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Helsinki Card

Travelers' Intercom, September 2007 issue
On a visit to Helsinki, Finland, in 2006, at noon on July 26 I bought a 24-hour Helsinki Card* for €29 (near $39). I flashed the card as I took a train to the ferry dock, where I boarded the boat for a quick sail to the Helsinki Zoo (€8, or $11). (All prices listed ...

Medieval churches in Sweden

Travelers' Intercom, September 2007 issue
I love to visit churches when I am abroad. My favorites are in Sweden, where there are small churches in the countryside that still have their wall paintings from the Middle Ages. I went to Sweden five times from 1996 to 2007. To find these churches, one uses a very good map on which many are ...

JTB Sunrise Tours in Japan

Travelers' Intercom, May 2007 issue
My wife, Paula, and I visited Japan for the first time in October ’06. Wanting to travel independently (as usual) but being a bit intimidated by the language barrier, we compromised by using a series of four all-day guided tours to cover much of our sightseeing. After extensive research, we booked all of our tours with ...

Party time in western Ukraine

Travelers' Intercom, May 2007 issue
My wife, Emily, and I received the e-mail in early August ’06. It read, “Join Scope Travel in Ukraine for Lviv Carnival Celebrating Lviv’s 750 Anniversary Sept. 28-Oct. 6, 2006 — $1,499 + tax.” It promised gala concerts, jazz festivals, parades, choral shows, children’s concerts, youth ensembles, folklore dance competitions, bazaars, kiosks, fireworks and more. About ...

Baltic cruise with two boys

Travelers' Intercom, April 2007 issue
My two sons, aged 11 and 15, went with me on a fabulous 10-night sailing around the Baltic on the MS Amsterdam of Holland America Line (Seattle, WA; 800/426-0327, www.hollandamerica.com), June 22-July 1, 2006. Not including airfare, the price was $7,000 for four of us in a family cabin (my husband opted not to go ...

The trend towards not smoking in Europe

Features, March 2007 issue
The list below shows the current and planned policies regarding smoking in public in various countries in Europe. Note that in many, various versions of legislation are still being debated and challenged in courts. In general, however, most countries in Europe still allow smoking in bars and restaurants but require separate smoking and nonsmoking sections. Currently, ...

Ask Steve » Passports, 3-1-1 rules, Norway small-ship cruising

Columns, February 2007 issue
Dear reader, the most common question I’m receiving these days is “Will I need a passport?” The government policy on this varies depending upon the destination and has changed several times within the last year, but the simple answer is this: if you are interested in traveling to any of the places mentioned in ITN, you ...

An inspired journey on horseback through Australia’s Snowy Mountains

Features, February 2007 issue
An inspired journey on horseback through Australia's Snowy Mountains
by Rosemary McDaniel, Trenton, FL If you are a horseman or woman looking for a true adventure, you just can’t beat Australia’s Snowy Mountains. When I saw the film “The Man from Snowy River,” I knew that that was an area I wanted to see from horseback. In March ’06 I realized that dream. A few details The ...

Imagining a Nobel experience in Stockholm

Features, October 2006 issue
by Jennifer Petoff, Blue Bell, PA As a scientist, I have always been enamored with the Nobel Prize. There is a certain magic associated with these elite awards and the pomp and circumstance that goes along with them. Sweden’s own Alfred Nobel, a fellow chemist and a pioneer in the field of explosives, left funding for prizes in ...

Boarding Pass

Boarding Pass, September 2006 issue
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 367th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine. SAS Scandinavian Airlines System has introduced a “biometric security check” on domestic flights in Sweden. That’s tech talk for reading the fingerprints of people checking bags in and then, by taking new readings at the gate, making sure those bags belong to the ...