<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Maryland</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/unitedstates/md?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><description>Maryland</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Baltimost]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A136-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A136-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A quest for the quirky superlatives of Baltimore, a city of firsts and lasts and bests and worsts.]]></description><author> Linton Weeks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hour Town]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2321-2004May4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2321-2004May4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's about 60 minutes to downtown Frederick from downtown D.C. But it feels farther away -- and longer ago.]]></description><author> Hannah Schardt</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baltimore Cruises Cut Back]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A400-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A400-2004Oct1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A year ago, Baltimore appeared poised to become a major player as a cruise line departure port. Five major lines -- Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Holland America, Celebrity and Norwegian -- had scheduled nearly 60 departures for 2004 from the city's Dundalk Marine Terminal. With a nearby international airport, a vibrant tourism scene and large regional population, the city seemed a natural fit as a departure point for cruises to Bermuda, Canada and the Caribbean.]]></description><author> Carol Sottili</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frederick Bridges, Uncovered]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36601-2004Jul8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36601-2004Jul8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the late 1800s, more than 20,000 covered bridges spanned the creeks and rivers of the country; now, fewer than 880 of these curious structures remain. Luckily, Washington area residents only have to journey to Frederick County to encounter three of them.]]></description><author> Patricia Weil Coates</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victorian Update]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15830-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15830-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<br>   B&B:  The Inn at Norwood, Sykesville, Md. -- 33 miles from the Beltway in Carroll County.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cliff-Hugging   On the Chesapeake]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15827-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15827-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[B&B:  The Cliff House in Prince Frederick, Md. -- 35 miles from the Beltway on the Chesapeake Bay.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Yourself at Home by the Bay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15831-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15831-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[B&B:  Queenstown Inn B&B, Queenstown, Md., about 48 miles from the Beltway in Queen Anne's County.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DETAILS Finding a B&B in Maryland and Virginia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15832-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15832-2004Jun4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Looking for a seaside B&B that's drenched in Victorian charm? A farmhouse where you could help with chores? Plenty of resources abound for finding the type of B&B that suits you.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Things to Do in . . . Annapolis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48018-2004Apr27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48018-2004Apr27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland's capital city has a lot more going for it than government.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the Manor Borrowed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33809-2004Jan21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33809-2004Jan21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A writer's penchant for 19th-century splendor is satisified in a Baltimore mansion.]]></description><author> Jennifer Barger</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baltimore,  Wrapped  In Mystery]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23346-2004Jan16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23346-2004Jan16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There's classic Baltimore: crab cakes, white marble stoops, the Orioles. There's quirky Baltimore: bouffant waitresses, John Waters, window-screen art. And then there's Laura Lippman's Baltimore, which contains all of the above, plus a few things you may not have heard about.]]></description><author> K.C. Summers</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reindeer Farm]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51201-2003Dec9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51201-2003Dec9.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Christmas trees, hot cocoa and reindeer feeding are on the agenda at Maryland's Applewood Farm.]]></description><author> Jackie Spinner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Mighty Have Fall]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1094-2003Nov4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1094-2003Nov4.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Presidents enjoy autumn in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. You can, too.]]></description><author> Tyler Currie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night and Bay]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25677-2003Sep30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25677-2003Sep30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ready to live on your 'own' sailboat for a few days? The Chesapeake in the fall is charter perfect.]]></description><author> Katherine Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the Wild Things Are]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27079-2003Oct14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27079-2003Oct14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For 100 years now, National Wildlife Refuges have been havens for traveling species -- not least, the Weekending Washingtonian.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Few Nights Without Power? Cool!]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55321-2003Sep23.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55321-2003Sep23.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At a 'treehouse' campground in Maryland, primitive is in.]]></description><author> Anne Farris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going, Going . . . Still Here]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62253-2003Jul15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62253-2003Jul15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Chesapeake is the greatest friend --  and foe -- of Maryland's tiny Smith Island.]]></description><author> Tyler Currie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mellowing Out at a Md. Farmhouse]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41393-2003Jun27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41393-2003Jun27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Standing in rain-soaked grass opposite a wire fence and a scruffy-looking sheep named Thomas, my boyfriend and I exchanged glances. This wasn't our idea of a perfect weekend getaway.]]></description><author> Renee Schettler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shell Game]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3283-2003Jun17.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3283-2003Jun17.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Crabbing is a Chesapeake rite of passage. But as a novice learns on a trip to Solomons Island, crabs don't always come through in a pinch.]]></description><author> Don Beaulieu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ride Hard, Sleep Well]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34656-2003Apr15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34656-2003Apr15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/unitedstates/md</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:20:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bicycling the C&O Canal in comfort: 185 Miles of strenuous riding, three nights in nice hotels instead of a cold tent floor.]]></description><author> Ellen Perlman</author></item></channel></rss>