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Look close and you can see bullet holes in the pillar behind her.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/395.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Irish Dance</image:title><image:caption>Miss Lara and the Minooka kids spent an evening in Blarney learning some Irish dance moves.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/760.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ireland</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Doerr encouraged the students to actually touch history.  Mr. Curtis encouraged hand sanitizer.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lara-4661.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cobh</image:title><image:caption>Along the seaside in Cobh, near a statue of an Irish woman named Annie who was taking her children to America to start anew, Mrs. Harig discussed the Irish Potato Famine with the kids.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/932.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Drumcliffe, Ireland</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Curtis and Lorna share a poem by WB Yeats with the students.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/img_0816_02131.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0816_0213</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Curtis, Mr. Doerr, Miss Filetti, Mrs. Harig, and Miss Lara meet with some Irish musicians after the show in Killarney, Ireland in March of 2010.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-15T03:53:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/faq/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/spainportugal-2011-319.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SpainPortugal 2011 319</image:title><image:caption>Minooka students in La Mancha, Spain, standing next to the windmills that Don Quixote mistook for giants.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lara-357.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blarney</image:title><image:caption>Lorna, our tour guide, taught us some Irish dancing basics one night.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/100_4652-e1294670895358.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Venice</image:title><image:caption>In St. Mark's Square in Venice, one Minooka student shared his lunch.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/100_4758.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Assisi</image:title><image:caption>Sometimes our hotels are a little unusual.  This one, in Assisi, Italy, was built inside the medieval city walls.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lara-70.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lara (70)</image:title><image:caption>Our Irish tour guide Lorna swung from our kids' arms to show them how strong a building built with flying buttresses would be.  The kids learned about Gothic Architechture and spent the rest of the trip with a great new mock insult - "No, you're a flying buttress!"</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/73296_450937149171_842474171_5133495_5329984_n1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mykonos</image:title><image:caption>A few Minooka kids wanted to take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea when we stopped at the island of Mykonos during our Greek adventure.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/lara-412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lara (412)</image:title><image:caption>It was close quarters in the caves beneath Blarney Castle in Ireland, but the girls managed to line up for a picture.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dvc00603.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rhodes</image:title><image:caption>Minooka girls explored Rhodes Castle, eventually finding a secret passage from the dungeon out into the castle moat.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/6921.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dun Gwire</image:title><image:caption>In 2010 we visited Castle Dunguaire near Galway, Ireland.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/100_1726.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Berlin2</image:title><image:caption>Exploring Berlin on the first night ever for TAP.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-15T03:48:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/920.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sligo</image:title><image:caption>WB Yeats took a second out of his busy schedule to pose for a pic with some Minooka girls.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/italy7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Venice</image:title><image:caption>The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy was the perfect photo op.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/71826_451252604588_838839588_5111928_7997613_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Esephus</image:title><image:caption>A few Minooka boys were lost in thought in the ruins of Esephus, Turkey.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/100_1787.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Berlin Wall</image:title><image:caption>The grown ups pose for a picture in front of the Berlin Wall during TAP's first trip.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-15T03:19:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-movies/november-movie-of-the-month/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-17T22:40:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-documents/group-leaders/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-13T16:59:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-documents/documents-for-other-group-leaders/</loc><lastmod>2015-10-13T16:54:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-movies/musketeers/</loc><lastmod>2016-03-04T00:21:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-movies/frenchrevolution/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-15T19:34:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/08/06/joan-of-arc-taps-movie-of-the-month-for-august-2015/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3140.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3140</image:title><image:caption>This statue of Joan of Arc is on display in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.  If you decide to visit the inside of the cathedral while we're in Paris, you'll surely see it.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6327.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6327</image:title><image:caption>This bust is of Charles VII.  Located in the Basilica of St. Denis in Paris, the bust is in the main part of the church, while Charles VII's grave is directly beneath the marker in the crypts below the church.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_9392.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9392</image:title><image:caption>I got this picture of Charles VI's grave last week in Paris.  This one is also located in the Basilica of St. Denis.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_42091.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4209</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7418.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7418</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_4209.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4209</image:title><image:caption>This is the final resting place of Charles V of France in the Basilica of St. Denis in Paris.  Mr. Curtis took this picture during his visit there last week.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-25T20:57:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/07/01/asterix-the-gaul-taps-movie-of-the-month-for-july-2015/</loc><lastmod>2015-08-30T23:24:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/06/01/midnight-in-paris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/midnight-in-paris-movie-poster-2011-1020695872.jpg</image:loc><image:title>midnight-in-paris-movie-poster-2011-1020695872</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lautrec-degas-gauguin.png</image:loc><image:title>Lautrec Degas Gauguin</image:title><image:caption>Near the end of the movie, Gil meets Vincent Menjou Cortes as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec,  François Rostain as 
Edgar Degas, and  
Olivier Rabourdin as  
