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Archive for October, 2006
October Report Cards
FIRST, FAST & FURIOUS — The following is a sampling of reports received from ITN readers around the globe. ITN invites you to join our corps of reporters — just drop a card in the mail while the travel impressions are fresh in your mind. To obtain your ITN Report Cards, send a self-addressed, stamped, [...]Far Horizons » Touring from Panama City
(Second of four parts, jump to part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4). Many visitors to Panama, having settled into their hotel on arrival in Panama City, do not pack their bags again until they are ready to depart for home. On an exploration of Panama in May ’06 as a guest of the tour [...]Focus on Archaeology » In search of Moorish Lisbon
Our getaway to Lisbon in early March 2006 was intended as a late winter escape from New York’s prolonged freezing temperatures. Lisbon’s temperatures were in the low 60s during the day and the flight from New York less than seven hours, making it ideal for my daughter Katie and me with only four days to [...]How do you get to Carnegie Hall? » Practice, practice
Yesterday I was surprised to receive from my ex sister-in-law an e-mail with pictures of a brand-new grandchild. How wonderful that we can communicate our joy so easily and quickly! Having not seen that side of my family for a few years, I was anxious to see how my nephew, whose new baby had just [...]Travel and Health » Travel insurance and medical evacuation
In case a traveler is injured abroad, medical care will be necessary and all initial care will be local. The quality of care can and will vary greatly, and if the trauma is severe, hospitalization and surgery may follow. Not every case demands evacuation; high-class medical care can be obtained in many developing nations. The [...]Ask Steve » Ballindalloch Castle, Norweigan Coastal Voyage
Q Steve, I just wanted to express my appreciation for your article “A Wee Taste of Scotland” in the April ’06 issue. Amazingly, I’ve been to all of the places you mentioned. We’ve visited many Scotch whisky distilleries, and Strathisla is our favorite. But most of all, I appreciated the mention of Ballindalloch Castle. Surprisingly, I [...]The Cruising World » The search for the green flash
After years of trying on every ocean, in numerous ships and on dozens of islands, I finally saw it. On Feb. 6 of this year, from the waterfront patio of the Fort Young Hotel in Dominica, I finally saw the fabled “green flash.” It was bright green, sort of twinkly, very surprising and very brief. [...]All Aboard » Berlin’s new Hauptbahnhof
When Berlin’s new Hauptbahnhof (Hbf, or main train station) was inaugurated on May 26 this year with a free public party, eardrum-splitting music, a hip stage show, a choreographed light show and an open house (read: station) until 3 a.m., the crowd packed itself so tightly that it took two hours for ambulances to make [...]Speedy descent
I enjoyed the articles on China in the April ’06 issue and especially the pictures of the Great Wall on pages 10 and 121. Before tourists could visit on their own, I was in China in 1976 with a group from Wayne State University’s Medical School. In addition to medical sites and other places of [...]Aix and Cézanne
In Aix, France, we followed the footsteps of Paul Cézanne, a native of that town, whose art was not much appreciated by its citizens during his lifetime. The Musée Granet has only a few small works by this renowned artist, though the rest of the collection is worth a visit. Several years ago we saw the [...]
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