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All Aboard » Cities of TGV Est

Columns, February 2008 issue
All Aboard » Cities of TGV Est
Take one glance at the new timetable from Paris’ Gare de l’Est and you see that frequent 199-mph TGV Est trains reach Reims in 45 minutes, Strasbourg in two hours 20 minutes, Nancy in one hour 30 minutes, Metz in one hour 25 minutes and Luxembourg in two hours five minutes. The TGVs have opened ...

The Hague as base

Travelers' Intercom, January 2008 issue
The Hague as base
On an earlier, 2006, trip to the Netherlands with my friend Greg to see Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring,” we based in Den Haag for our travels around part of Holland. I’d gone online to book Hotel Sebel (Prins Hendrikplein 20, 2518 JC Den Haag, Netherlands; phone +31 70 3 459 200, fax 3 455 ...

Report Cards

Report Cards, December 2007 issue
From PARIS, France, Oct. 10… • We used Capitol Shuttle (www.airport-shuttle.com) in Paris for airport/hotel transfers. Beware! We had a one-hour wait for pickup at the airport (“caught in traffic”). Pickup at our hotel was on time, but they attempted to drop us off at the wrong terminal! Then they dropped us off at correct terminal ...

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass, December 2007 issue
Boarding Pass
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 382nd issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine, the one written largely by you and your fellow subscribers! A few items worth noting crossed my desk this month. The International Airline Passenger Association, or IAPA (www.iapa.com), in a Sept. 14 press release wrote, “The U.S. Department of Transportation is considering new rules which ...

Dining in Amsterdam

Travelers' Intercom, October 2007 issue
Amsterdam is famous for its fine international cuisine. On our July ’05 trip, one of the spots that we thoroughly enjoyed was the highly recommended d’Vijff Vlieghen, or The Five Flies (Spuistraat 294-302 1012 VX, Amsterdam, Netherlands; phone +31 20 5304060, fax 6236404 or visit www.thefiveflies.com). The unusual name originates with Jan Janszoon Vijff Vlighen, ...

The Discerning Traveler » International bereavement fares

Columns, September 2007 issue
by Philip Wagenaar, M.D. “I know, you just saw me two months ago,” my favorite aunt, Lenie, said. “I am in the VU hospital in Amsterdam now. My doctor says that I don’t have much longer to live. You think you could see me again? I would rather have you come and visit while I am ...

The train to Lhasa

Travelers' Intercom, September 2007 issue
My husband, Uwe, and I flew into Chengdu, China, on June 17, 2007, intending to board the train to Lhasa the next day. We had booked a package with Pineapple Tours (Währinger Straße 135, A-1180 Wien; phone +43 1 403 98 83 0, fax 98 83 3, www.pineapple-tours.de), an Austrian company that supplies German-speaking trips. It ...

Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam

Accommodations Worldwide, September 2007 issue
Visitors to Amsterdam with a sense of humor might like the Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam (Oostelijke Handelskade 34, 1019 BN Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS; phone +31 [0] 20 561 3636, fax 3600 or visit www.lloydhotel.com). Located on the docks in the eastern part of the city, the hotel was built in the early 20th century by the Lloyd shipping ...

BA seat assignments

Travelers' Intercom, July 2007 issue
Is British Airways discouraging business these days? Besides being among airlines offering the least space between seats, they also have implemented a policy forbidding selection of seats until 24 hours before travel. My wife and I tried for an upgrade, but none were available on our particular flight from Amsterdam to London to Miami scheduled ...

Tanzania & Kenya — A mother-daughter safari

Features, July 2007 issue
Tanzania & Kenya — A mother-daughter safari
by Julie Skurdenis, Contributing Editor, photos by Katie Skurdenis-Lalli When my daughter, Katie, was small, she had so many stuffed animals that I’d sometimes walk into her bedroom for a final ‘Good night’ and say, “Where’s my kid?” Somewhere among the cuddly pink elephants, fat-bellied hippos and lions with immense fluffy manes lay a sleeping child. I ...