Paul Gauguin. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bunuel.png</image:loc><image:title>Bunuel</image:title><image:caption>Adrien de Van and filmmaker Luis Buñuel.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/djuna.png</image:loc><image:title>Djuna</image:title><image:caption>Actress Emmanuelle Uzan (we couldn't find a good picture of her in the movie) and the real Djuna Barnes.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/matisse.png</image:loc><image:title>Matisse</image:title><image:caption>Apparently Henry Matisse is blurry in real life and in film.  On the left is actor Yves-Antoine Spoto, on the right the real Matisse.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/beach-and-joyce-at-sandco.png</image:loc><image:title>Beach and Joyce at SandCo</image:title><image:caption>Shop owner Sylvia Beach and writer James Joyce in the doorway of the original Shakespeare and Co. bookstore in Paris.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/eliot.png</image:loc><image:title>Eliot</image:title><image:caption>Actor David Lowe and poet T.S. 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You saw the tail end of this in Sarafina!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sa-wwii.png</image:loc><image:title>SA WWII</image:title><image:caption>South African soldiers in WWII had all the other Allied forces jealous of their short pants.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/power-of-one.jpg</image:loc><image:title>power of one</image:title><image:caption>One of my all-time favorite books.  Strangely, though, there are no airplanes in the book at all.  Very odd choice for the cover.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/morgan.png</image:loc><image:title>Morgan</image:title><image:caption>Red Redding + Nelson Mandela + Scrap Iron Dupris = Gaal Piet</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/power-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Power 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/power-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Power 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-07T00:00:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/05/01/musical-south-africa/</loc><lastmod>2015-06-05T00:34:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tapopedia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/tapopedia21.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TAPopedia2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/tapopedia2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TAPopedia</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-10T12:12:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/04/03/invictus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mv5bnjmwodgxntkznv5bml5banbnxkftztcwodg5odmwmw-_v1_sx640_sy720_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MV5BNjMwODgxNTkzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODg5ODMwMw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_</image:title><image:caption>Francois Pienaar, Morgan Freeman, Clint Eastwood, and itty-bitty Matt Damon.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mandela-y-morgan-freeman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mandela y Morgan Freeman</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/invictus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>invictus</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-16T21:34:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/03/19/the-harig-hodgepodge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hodgepodge.png</image:loc><image:title>hodgepodge</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-10T23:20:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/03/17/japanese-fast-food/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/domdom28.jpg</image:loc><image:title>domdom28</image:title><image:caption>Domdom Burgers are not necessarily better in bulk.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/freshness-burger.jpg</image:loc><image:title>freshness burger</image:title><image:caption>The most for pleasant thing about the Freshness Burger was that it actually did look like the advertising picture.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fakkin.png</image:loc><image:title>fakkin</image:title><image:caption>It was Fakkin gross.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mos-burger.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MOS burger</image:title><image:caption>It did actually look pretty close to this, then you took a bite and it exploded and looked more like soup than sandwich.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/mos-burger-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mos-burger-2</image:title><image:caption>Just like at home, the real Mos Burger did not quite look like the picture.  This makes it appear more like a sandwich, where as the real thing resembled a chunky soup.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-05T14:07:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/03/04/hugenberg/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric24.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric24</image:title><image:caption>The view from the top of Monte Solaro in Capri.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric23.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric23</image:title><image:caption>What's left of Pompeii, Italy, with Mt. Vesuvius looming in the background.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric22.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric22</image:title><image:caption>The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, where we took our gondola ride.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric21.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric21</image:title><image:caption>The view from the Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi in Assisi, Italy.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric20.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric20</image:title><image:caption>A statue of Juliet in courtyard of her home in Verona, Italy.  Directly above her on the right is the famous balcony.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric19.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric19</image:title><image:caption>Believe it or not, the Leaning Tower is only the third coolest building in Pisa.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric18.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric18</image:title><image:caption>A view of Florence, Italy from above. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric17.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric17</image:title><image:caption>Trevi Fountain in the heart of Rome. Legend says that if you toss a coin over your shoulder and it lands in the fountain, someday you'll return to Rome.  The first time Mr. Curtis was in Rome, he made it into the fountain and returned.  The last time, he tossed the coin and it hit some guy in the face.  I don't think he's allowed in Rome anymore.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric16.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric16</image:title><image:caption>The Colosseum in Rome, Italy.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/eric15.png</image:loc><image:title>Eric15</image:title><image:caption>Pointy building in Paris.  I can't remember the name of it.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-21T23:34:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/03/01/crazy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gods_must_be_crazy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gods_must_be_crazy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fire-rhino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fire rhino</image:title><image:caption>Nothing has ever been more awesome.  Nothing.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-07T17:00:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/02/24/architecture/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kasteel_van_goede_hoop_binnenkant_hoofdingang.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kasteel_van_Goede_Hoop_binnenkant_hoofdingang</image:title><image:caption>Yazmine says the Castle of Good Hope (second oldest building in South Africa) is a Cape Dutch design.  What do you think?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/standard-bank-s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Standard-Bank-s</image:title><image:caption>Standard Bank building in Cape Town.  Jordan says, "This building is of Anglo-Saxon design, as shown by its brick structure, similarities to Romanesque buildings, and its big design. It’s similar to Romanesque because of its semi-round arches on some windows, thick walls, and symmetrical design. It is set apart from Romanesque of its brick composition and narrow windows."  What do you all think?
