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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle19><!-- Converted from text/rtf format --><font
size=3 color=navy face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Sarah,<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face="Palatino Linotype"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Because
its name includes “youth,” I thought only young people could stay at the
hostel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Is there an age limit?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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gray<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info [mailto:Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info]<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Sarah Andrew Wilson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 14, 2004
1:13 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'The Charles Village Chat
List'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Chat] hostel in DC</span></font></p>
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face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:navy'>I forgot to mention there are also small and large lockers at the
hostel to store your belongings while you are away, if needed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
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face="Book Antiqua"><span style='mso-no-proof:
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10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:navy'>=================</span></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info [mailto:Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName>Sarah Andrew
Wilson<br>
</st1:PersonName><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday,
July 14, 2004 1:01 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName>Charles
Village Chat List</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Chat] hostel in DC</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>Last weekend I
had the opportunity to stay in the Washington DC International Youth Hostel (at</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black'>K St & 11<sup>th</sup>, just north of New York Ave) with a
group of</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>musicians from Belgium. At just
$20-23 per night, the hostel is clean, well-staffed, and quiet. There are
eight or nine floors</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>and each floor has about six rooms, a
pay phone,</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>and a bathroom.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black'>The room</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>in which I
stayed had four bunk beds, a mirror, and an air conditioner. </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black'>As</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>is customary in most international
hostels, they provide every guest with their own bed linens and</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black'>a</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>towel. </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black'>The building has a dining room, kitchen, snack machines,</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black'>and a conference room.</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black
face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black'>The hostel is just a few blocks north of Metro Center.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>I mention all
of this because I’m sure many of you have experienced those odd few days when
work calls you to a conference in the DC area. You leave the conference
late in the day, commute back to</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>Baltimore, then
have to be back at the conference early the next morning. I thought the
hostel would be an excellent alternative to all of that commuting.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2
color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
color:black'> It’s close to the</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font><font size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>Metro,
inexpensive, and clean. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:
black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>Cheers,</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:black'>Sarah</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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