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Archive for January, 2005
Re valuables at x-ray
Re the letter “Valuables Put in Peril,” about losing sight of items going through the airport x-ray. . . Your passport, the majority of your money, all your credit cards, I.D., tickets, etc., should never ever be in a coat, pants pocket or purse. If you have it in your hands in Frankfurt or almost [...]Protecting valuables
In response to William Hollifield’s letter “Valuables Put in Peril” (Nov. ’04, pg.18), the security procedures at the Frankfurt, Germany, airport are still a nightmare. I passed through there on Oct. 17, ’04, on my way home from Italy. Flights had to be held because the security line was so backed up. They were using an [...]Smoking and air travel
In response to the inquiry about smoking in air terminals, as recently as September ’04 people were smoking in the airports of the Azores. These are, obviously, small places; smokers were not confined to designated sections but present even in the gate areas. Although we are not smokers, we generally have no objection to the presence [...]Smoking aboard airliners
I’m writing in response to a reader’s inquiry regarding flights that allow smoking (Oct. ’04, pg. 84). Please be aware that smoking on airlines was not banned simply due to its being considered “socially incorrect.” My father worked in testing on aircraft for 31 years, and during the age of smoking, equipment failure was extremely high. [...]Hitting the museums in Germany
We traveled to Germany, May 7-June 2, ’04. We had seen much of the country’s natural beauty, the Romantic Road and other attractions on a previous trip. This one was planned with art as the main objective. In FRANKFURT we were booked at the Kaiserhof Hotel, which, despite the grandiose name, is a simple but adequate [...]Attended the Summer Olympics
My wife and I had no plans to go to the Olympics. Neither of us are big sports fans. In fact, I had never been drawn to any sport on TV until they started televising poker. That’s my kind of sport! Our decision was made while watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Greece on [...]Connecting with the animals at Nepal’s Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge
My wife, Connie, and I, in planning our Southeast Asia trip with our son Jon and his wife, Kendra, in late 2003, originally intended to include only Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia (the countries included in our special Cathay Pacific promotion) on our itinerary. However, the more we read, the more we wanted to [...]Ukraine — in the wake of Catherine the Great
As a docent at Washington, D.C.’s, Hillwood Museum, featuring fabulous Russian treasures, I have been fascinated with a trip Catherine the Great made down the Dnieper River in 1787. Accompanied by the Austrian emperor and other diplomatic guests, she led a tour of her expanding empire from Kiev to the Crimea, sailing in a fleet [...]Accomodations Worldwide
Europe After numerous trips to PARIS during which we stayed in hotels, my two traveling companions and I decided to try apartment living for our 2-week visit in April ’04. We saw the classified ad in ITN for Marie-France LeFebvre’s studio apartment (contact Marie at 15 Chatham Ct., Newport Beach, CA 92660; phone/fax 949/718-1374 or e-mail [...]Southern Africa — the benefits of visiting in the wet season
by Nili Olay, New York, NY My husband, Jerry, and I live in New York City. As much as we love the city, we do like to get to a warm climate for a while each winter. Southern Africa seemed a logical choice until I started to read the guidebooks. They all warned that during the [...]
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