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We had no problems using American credit cards in Edinburgh, Scotland, at any establishments or businesses in August ’07. These included restaurants, museums, theater box offices, retail establishments and grocery stores.
A real plus at the restaurants — almost without exception, when I went to charge a meal the server came to our table with a handheld device in which my card was swiped.
We have never been enthusiastic fans of Charles de Gaulle International Airport (Roissy CDG) in Paris. In the past, our complaints — which were mainly about the lack of or inoperable ATMs and poor signage to car rental offices — while adding up to considerable dissatisfaction, could have been taken individually as a bit of nitpicking, but observations have compelled me to write.
During a wonderful 4-day visit to Paris at the end of April ’07, my husband, Lou, and I visited some of the city’s lesser-known museums. What a treat these were!
Vegetables, salads and wholesome food in an almost fast-food environment? During our September ’07 visit to Switzerland, that’s what we found in Lausanne at a Manora Restaurant (Rue Saint-Laurent 7,1002 Lausanne, Switzerland; phone +41 [0] 21 321 36 99). Affordable food in a country where restaurant prices can be as breathtaking as the Alpine views? Again, that’s what we found in the Manora.
My husband, Leon, uses a wheelchair, and on our 3-week visit to Israel we found that most places tried to accommodate people with disabilities.
While in Copenhagen, Aug. 2, 2007, we noticed in the throwaway monthly guide called What’s Going On a small mention of a walking tour entitled “Jews in Copenhagen.” We called the number and arranged to meet the guide, Gitta Bechshoft (phone [+45] 40 81 12 17 or visit www.copenhagen-walkingtours.dk), in 30 minutes.
Kensal Green is indeed aptly called “London’s foremost necropolis.” I took a tour of the cemetery on Sept. 17, 2006, and the 90-minute tour (which cost £5 [near $10], including tea and biscuits) revealed many facts of interest about the historical cemetery’s inhabitants.
Along with a group of nine other adventurers, I went on a tour of a country that few travelers have ever been allowed to visit, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), March 24-April 8, 2007.
by Dee Poujade, Portland, OR, photos by Michaela Gonzalez
In his May ’07 “Discerning Traveler” column, Philip Wagenaar described how, when going through security checkpoints at airports, anywhere, he places on the moving belt, for inspection, his quart-sized zip-lock see-through baggie with sundries in it, each of the sundry containers capable of holding no more than three ounces of liquid or gel, of course. Next to that, again for the inspectors to see, he places a 4-ounce bottle of contact lens solution.