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ireland-dublin-castle_107167-1440x900.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ireland-dublin-castle_107167-1440x900</image:title><image:caption>How many different architectural styles can you find in Dublin Castle?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-09T02:06:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/02/02/zulu/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bromhead-and-chard.png</image:loc><image:title>bromhead and chard</image:title><image:caption>Actors Michael Cain and Stanley Baker on top, with the real Lt. Bromhead and Lt. Chard on the bottom.  As we said, there were some historical inaccuracies in the movie, and the lack of awesome moustaches is the least forgivable change.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/caine.png</image:loc><image:title>Caine</image:title><image:caption>The many faces of Michael Cain.  Lt. Bromhead in Zulu, Alfred in The Dark Knight, and Finn McMissile in Cars 2.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-10T20:00:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/01/28/our-visit-to-auschwitz/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/guide-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guide 3</image:title><image:caption>You almost didn't know what to do with yourself.  Sometimes you needed to stop listening and stare off into space or take a picture just to get a break.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/guide-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guide 2</image:title><image:caption>Before entering the buildings, the guide explained to us the layout of the camp.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/guide.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guide</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bathrooms.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bathrooms</image:title><image:caption>Our guide led us through several different areas of the camp.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fence-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fence 2</image:title><image:caption>There's some sort of twisted beauty to this picture.  Green fields, puffy white clouds, bright blue skies, and those awful fences.  There's some sort of metaphor here, but I can't find it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fence.jpg</image:loc><image:title>fence</image:title><image:caption>Escape wasn't possible.  Fence after fence kept you in.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tracks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tracks</image:title><image:caption>The tracks leading up to Auschwitz's main building.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gates.jpg</image:loc><image:title>gates</image:title><image:caption>As we walked through the gates of Auschwitz, someone remarked that 70 years ago, people walking in didn't walk out.  That set the tone for the whole day.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-12T03:59:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/01/27/the-problem-with-poaching/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/rhino.jpg</image:loc><image:title>rhino</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-07T12:01:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2015/01/03/sarafina/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sarafina1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sarafina</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sarafina.jpg</image:loc><image:title>sarafina</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/697cd-tiger-ingwe-1975-covers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>697cd-tiger-ingwe-1975-covers</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-05T21:45:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/12/19/the-league-of-extraordinary-south-africans/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/the_league_of_extraordinary_gentlemen_1280x1024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the_league_of_extraordinary_gentlemen_1280x1024</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/599ae-the_league_of_extraordinary_gentlemen_1280x1024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>599ae-the_league_of_extraordinary_gentlemen_1280x1024</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/zinzi1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zinzi</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/giraffe.jpg</image:loc><image:title>giraffe</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mightyman5b1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MightyMan5b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jockofthebushveld1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jockofthebushveld</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/zinzi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zinzi</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/mightyman5b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MightyMan5b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jockofthebushveld.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jockofthebushveld</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/waku_earth-616_0001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waku_(Earth-616)_0001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-12T05:44:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/12/05/jock/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/jock-movie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>jock movie</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/14dcf-kudu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14dcf-kudu</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-28T18:08:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/12/12/the-most-kissed/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo.png</image:loc><image:title>photo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-12T22:19:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/11/25/culinary-safari/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/91ea8-south-african-bobotie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>91ea8-south-african-bobotie</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/d2775-boerewors3.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>d2775-boerewors3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title><image:caption>I couldn't find Piri Piri sauce at the grocery store, but I found it in the gift shop at the Brookfield Zoo.  As odd as that is, it was even weirder that it was in the gift shop near the North American animals, far far away from Rhinos, Lions, or Zebras.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-03-24T12:08:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/11/14/tsotsi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/tsotsi_ver4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tsotsi_ver4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-09T22:53:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/01/10/seven-wonders-of-the-world-whos-coming-with-me/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/paris10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paris10</image:title><image:caption>Seriously?  It's not on any of these lists?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/7-wonders.jpg</image:loc><image:title>7 wonders</image:title><image:caption>Okay, so Google Maps didn't want to cooperate with the lettering, but start in Canada, move to "A" in Norway, then follow through the alphabet.  After Africa, the lettering starts over again in South America.  You get the idea.  If you don't, you can't come with.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tap-map-2.png</image:loc><image:title>TAP Map 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pisa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pisa</image:title><image:caption>There's some TAP students at one of the Wonders - The Leaning Tower of Pisa.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stonehenge2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stonehenge2</image:title><image:caption>There's me at another of the Forty-One Wonders of the World.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photobomb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photobomb</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Curtis at one of the Seven Wonders of the World.  Yes, he's there.  Look closely.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-12T00:51:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/11/03/in-2016-minooka-tap-is-headed-to-amsterdam-normandy-and-paris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/luxembourg-castle-jpg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>A castle in Luxembourg.  If you want to explore this place, be sure to have your application done by the deadline.