But for some quiet reflection and an awesome view, tackle the more than 800-step climb up to the monastery.

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And particularly for young home seekers looking for an affordable first step up onto the housing ladder, the climb appears to be getting steeper all the time.

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When everything is working, this is first-rate theater, as when Peter Darling's choreography, Howell's sets, the songwriters and actors do with the tune "School Song, " when children climb up the school gates with each step linked to a letter in the lyrics.

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The rest step, which I still practice today, allows me to walk or climb with little effort.

NPR: The Practice of Slowing Down

But there is something about a small town that has never gone a single day, in almost 150 years, without a passenger train pulling in and pausing to see if anyone would like to step out onto the streets of Garden City, or if anyone from Garden City would like to climb aboard and join the other cross-continental travelers...

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