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Rick Steves’ Europe » Taking your taste buds on a European tour
Eating and drinking in Europe is sightseeing for your taste buds. Every country has local specialties that are good, memorable or both. Here are many of the fun experiences that stick in my mind after 30 years of travel. Seek out any of these on your next trip. • In the Netherlands, try a rijsttafel (rice ...
Eye on Travel Insurance » it can’t protect you everywhere
I found the following article with the above title, by Milan Korcok, editor of Travelinsurancefile.com, a Canadian website, of sufficient interest to get permission to reprint it in ITN, as follows. “Travel insurance can’t protect you everywhere in this dangerous world. You need to check out your destination — and don’t take anything for granted — ...Focus on Archaeology » El Salvador’s pre-Columbian past
by Julie Skurdenis (Second of two parts) Early in our January ’09 trip to El Salvador, my husband, Paul, and I visited four of the country’s major archaeological sites: Joya de Cerén, San Andrés, Tazumal and Casa Blanca. We saved Cihuatán for last. Cihuatán is special in many ways. It is El Salvador’s largest archaeological site, spreading ...
The Garden Path » Sleepy Lopud’s rediscovered garden, Croatia
by Yvonne Michie Horn There were three possibilities: I was waiting at the wrong harbor, had drastically misunderstood the ferry’s schedule or was the sole person bound for Lopud. The bench at the ferry departure dock was mine alone, with no other passengers in sight. Ahh, a ferry, a small-sized member of the fleet that ties the ...
All Aboard » New high-speed Barcelona-Madrid
by Jay Brunhouse Minutes after leaving Barcelona Sants Station at 9:30 a.m., where platforms 1 to 6 have been converted from Spanish-gauge to European-gauge, you feel your Siemens Valero E AVE S-103 train begin a smooth transit from 92 mph to 186 mph, according to the speedometer inside the carriage. The shiny new rails of the eagerly ...
Focus on Archaeology » Vikings in the Faroe Islands
Emergency Medical Evacuation 101 — what overseas travelers need to know
Overseas emergency medical evacuation services, or “medevac,” are extremely rarely needed, but they can be extremely expensive and are unlikely to be provided by your at-home medical policy. These services will provide required transportation (but not the cost of medical care) for any client who experiences a serious medical emergency while at least 150 miles from home. There are usually no preexisting-condition limitations. There may be some destination limitations (strangely enough, Medex does not presently provide service from Iraq or Afghanistan). ...Far Horizons » Azores: Pico, plus tastes of Faial and Terceira
Cruising World » Long name, low cost, high ratings — ACCL
Focus on Archaeology » Into Albania’s past
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