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/amsterdam-netherlands.jpg</image:loc><image:title>amsterdam-netherlands</image:title><image:caption>The Canals of Amsterdam.  This will be one of our first stops in 2016.  Are you going to be on the boat with us?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/paris1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>paris1</image:title><image:caption>Yes! After nine years of traveling the globe, TAP finally gets to see this!   Do you want to be there with us?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-12-05T18:34:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/10/23/welcome-oswego-east-students/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wolf_logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>wolf_logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-23T19:49:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/south-africa-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>South Africa TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/central-europe-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>Central Europe TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/england-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>England TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/japan-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>Japan TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/spain-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>Spain TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ireland-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>Ireland TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/italy-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>Italy TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/greece-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>Greece TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/germany-tap-logo1.png</image:loc><image:title>Germany TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/germany-tap-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>Germany TAP Logo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-10-22T15:49:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/10/21/district-9-taps-movie-of-the-month-for-october-2014/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/district_9_movie_poster14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>district_9_movie_poster14</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-08T01:14:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2014/09/23/let-the-game-begin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2016-clue-1-words.png</image:loc><image:title>2016 Clue 1 words</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-09-23T19:20:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2013/12/27/mrs-harigs-favorites/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture8.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture8</image:title><image:caption>The inside of The Colosseum - You can almost hear Russell Crowe riling up the crowd.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture71.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture7</image:title><image:caption>We're going to go ahead and say that Mrs. Harig is a pretty darn good photographer.  The Colosseum is a pretty good subject to photograph, though.   </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-27T15:43:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/mr-curtis-goes-to-beijing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1471830_10152060716189122_2033916693_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1471830_10152060716189122_2033916693_n</image:title><image:caption>Nate (a teacher from South Dakota) and I rode around the Hutong District in style - a rickshaw.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1441219_10152060714404122_1667590784_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1441219_10152060714404122_1667590784_n</image:title><image:caption>Some of the American teachers in the Hutong District in Beijing.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1004546_10101889920665640_1814347764_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1004546_10101889920665640_1814347764_n</image:title><image:caption>Me and my new friend Rebecca (a teacher from Hawaii) at the Great Wall.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/604002_10152060311549122_1705973346_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>604002_10152060311549122_1705973346_n</image:title><image:caption>That's me at the Great Wall.  Yes, I'm there... you just have to look closely for me.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/993465_952326238979_649815725_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>993465_952326238979_649815725_n</image:title><image:caption>The whole gang at the Great Wall.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1391694_10200905355142463_772364534_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1391694_10200905355142463_772364534_n</image:title><image:caption>This is me with the EF staff at Tienanmen Square (you can see the Forbidden city in the background).  I was not told that I was supposed to flail my arms about - now I look silly jumping, and I look silly for not looking silly enough.   </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-17T15:40:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2013/12/12/best-thing-i-ate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/david.png</image:loc><image:title>David</image:title><image:caption>There are plenty of amazing sites to see in Florence, but all we could think about was arista.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-07T03:26:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/england-2013/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/robin-hood.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robin Hood</image:title><image:caption>Some of us really got into the idea of playing Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sherlock.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sherlock</image:title><image:caption>Outside 221b Baker Street, you could dress up like Holmes and Watson.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/stonehenge.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stonehenge</image:title><image:caption>Stonehenge was one of our favorite things on the whole trip.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/guard-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>guard 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/group.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Group</image:title><image:caption>The TAP gang hanging out in front of the Tower of London.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-10T14:49:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2013/12/05/miss-laras-favorites/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture5.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture5</image:title><image:caption>Keep Calm and Carry On. This picture is the epitome of London and it makes me smile. The iconic red double-decker 

bus with London’s clock Big Ben/Clock Tower in the background.

London, England.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture6.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture6</image:title><image:caption>This photo was taken in the city of Hiroshima in Japan. At Peace Memorial Park, you see brightly colored paper cranes 

everywhere folded by people all over the world as a wish for peace. Words can’t describe the feeling that comes over 

you when you walk into this park and see the memorials and the atomic bomb dome. Unreal.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture3.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture3</image:title><image:caption>This photo was taken on TAP’s Spain/Portugal trip; however, this picture was taken in Gibraltar. I think this took all TAP 
travelers by surprise – this doesn’t even happen at the zoo! Needless to say this trip had a ton of bizarre experiences!

Rock of Gibraltar, Gibraltar.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture4.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture4</image:title><image:caption>This is one of favorite pictures from Ireland. It pretty much sums up the trip – fun! Where else would you get to climb up the side of a castle and have a photo shoot!?!? 

Ross Castle, Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture21.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture2</image:title><image:caption>There’s nothing like sneaking a photo when it is forbidden in one of the best known chapel in the Vatican City (that’s

why it’s a bit blurry). This picture does not do the celling of the Sistine Chapel justice. Can you imagine Michelangelo 

spending four years painting this work of art? 

Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Italy.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-07T01:51:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/mr-curtis-goes-to-paris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/paris8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paris8</image:title><image:caption>No hunchback sightings at Notre Dame, but I did see a squirrel with a limp - does that count?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/paris9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paris9</image:title><image:caption>I took this one out the bus window as we took a driving tour around Paris.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/paris2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paris2</image:title><image:caption>Mr. C takes a romantic bike ride through Paris.  Alone.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/paris.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paris</image:title><image:caption>Mr. C in Paris with his friends from EF Tours.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-03T00:10:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2013/11/21/ghost-town/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/semper.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Semper</image:title><image:caption>Left: Semper Opera House 1897
Middle: A big hole where Semper Opera House used to be - 1945
Right: Semper Opera House today</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/zwinger.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zwinger</image:title><image:caption>Top: Zwinger Palace today.
Bottom: Zwinger Palace in the early 1900s.  
Missing: Zwinger Palace in the spring of 1945, because it was gone.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/frauenkirche.png</image:loc><image:title>Frauenkirche</image:title><image:caption>Frauenkirche
Left: 1891
Middle: 1945
Right: 2013</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-04T04:25:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2013/11/29/accidentally/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/buckingham.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Buckingham</image:title><image:caption>Surprisingly not visible in this picture - some incredibly stylish and grippy mittens. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/big-ben.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Big Ben</image:title><image:caption>What doesn't show up in this picture is the fact that it was taken without the use of thumbs.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-12-07T01:52:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/greece-2008/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mykonos.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mykonos</image:title><image:caption>TAP's second trip was led by Miss Massey, Mrs. Harig, Mr. Curtis, Mrs. McKerrow, and Miss Hanley</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-29T16:00:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-tv/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-29T02:49:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/japan-2012/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture13.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture13</image:title><image:caption>Saumrai Doerr and his ronin friends.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture11.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture11</image:title><image:caption>Go Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks!!!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture2.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture2</image:title><image:caption>The whole group enjoyed a day alongside the volcano.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture12.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture12</image:title><image:caption>Minooka boys in traditional robes at the ryokan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/548635_259214080850448_1773893724_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>548635_259214080850448_1773893724_n</image:title><image:caption>Minooka boys enjoying their first taste of a strange Japanese drink - it was delicious, by the way.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture1.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture1</image:title><image:caption>Minooka girls in a Shinto shrine in Tokyo.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-27T17:25:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/spain-and-portugal-2011/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture7.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture15.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture15</image:title><image:caption>Minooka kids enjoyed a View of Toledo.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture24.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture24</image:title><image:caption>Miss Filetti and the girls showed off their Spanish fans.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture10.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture10</image:title><image:caption>Josh made friends everywhere he went, even in Gibraltar.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/picture25.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture25</image:title><image:caption>A view of Lisbon from atop the elevator.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/spainportugal-2011-319.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SpainPortugal 2011 319</image:title><image:caption>Our Spain group just after they attacked a completely innocent windmill.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-26T16:04:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/06/29/brittanys-view-of-toledo/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/brittany.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Brittany</image:title><image:caption>Brittany's View of Toledo.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-26T15:44:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/07/22/tara-looks-at-the-tajo/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/100_5129.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_5129</image:title><image:caption>We strolled by the place where Hemingway lived and wrote.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/taras-ronda.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tara's Ronda</image:title><image:caption>We promise, Tara kept both feet on the groud as she leaned over to take this shot.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-26T15:39:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/ireland-2010/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/653.jpg</image:loc><image:title>653</image:title><image:caption>Minooka kids sporting are awesome TAP shirts in front of Bunratty Castle.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/275.jpg</image:loc><image:title>275</image:title><image:caption>The dungeons of Blarney Castle.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ireland-141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ireland 141</image:title><image:caption>We learned about the life of Irish writer Oscar Wilde while standing across the street from his house.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lara-274.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lara (274)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-26T01:17:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/italy-2009/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/vesuvius.png</image:loc><image:title>Vesuvius</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Curtis and his parents at the top of Mt. Vesuvius.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/italy9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>italy9</image:title><image:caption>The whole Italy group just after leaving Assisi.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/duomo.png</image:loc><image:title>Duomo</image:title><image:caption>Florence is still one of my all time favorite TAP visits.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sistine.png</image:loc><image:title>Sistine</image:title><image:caption>Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/forum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forum</image:title><image:caption>The 2009 crew of TAP teachers.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-21T20:24:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-mentors/</loc><lastmod>2013-11-19T01:58:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-trips/germany-2007/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/100_1784.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_1784</image:title><image:caption>Minooka kids at the Berlin Wall during spri.ng break 2007</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/semper-group.png</image:loc><image:title>Semper Group</image:title><image:caption>The first group of TAP students outside Semper Opera House in Dresden, Germany.