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Pinching pennies in Paris
On our most recent trip to Paris, in May ’09, my husband, David, and I decided to put to the test all the articles we had read about free things to do in the city. We had never found Paris to be particularly easy on the wallet, and on this trip we were really pinching pennies. ...
An Apartment in Paris: a great base for a week-long visit
Martha and I, like many travelers, are drawn to Paris and seem to return there more often than to any other European city. On a recent 3-week trip to France, we spent our first week in Paris. ...Report Cards
On FRANCE, December ’07-January ’08. . . After 20-plus trips to Paris, we continue to find excellent, unusual, inexpensive restaurants (in terms of euros, not in terms of the present dollar exchange rate). On our last trip, the following were noteworthy. • Casa San Pablo (5 rue de Sevigne) — in the fourth arrondissement, about midway between ...Discoveries in Bulgaria and Romania
by M. Lewis Stein, Irvine, CA As we crossed the border from Turkey into Bulgaria, our guide, Borut Sraj, a 55-year-old Slovenian who wore a tiny flute around his neck to alert laggards when the bus was leaving, advised us, “The country may or may not work for you, but take it as it comes.” It was ...
Roman ruins to the sands of the Sahara — an encompassing tour of Tunisia
by Judith Anshin, Contributing Editor Many years ago I spent quite a bit of time at either end of North Africa — in Morocco and Egypt — but the countries in between had always eluded me. Finally, in May ’07, I visited Tunisia, with Vantage Deluxe World Travel (Boston, MA; 800/322-6677, www.vantagetravel.com). While the company’s phone ...
Looking for luxury in and around London
by Beth Habian, Features Editor Looking for some royal treatment on your next trip overseas? What better place to be treated like a royal than London, where they’ve been perfecting the art of luxury for centuries? Granted, with current exchange rates, it’s not the first destination that comes to mind for those on a tight budget, but ...
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 ...
Northern Spain’s Celtic roots
I took a trip to northern Spain, Aug. 8-28, 2007. Guitars, wine and arid plains, right? Yes, in other parts of Spain, but in the principality of Asturias, located on the coast between Galicia and Cantabria, bagpipes, apple cider and mountains are standard fare. Upon arrival at the Aviles airport in Asturias, the most remarkable sighting ...
Three generations enjoy summer hiking in the Swiss Alps
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