Found a really useful rapidxml example

 #include <string.h>  
 #include <stdio.h>  
 #include <iostream>  
 #include <fstream>  
 #include <vector>  
 #include "rapidxml.hpp"  
 using namespace rapidxml;  
 using namespace std;  
 int main()  
 {  
           cout << "Parsing my beer journal..." << endl;  
           xml_document<> doc;  
           xml_node<>* root_node;  
           // Read the xml file into a vector  
           ifstream theFile("C:\\Work3\\ReadXml\\beerJournal.xml");  
           vector<char> buffer((istreambuf_iterator<char>(theFile)), istreambuf_iterator<char>());  
           buffer.push_back('\0');  
           // Parse the buffer using the xml file parsing library into doc   
           doc.parse<0>(&buffer[0]);  
           // Find our root node  
           root_node = doc.first_node("MyBeerJournal");  
           // Iterate over the brewerys  
           for (xml_node<>* brewery_node = root_node->first_node("Brewery"); brewery_node; brewery_node = brewery_node->next_sibling())  
           {  
                     printf("I have visited %s in %s. ",  
                               brewery_node->first_attribute("name")->value(),  
                               brewery_node->first_attribute("location")->value());  
                     // Interate over the beers  
                     for (xml_node<>* beer_node = brewery_node->first_node("Beer"); beer_node; beer_node = beer_node->next_sibling())  
                     {  
                               printf("On %s, I tried their %s which is a %s. ",  
                                         beer_node->first_attribute("dateSampled")->value(),  
                                         beer_node->first_attribute("name")->value(),  
                                         beer_node->first_attribute("description")->value());  
                               printf("I gave it the following review: %s", beer_node->value());  
                     }  
                     cout << endl;  
           }  
 }  

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
 <MyBeerJournal>  
   <Brewery name="Founders Brewing Company" location="Grand Rapids, MI">  
     <Beer name="Centennial" description="IPA" rating="A+" dateSampled="01/02/2011">  
       "What an excellent IPA. This is the most delicious beer I have ever tasted!"  
     </Beer>  
   </Brewery>  
   <Brewery name="Brewery Vivant" location="Grand Rapids, MI">  
     <Beer name="Farmhouse Ale" description="Belgian Ale" rating="B" dateSampled="02/07/2015">  
       This beer is not so good... but I am not that big of a fan of english style ales.  
     </Beer>  
   </Brewery>  
   <Brewery name="Bells Brewery" location="Kalamazoo, MI">  
     <Beer name="Two Hearted Ale" description="IPA" rating="A" dateSampled="03/15/2012">  
       Another execllent brew. Two Hearted gives Founders Centennial a run for it's money.  
     </Beer>  
   </Brewery>  
 </MyBeerJournal>