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/berlin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Berlin</image:title><image:caption>TAP teachers exploring the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-11-16T20:03:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2013/11/14/mr-cs-moment-in-china/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tienenmen-square-2.png</image:loc><image:title>Tienenmen Square 2</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Curtis in Tienanmen Square in November 2013.  Look in the background for a yellow/silver bus - that's about where Tank Man stood his ground.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tienenmen-square.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tienenmen Square</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Curtis at Tienenmen Square in November, 2013.  Look in the background - there's a yellow and silver bus.  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Go - inspired by M.C. Escher.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/shogi-vs-chess.png</image:loc><image:title>shogi vs. chess</image:title><image:caption>Shogi could crush chess to death with its bare hands.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-17T01:58:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/10/12/japan-book-club-the-old-man-mad-about-drawing-part-2-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/samurai-mike2.png</image:loc><image:title>Samurai Mike</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/samurai-mike1.png</image:loc><image:title>Samurai Mike</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/samurai-mike.png</image:loc><image:title>Samurai Mike</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-15T19:58:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/10/04/japan-book-club-the-old-man-mad-about-drawing-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-07T18:41:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/09/26/tap-kids-haiku-iii/</loc><lastmod>2011-09-27T19:04:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/09/27/japan-book-club-the-old-man-mad-about-drawing-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/oldmanmad.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Japan Book Club: The Old Man Mad About Drawing - Part 1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-04T01:23:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/09/25/tap-kids-haiku-ii/</loc><lastmod>2011-09-25T23:16:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/09/23/tap-kids-haiku/</loc><lastmod>2011-09-25T01:23:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/09/19/japan-book-club-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north-part-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/haiku-sense-refrigerator.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Japan Book Club: The Narrow Road to the Deep North - Part 3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-23T20:52:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/09/12/japan-book-club-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-23T21:05:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/09/05/japan-book-club-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-19T20:05:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/08/28/japan-book-club-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north-preread/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bashos-trail.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bashos-trail</image:title><image:caption>I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to walking in Basho's footsteps.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-04T21:18:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/08/22/japan-book-club-the-big-wave-5/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/road-destroyed-rebuilt-japan-tsunami-earthquake-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>J</image:title><image:caption>To give you an idea of how the Japanese people work... The picture on the left is March 12, 2011 - the day after the earthquake. The picture on the right is just 6 days later.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-19T20:02:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/08/20/u-s-tappular-field/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/101_0745.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101_0745</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Curtis only brought three boys.  He called the evening </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/101_0743.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101_0743</image:title><image:caption>The Trouvais family helped set this whole thing up, so they get to be the first pic in this post.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/101_0742.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101_0742</image:title><image:caption>That's a whole heck of a lot of Cortesis.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/101_0741.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101_0741</image:title><image:caption>Hannah and her family didn't have any cotton candy.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/101_0734.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101_0734</image:title><image:caption>Ben, Drew, Bobby, and Mark doing a PSA for the negative effects of too much cotton candy.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/101_0730.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101_0730</image:title><image:caption>The Sharp family enjoyed the night.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/101_0719.jpg</image:loc><image:title>101_0719</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-21T03:16:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/08/15/japan-book-club-the-big-wave-part-4/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-19T20:00:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/08/09/japan-book-club-the-big-wave-part-3/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-04T16:35:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/08/04/japan-book-club-the-big-wave-2/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-19T19:56:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/07/26/japan-book-club-the-big-wave-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-19T19:51:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tap-mentors/tap-changed-my-life/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-22T13:53:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/07/09/these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/vesuvius-group.jpg</image:loc><image:title>vesuvius group</image:title><image:caption>Our Italy kids on top of Mt. Vesuvius</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/100_1782.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_1782</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/spainportugal-2011-066.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SpainPortugal 2011 066</image:title><image:caption>19 Minooka students in Granada, Spain.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-15T20:20:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/07/05/portuguese-cookies-a-pastry-from-heaven/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/100_4647.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4647</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/100_4646.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4646</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/100_4645.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4645</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/100_4660.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4660</image:title><image:caption>Paige, Tara, and Megan leaning on the castle walls, the city of Lisbon (and some cookies) out there behind them.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/100_4640.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4640</image:title><image:caption>The Minooka TAP gang at Lisbon's Monument to the Discoveries</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/100_4625.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4625</image:title><image:caption>Minooka girls in front of the Belem Tower in Lisbon, Portugal</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-19T12:05:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/06/30/breakfast-abroad/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0037.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0037</image:title><image:caption>Kirk has some of those eggs, and Austin appears to have eaten some.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-03T19:28:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/06/28/favorite-pics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/spainportugal-2011-333.