<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:04:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@martiawilson/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Paris in One Day (and Night)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So Thursday, August 22, 2019 was the day I had booked our tour of the Louvre. I was very pleasantly surprised to discover that the Louvre cost about the same as a ticket into the Parthenon in Nashville,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@martiawilson/paris-in-one-day-and-night</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@martiawilson/paris-in-one-day-and-night</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPQ4mimLdA8ZNP72uoxs25CSYo7QNDj2deRGAeVjWAqaF5eE2sQtZJdVQ64Mfvf7fRtxTR6muyx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paris,  Enfin!]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of our tour of NYC via car on August 18th, we found our way to Newark, New Jersey and its international airport just shy of 8 PM. 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You cruise the town in]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@martiawilson/new-york-city-in-1-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@martiawilson/new-york-city-in-1-day</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martiawilson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 22:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPEg86WRq5nm28qAXcSERpjHcGp3RWoPU584EuMjwSAxqEsBAGbZNVXw24ohRE3pk9YcLTLWjwC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knock, Knock...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello. I'm the stranger at your door. I'm not selling anything; like you, I've been sold----on the goodness, mercies, and constantly-unfurling love and wonders of following Christ Jesus. 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