<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>...words by Melanie Kramers</title>
	<atom:link href="http://rentapen.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://rentapen.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>a collection of my freelance writing</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:00:07 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='rentapen.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>...words by Melanie Kramers</title>
		<link>http://rentapen.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://rentapen.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="...words by Melanie Kramers" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://rentapen.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Galápagos: the Hidden Side of the Enchanted Islands</title>
		<link>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/galapagos-the-hidden-side-of-the-enchanted-islands/</link>
		<comments>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/galapagos-the-hidden-side-of-the-enchanted-islands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rentapen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rentapen.wordpress.com/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All tourists to the Galápagos are familiar with the sad plight of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George. But many are shocked to learn that the hard-shelled last survivor of his race shares the Pacific island chain with 30,000 humans. There’s a tendency towards eco-outrage that people are permitted to inhabit a place of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rentapen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935958&amp;post=104&amp;subd=rentapen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2010/01/09/galapagos-the-hidden-side-of-the-enchanted-islands/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/46e2ee151c78adf554135acb05b15a19?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rentapen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Finland: the Ultimate Sauna</title>
		<link>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/finland-the-ultimate-sauna/</link>
		<comments>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/finland-the-ultimate-sauna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rentapen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rentapen.wordpress.com/?p=99</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m hunched naked on a low wooden stool inside a sooty cabin, experiencing my first traditional Finnish sauna. The post-sauna high, I’ve been assured, leaves you with a sense of ultimate wellbeing. It’s an idyllic setting that could be an advert for Scandinavian tourism, near Porvoo, a short drive east from Helsinki. The sauna house [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rentapen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935958&amp;post=99&amp;subd=rentapen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/finland-the-ultimate-sauna/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/46e2ee151c78adf554135acb05b15a19?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rentapen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Homeless Not Helpless: Changing Lives in Buenos Aires</title>
		<link>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/homeless-not-helpless-changing-lives-in-buenos-aires/</link>
		<comments>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/homeless-not-helpless-changing-lives-in-buenos-aires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rentapen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rentapen.wordpress.com/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[‘Gordon Brown seems to be in trouble, doesn’t he?’, remarks Eduardo, a politely spoken Argentinian. Not such a surprising comment if the conversation was taking place in an office or pub in England, but I’m in Buenos Aires, and the well-informed man I’m chatting to about the current hot topic in British politics is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rentapen.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7935958&amp;post=90&amp;subd=rentapen&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rentapen.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/homeless-not-helpless-changing-lives-in-buenos-aires/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/46e2ee151c78adf554135acb05b15a19?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rentapen</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rentapen.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/david-in-hba-office1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">David in HBA office</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rentapen.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/back-copies-of-hba2.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">back copies of HBA</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rentapen.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hba-cafe-thought-for-the-day1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">HBA cafe - thought for the day</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
