<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Missy Bear]]></title><description><![CDATA[Missy Bear]]></description><link>https://missy-bear.wixsite.com/missybear/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:37:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://missy-bear.wixsite.com/missybear/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Link to ‘Season Two’ blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[To follow Season Two, please go to: https://rcrooks5.wixsite.com/missybearseason2]]></description><link>https://missy-bear.wixsite.com/missybear/post/season-two</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61fff510071a72181de68938</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:19:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3d94e_eff8598a2bdb4bf2a495a2d23aac08ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dickie66</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Voyage of Odysseus]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve finally managed to complete reading the ‘Odyssey’!! No, not Homer’s original. Nor a heavy and testing translation, faithfully true...]]></description><link>https://missy-bear.wixsite.com/missybear/post/the-voyage-of-odysseus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61914428d57a43001685d47e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 17:35:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3d94e_3d0fb63ad32e43af8415d1952e91c3d5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_857,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dickie66</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missy Bear in Epirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Missy Bear has arrived Preveza in the modern region of Epirus, which lies on the eastern coast of the Ionian Sea. 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Aside from the food-related ones just...]]></description><link>https://missy-bear.wixsite.com/missybear/post/tripping-through-sicily</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617d446f7ef827001675d948</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:19:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3d94e_93ffd7e1f0a640549d9eb3907c1e3989~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>alix.titley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colouring in]]></title><description><![CDATA[We were in Milazzo to bide our time and wait for a moment when Scylla and Charybdis would be asleep, so that we could pass between them...]]></description><link>https://missy-bear.wixsite.com/missybear/post/colouring-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61766abff2c0e70016d84ccf</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:12:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3d94e_1f67605151dc463681d127e3c54049b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Dickie66</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cucina Siciliana]]></title><description><![CDATA[My previous blog was the theory – here’s the practical. 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