met up with Aaron and Nick (we&#8217;d all gone to high school together), met their girlfriends, and we headed over. 
Driving up, we saw the couch in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Idling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m spending this week in Iowa with my family. The weather is nice, sunny in the 70s, so I wake up early and head straight for the deck where I can lounge in the sun, easing into the day. My pace is slower here: I seem to spend all my time eating and reading, doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Echoes of the trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it took me a few days to get readjusted to the Land of the Free. I&#8217;d been spending most of my time on random chores and laziness: surfing the net, catching up on music (Matisyahu, Arctic Monkeys, James Blunt), and reading (Freakonomics, The Psychology of Persuasion, Captain Alartiste). In sorting my huge pile of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in Seattle again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It felt like a long flight because I didn&#8217;t let myself sleep, hoping to avoid jet lag. Watched three movies on the plane (Good Night and Good Luck, Walk the Line, and Harry Potter IV). Also finished the second Foer book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - it was less funny but more moving than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copenhagen after all</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Denmark</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a good city to prepare myself for coming home. The weather is just like Seattle now: 55 F and overcast, occasionally drizzling, freezing after Barcelona. Came across some good sights and humorous homonyms - too bad I&#8217;ve no camera to capture them. To cope, I walked myself tired, translating bitter Russian song [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crime and punishment</title>
		<link>http://www.seregine.com/mikhail/2006worldtour/?p=64</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Spain</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was writing my last blog post last night, from an internet cafe, I was using my backpack as a footrest. When I was done writing, my footrest was gone. Lost: my diary, all pictures from the trip, and a number of expensive but insured and replaceable things like my camera, &#8220;backup&#8221; cash, books, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rambling down the ramblas</title>
		<link>http://www.seregine.com/mikhail/2006worldtour/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I almost wasn&#8217;t hung over this morning, since I had the presence of mind to drink two bottles of water last night. I didn&#8217;t have the presence of mind to avoid all pickpockets though - they just walk straight into you. So I learned my lesson and only had half a bottle of wine with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barcelona!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a freshman in college, Tuan (then my roommate) pointed out my penchant for making unwarranted generalizations. For the sake of nostalgia, I will now return to that habit. Amsterdam is a city that values common sense. Paris values elegance (a kind of beauty). Berlin values seriousness (duck! the flames are coming). Barcelona [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France is clingy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2006 22:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had to catch the 1:30 train to Barcelona, so I spent the morning soaking in Monmartre: wandered the streets, bought a baguette, cheese (bleu de Causses, I think), pate, and pastries, found a little secluded square (next to the Timhotel), and had myself a picnic with pigeons. Then I walked up the hill, stopping to [...]]]></description>
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