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SpainPortugal 2011 333</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-28T17:48:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/06/27/just-a-few-pictures-to-tide-you-over/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/100_4808.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4808</image:title><image:caption>Megan Graham, Brittany Hebeda, Alex Walker, Tara Schumal, and Andra Sharp listen to the teachers during a meeting on the beach in Algarve, Portugal.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0156-e1309226401750.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0156</image:title><image:caption>Andra Sharp, Kendall Hoppe, and Riley Loughran explore Cordoba after dark.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0169.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0169</image:title><image:caption>Minooka teachers: Mr. Doerr, Miss Filetti, Juanito Muelas (tour director), Mr. Harig, Miss Lara, Mrs. Harig, Miss Bialek, Mr. Sowa, and Mr. Curtis.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0168.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0168</image:title><image:caption>Ivy Diaz, Austin Martorano, and Brandon Ruburtus near the Quixote windmills.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0241-e1309225765371.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0241</image:title><image:caption>Riley Loughran, Jared Heaser, and Kendall Hoppe outside the Segovia Cathedral.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0193.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0193</image:title><image:caption>Alex Walker, Tara Schumal, Ivy Diaz, Brittany Hebeda, Paige Rogge, and Danielle Davis on the Roman Bridge in Toledo, Spain.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0170.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0170</image:title><image:caption>Tara Schumal, Claire Dobry, Brittany Hebeda, and Ivy Diaz near the Consuegra windmills.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0109.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0109</image:title><image:caption>Brittany Hebeda riding a camel in Northern Africa.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0054</image:title><image:caption>Minooka kids in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Cordoba.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/img_0245.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0245</image:title><image:caption>The fairy tale castle in Segovia was a highlight for Claire Dobry, Tara Schumal, and Brittany Hebeda.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-28T15:11:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/06/26/the-start-of-a-new-adventure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/100_4570.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4570</image:title><image:caption>Minooka girls on top of the Lisbon Elevator with the Castelo Sao Jorge in the background.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/100_4591.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4591</image:title><image:caption>TAP marching through the streets of Lisbon.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/100_4604.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4604</image:title><image:caption>The view from our first hotel in Estoril, Portugal.  Yes, we know, it's a difficult life.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/100_4532.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4532</image:title><image:caption>Minooka TAP in Lisbon, Portugal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/100_4514.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4514</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/100_4498.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4498</image:title><image:caption>Lookie there, Minooka TAP's own private jet???</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-26T19:12:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/05/29/t-minus-16-15-14/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-29T22:59:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/05/12/goat-man-shattered-people-and-magical-moustaches/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-13T01:21:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/04/28/who-likes-to-eat-out/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/restaurant-card-25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>restaurant-card-25</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-28T21:27:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/04/22/the-king-and-the-church/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/family-tree1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>family tree</image:title><image:caption>We made this cuz none of it made sense to us until we drew a picture. Hope it helps.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/family-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>family tree</image:title><image:caption>We made this cuz none of it made sense to us until we drew a picture.  Hope it helps. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/portrait_of_charles_v_1533.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Portrait_of_Charles_V_1533</image:title><image:caption>You know how some rulers get cool nicknames...  Richard the Lionheart, Alexander the Great, William the Bloody.  This guy should be Charlie the dude with the mis-shapen head.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/catherinearagoncreativecasting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>catherinearagoncreativecasting</image:title><image:caption>This is what HBO thinks Catherine looked like.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/henry-viii-kingofengland_1491-15471.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henry-VIII-kingofengland_1491-1547</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/henry-viii-kingofengland_1491-1547.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Henry-VIII-kingofengland_1491-1547</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-25T23:59:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/04/06/tap-and-sports/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sox-scoreboard-tap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sox Scoreboard TAP</image:title><image:caption>This may not be what the scoreboard looks like, but we're hoping.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/100_1729.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_1729</image:title><image:caption>Kevin Hannon goes up for a rebound in the middle of Berlin.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-17T18:24:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/03/23/your-very-own-guidebook-cordoba-chapter/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-30T03:32:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/03/13/your-very-own-guidebook-ronda-chapter/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-24T02:25:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/03/10/kitkat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/8081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>808</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kitkat-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kitkat-7</image:title><image:caption>What the heck is Red Beak Soup and why would you want your Kit Kat to taste like it.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kitkat-11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kitkat-11</image:title><image:caption>I'm sorry.  This is too weird.  Corn Kat?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/19kitkat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>19kitkat</image:title><image:caption>Yup, that's a ginger ale Kit Kat.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kitkat-18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kitkat-18</image:title><image:caption>Does the creepy bat eating the Kit Kat logo make you hungry?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/kitkat-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>kitkat-13</image:title><image:caption>Ladies and gentlemen, the watermelon and salt flavored Kit Kat.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/626.jpg</image:loc><image:title>626</image:title><image:caption>Irish stew was incredible.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/910.jpg</image:loc><image:title>910</image:title><image:caption>Ew.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/808.jpg</image:loc><image:title>808</image:title><image:caption>Happy kid, gigantic Irish hamburger.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/prawn1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>prawn</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-01T16:43:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/03/04/holy-crap/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/caga-tio-animation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>caga tio animation</image:title><image:caption>There are no words that I can put here that are funnier than the image.  