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		<title>Benvenuto! Bienvenue! Welcome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salut, and welcome to UrbanTravelGirl, a blog featuring my thoughts on black women living globally through international travel. I&#8217;m a passionate believer in the ability of travel to not only transform the way we see the world, but ourselves.  As an African-American woman, I&#8217;ve developed an even stronger sense of who I am by visiting nearly 35 countries [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the words: a glimpse into a Travel journalist&#8217;s writing process</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you can see by the date of my last entry, it’s been a challenge to regularly write and post lately. With a full-time job and my freelance Travel writing, there always seems to be some deadline or priority competing for my time and attention. But I’m determined to get back to my regular conversations [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing like convening with fellow travelers to give your wanderlust a boost</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a freelance Travel writer who’s rarely on the road is like being a swimmer with limited access to a pool. A professional chef without a kitchen. A keyboardist who’s unable to get her hands on a piano or organ. You get the idea. And since I’m no longer living in Europe—or working as a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to travel under the Tuscan sun? SimpleItaly&#8217;s ‘Celebration of the Senses’ April tour is for you</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Dec 2013 17:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you UrbanTravelGirl readers know, Italy is near and dear to my heart. It’s the first place I lived abroad, and I’ll always look back fondly on the seven months I spent in romantic Renaissance Florence. I not only got to write incredible freelance Food and Travel stories during this time, but those assignments sometimes [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotels get female-friendly with women-only floors and amenities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 06:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a woman who used to travel solo for my work with a global corporation—and who’s done the same for pleasure to countries around the world—I’d try to plan my trips with an eye toward comfort and convenience. When traveling for work, I’d often stay in large, plush hotels that catered to their guests’ every [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on a return to France … this time with my dad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I’ve found is that the older I get, the more I appreciate the power of hindsight and reflection. Time often needs to march on before you can truly appreciate where you’ve been, what you’ve done—and how past experiences influence your life in the present. I returned to the United States nearly nine months ago (can’t believe [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving from one chapter to another … leaving France, returning home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When cleaning out a dresser drawer this week, I ran across my permesso di soggiorno per stranieri, or the Italian “Foreigners’ Permit of Stay” that became a prized possession during my time in Florence nearly 10 years ago. It allowed me to legally live in Italy and to work as a libero professionista, a freelance [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Give a fascinating glimpse of African-Americans in Paris for the holidays—or anytime</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where has the time flown, my UrbanTravelGirl friends? Merci beaucoup to those of you who missed hearing from me, wondered where I’ve been, and dropped me e-mails asking. I can’t believe that Christmas and New Year’s are nearly here, as it seems like just yesterday that I was excitedly preparing for my France adventure and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Living like a local’ on the road—and chatting about it on the air</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an American journalist who makes a living (such as it is) as a freelance Travel, Food and Lifestyles reporter based in France, I love sharing my words with as many readers as I can. And when a major U.S. radio station—one with a 50,000-watt signal that not only reaches 38 U.S. states and Canada [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>See the world … if only through a novel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bonjour et bonsoir, mes amis!! I know it’s been awhile since I’ve shared my French adventures, but all is well on this side of the Atlantic. I promise to update you shortly on my thoughts about spending my first full summer in France—and my ongoing adjustments to expat life. But in the meantime, UrbanTravelGirl is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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