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delicious French bakery about 10 minutes from my apartment.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/road.jpg</image:loc><image:title>road</image:title><image:caption>A main road leading to my town.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-16T15:41:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sheilaburt.com/2013/11/09/transition-japan-coming-soon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p1180228.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1180228</image:title><image:caption>A man at a festival in Kanazawa, Japan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_1263.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_1263</image:title><image:caption>Kurashiki, Japan (倉敷市)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-09T22:21:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sheilaburt.com/2013/09/10/saying-goodbye/</loc><lastmod>2013-10-01T17:50:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sheilaburt.com/2013/10/01/a-farewell-to-japan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/20130930-160645.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20130930-160645.jpg</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-10-06T23:58:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sheilaburt.com/2013/08/31/sunset-journeys/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p1250909.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1250909</image:title><image:caption>Sunset over Futami Beach in Futami, 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(5)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title><image:caption>Garden in Ginkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (2)</image:title><image:caption>Orix Buffaloes baseball game at Kyocera Dome Osaka</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (3)</image:title><image:caption>Tokyo skyline from Mori Tower</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/photo-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo (4)</image:title><image:caption>Shibuya, Tokyo at sunset</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gion</image:title><image:caption>Gion District of Kyoto</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sakura.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sakura</image:title><image:caption>Sakura in Takaoka</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/deer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>deer</image:title><image:caption>Miyajima deer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sheilaburt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/miyajima.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miyajima</image:title><image:caption>Floating torii gate in 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