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Most visitors to Paris go with a list of recommended restaurants, but I thought ITN readers would like a list of wonderful wine bars, part of the true Parisian experience. I visited all of the wine bars listed below from January to September 2009, most several times.
Traveling in France, Spain and Portugal for over a month in September-October ’09, we found that using a GPS is a time/lifesaver. What an invention! No more having the wife trying to read a map or screaming at each other over missed turns.
“In one mile, enter roundabout”… “In 500 feet, enter roundabout and take third exit”… “Enter roundabout and take third exit, then turn right”… “Turn right and drive for five miles.” I’m sure you get the picture. We say, ‘Don’t leave home without it,’ and we never will again.
Is it a fantastic forgery or a miraculous image? Either way, the Shroud of Turin is one of the most researched and most mysterious artifacts in the world. Thoroughly studied, yes, but rarely seen — in the past 300 years, the enigmatic piece of linen has been on public display only 17 times.
Soon that will be 18. In the city of Turin (Torino to her residents) in Italy, the Shroud of Turin will be on display in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, April 10-May 23, 2010. I’ve made my plans to see it and found the arrangements to be pretty simple.
by Marisue Pickering; Orono, ME
VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 11
Dear Globetrotter:
Welcome to the 408th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine, the one that depends on its continent-hopping subscribers for much of what is printed.