It's really a log pooping out presents because kids with a stick are demanding it to.  Seriously.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/caga-tio-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>caga tio 1</image:title><image:caption>Awww.  Isn't that sh!t log cute?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/caganer-tiger-woods.jpg</image:loc><image:title>caganer-tiger-woods</image:title><image:caption>And this one is just for Mr. Doerr.  Hopefully this isn't out on the golf course, Tiger.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/caganer1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Traditionally styled "caganer" ceramic f</image:title><image:caption>This is a deleted scene from Spiderman IV.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/obama-caganer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>obama-caganer</image:title><image:caption>President Obama celebrates the holidays in Catalonia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/01020136547700.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0,1020,1365477,00</image:title><image:caption>A traditional Catalan caganer.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/everyone-poops-book.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Everyone Poops Book</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-23T06:47:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/03/05/your-very-own-guidebook-gibraltarmorocco-chapter/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-05T14:45:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/02/27/bacon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/100_4314_75b63c14517b907e3_medium.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_4314_75b63c14517b907e3_medium</image:title><image:caption>Minooka kids in the Roman Forum learning the fate of Julius Caesar.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/73296_450937149171_842474171_5133495_5329984_n.jpg</image:loc><image:title>73296_450937149171_842474171_5133495_5329984_n</image:title><image:caption>A handful of Minooka kids posing with the Aegean Sea.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/100_1744.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100_1744</image:title><image:caption>A church in Berlin missing some key parts thanks to WWII bombings.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-27T15:47:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/02/24/your-very-own-guidebook-seville-chapter/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-24T14:45:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/02/20/what-the-heck/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/776.jpg</image:loc><image:title>776</image:title><image:caption>The "hole of sadness" out there in the distance, looking kinda... well... sad.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/773.jpg</image:loc><image:title>773</image:title><image:caption>The moonish rocks beneath our feet as we hiked through the burren.  To give you an idea of scale, the bottom of the picture to the top is about 2 feet.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lara-816.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lara (816)</image:title><image:caption>Why are they called dry stone walls?  Uh, stones stacked into a wall, with nothing wet like mortar, mud, or cement to hold it together.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/lara-814.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lara (814)</image:title><image:caption>The Poulnabrone Dolmen - aka a backyard fort for Pebbles and Bam Bam???</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-25T20:36:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/02/17/homework-evora/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-17T23:50:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/02/16/spaixican-cuisine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/taco1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>taco</image:title><image:caption>Thanks to Jasmine G. for the cool logo she designed for our fund raiser.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/taco.jpg</image:loc><image:title>taco</image:title><image:caption>Thanks to Jasmine G. for her cool logo for our fund raiser.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-24T20:16:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/02/02/your-very-own-guidebook-sintra-chapter/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-02T22:39:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/02/02/a-tap-story-for-a-school-snow-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/neuschwanstein-castle-103.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neuschwanstein Castle</image:title><image:caption>A peak at the castle from down in the gorge.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/neuschwanstein_051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neuschwanstein</image:title><image:caption>Looking up at the bridge from down in the gorge.  That may be a Minooka person up there looking down at us.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/neuschwanstein_038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neuschwanstein_038</image:title><image:caption>The Marianbrucke Bridge and the waterfall from a distance.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/neuschwanstein_castle_bavaria_germany_-_sun__snow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neuschwanstein_Castle_Bavaria_Germany_-_sun_&amp;_snow</image:title><image:caption>Neuschwanstein Castle in a picture perfect snow.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-03-05T16:14:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/01/29/doors-of-dubli/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/doors.jpg</image:loc><image:title>doors</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/doors2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>doors2</image:title><image:caption>Just a few of the 76 doors that Miss Filetti dashed through the streets of Dublin to snap pictures of.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2464365519_2f4aa7bd94_z1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2464365519_2f4aa7bd94_z</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2464365519_2f4aa7bd94_z.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2464365519_2f4aa7bd94_z</image:title><image:caption>Just a few of the 76 doors that Miss Filetti dashed through the Dublin streets to take pictures of.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ireland-141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ireland 141</image:title><image:caption>Why the sad faces?  Mr. Curtis was explaining that we had to stop running in traffic to take pictures of doors.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/door-montage_tn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>door-montage_tn</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-01T19:18:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/01/25/lisbon-homework/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/9601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>960</image:title><image:caption>In an Irish hotel, Dylan discussed the day's events with Miss Filetti and Mr. Doerr while the group works on their journals.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/154.jpg</image:loc><image:title>154</image:title><image:caption>Allison and Taylor work on Celtic lettering one night in Dublin.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/960.jpg</image:loc><image:title>960</image:title><image:caption>Dylan, Miss Filetti, and Mr. Doerr discuss the day's activities while the rest of the group writes in their journals.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-01-29T15:43:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/01/17/hello-world/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-29T15:41:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/tapplication/tap-jr-app/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-24T17:24:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/01/22/taking-a-closer-look/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/320.jpg</image:loc><image:title>320</image:title><image:caption>You write the caption for this one.  Come up with something creative and fun.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-01-23T02:37:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com/2011/01/19/hoopsmania/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://minookatap.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hoops-20-sweeps-ticket.gif</image:loc><image:title>HOOPS-20-sweeps-ticket</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-01-20T15:17:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>http://minookatap.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2023-02-14T15:57:07+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
