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one of the tour guides.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fullsizerender-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title><image:caption>Bavarian countryside from my train window.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/fullsizerender-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/slider1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>slider1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-06T17:56:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/10/22/last-days-in-germany/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4920.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>My great aunt's old Mercedes-Benz. Beautiful car.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4915.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Me and my Great Aunt Setona outside of her house in Germany. It was so nice getting to know her again.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4910.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>My delicious meal of wiener schnitzel and friends. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-06T17:53:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/10/16/of-champagne-and-macarons/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image34.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The most delicious things in the world: macarons.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image33.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image32.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>I couldn't quite handle the bubbly.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image31.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image30.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The interior of the cathedral.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image29.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A view of the back of the cathedral.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image28.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The incredible Notre Dame Cathedral in Reims.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-06T17:51:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/10/15/bonjour-luxembourg/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4686.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The intrepid explorers of castles.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-71.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Another view of the Chateau de Vianden.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-9.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The Chateau de Vianden, just north of Luxembourg City.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-61.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>My lunch of roast lamb and potatoes. Delicious and filling.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-31.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The Luxembourg flag flies in a well-manicured garden in Luxembourg City right by the l'Alzette River.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-24.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Street scene in central Luxembourg City.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fortress.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>Borrowed this from the interwebs. It's the Fortress of Luxembourg. This fortress has been reinforces many times over the centuries, but it once helped fortify Luxembourg against other countries who kept taking the country's independence.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View of Clausen, the older part of Luxembourg City. This picture was taken from the Fortress of Luxembourg.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/luxembourg-map.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>See that little purple dot between Belgium, France, and Germany? That's Luxembourg. Cute, huh?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-06T17:50:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/10/13/mittenwald/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image26.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Wiener schnitzel with pork, fries and cranberry sauce. Along with red wine, of course. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image25.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Cake and Dornfelder Halbtrocken wine. Perfection.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image24.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The scene of one of the main walking streets in Mittenwald.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image23.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The mountains around Mittenwald are so tall and majestic.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image22.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>One of the common seating areas in my hotel. All of the rooms were very pretty and cozy.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image21.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>My adorable little hotel room. It was so nice to be have some space to myself. Through the door is a little porch area with chairs. Perfect for reading and wine.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image20.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The outside of my hotel, the Alpenhotel Reiger.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-06T17:49:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/10/12/new-faces-places-and-beer/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image14.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>These Bavarian men were so funny and very well-dressed. I love the lederhosen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image13.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>I drank an entire liter of beer! I'm actually quite proud of myself. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image12.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Me and my lovely new friends from Japan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image11.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The raucous inside of the Hofbrauhaus.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image10.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The entrance to Hofbrauhaus in Munich.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image8.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The exterior of the Hofbrauhaus, the most famous beer hall in the world!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image7.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>This path of bronze stones honors those who chose to walk in this back alley way during the Nazi regime rather than walk along the main road where Nazis would force passerby to pay respects to a plaque memorializing Nazi "martyrs."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The new town hall in Marienplatz. The Glockenspiel is about halfway up the big tower in the middle.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-04-16T11:26:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/10/08/germany-day-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3044.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3044</image:title><image:caption>Statue honoring the unknown prisoners. "Honor the dead, but warn the living."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3043.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The original ovens used for cremation at Dachau.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3038.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A wrought-iron piece of art designed by a Dachau survivor.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3036.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Never again.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3029.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The words on the wall translate to "smoking is forbidden." While smoking wasn't that big of a deal to the Nazis, they put that message on the wall in the prisoner check-in room purely to anger the prisoners and assert their dominance.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3053.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The entrance to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3024.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>"Work will set you free."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>A butcher shop a few blocks from my hostel in Munich, Germany.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-06T17:42:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/10/09/austria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-14.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Pork roast with a giant dumpling and coleslaw, topped off with red wine.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-13.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Me in front of the Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-12.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Another view of Mirabell Gardens.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-111.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Me in front of the vine corridor Maria and the children ran through during "Do Re Mi."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-10.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>View of the gardens and the old Salzburg fortress in the background from the stairs.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The cute downtown area of Mondsee, Austria. The pink building on the right is where I had my apple strudel. Delicious!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-7.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>My delicious warm apple strudel with vanilla sauce.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-6.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The pipe organ at the back of the church.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fullsizerender-5.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The beautiful backdrop behind the altar.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4173.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>View from the front of the church.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-10-06T17:40:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/portfolio/photography/wildlife-pets/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sheep.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sheep</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/goat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>goat</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2c-hawk-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CLO - REd-tailed Hawk</image:title><image:caption>A juvenile red-tailed hawk rests on a fence post in Pullman on Aug. 2, 2013.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hanna-and-kosi1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hanna-and-Kosi1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2c-hawk-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CLO - REd-tailed Hawk</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-10T19:10:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/portfolio/photography/landscapes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/37.jpg</image:loc><image:title>37</image:title><image:caption>View from the Ptarmigan Tunnel in Glacier National Park, July 2015</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/28.jpg</image:loc><image:title>28</image:title><image:caption>The breathtaking view from  the Grinnell Glacier trail, Glacier National Park. July 2015</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/moscow-mountain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moscow Mountain</image:title><image:caption>Moscow Mountain in HDR, April 2015.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20</image:title><image:caption>Glacier National Park, July 2015</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/17.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/grinnell-lake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Grinnell Lake</image:title><image:caption>Grinnell Lake in Glacier National Park, July 2015.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-08T20:35:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2015/08/18/adulting-part-one/</loc><lastmod>2015-09-02T17:20:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2015/09/01/adulting-part-2-the-gray-area-of-being-20-something/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fullsizerender-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11232359_10153993520054112_8025490617773184276_n-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11232359_10153993520054112_8025490617773184276_n (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/screen-shot-2015-09-01-at-12-53-09-pm.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2015-09-01 at 12.53.09 PM</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image004</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/11917314_10207702963997013_1603525062_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11917314_10207702963997013_1603525062_n</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_5375.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5375</image:title><image:caption>Wearing matching Harry Potter sweaters with your friends. #Adulting</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2380.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2380</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_5874.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5874</image:title><image:caption>Drinking milkshakes with breakfast in Portland. #Adulting</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_4962.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4962</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_2276.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2276</image:title><image:caption>Having to take said cat to her first vet appointment in an empty Mike's Hard Lemonade box because I didn't have a carrier yet. #Adulting</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-02T17:19:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/07/22/my-new-mantra/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_2804.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Joy in the sky</image:title><image:caption>This is me skydiving on July 13, 2014 at Skydive Toledo in Toledo, WA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-25T21:47:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/07/25/when-adventures-go-awry/</loc><lastmod>2015-08-25T21:46:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/08/23/meeting-sean-astin/</loc><lastmod>2015-08-25T21:44:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/09/08/thunderbirds/</loc><lastmod>2015-08-25T21:43:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/09/29/preparing-for-germany-vorbereitung-fur-deutschland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/neuschwanstein_castle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neuschwanstein_castle</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-25T21:43:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2014/10/13/traveling-solo/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image27.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-25T21:35:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/2015/01/11/a-small-town-mourns/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/welcome_to_moscow_idaho.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moscow, Idaho</image:title><image:caption>This photo was taken from the Internet.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://meredithmetsker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/9957967_orig.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Welcome to Moscow Sign</image:title><image:caption>Photo taken from the Internet.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-08-25T21:32:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://meredithmetsker.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2025-04-16T11:26:05+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
