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The website www.cyclecopenhagen.dk allows travelers to plan bike routes through Copenhagen and nearby Frederiksberg, Denmark. Users can select multiple stops, then choose the shortest route or the route with the most bike lanes or the route with the most green spaces visible. Also at no cost, maps may be printed out with turn-by-turn directions.
(Part 1 of 2 on Portugal)
Entrancing, historic Lisbon beckons, then discreetly seduces first-time visitors with a trifecta of charm, beauty and civility.
(First of three parts)
Of the many Roman emperors who ruled between the first century BC and the sixth century AD, it is extraordinary to me that 17 of them were born in what is now Serbia.
An Alps-backed setting, fairy-tale villages and a benign climate have long contributed to Lake Constance’s reputation as a compelling southern Germany travel destination. To that list, I had another reason to make my way to Europe’s third-largest body of water: gardens, including an entire island turned spectacular garden, Mainau.
The first third of “Antarctic Wildlife: a Visitor’s Guide” by James Lowen (2011, Princeton University Press. Stiff, large-format paperback, 240 glossy pages, $22.95) has general tips on spotting wildlife, then it lists plant, sea and bird life by geographic regions. Densely illustrated with photos (both juvenile and adult animals), the rest tells how to identify varieties of seals, whales, dolphins, gulls, penguins, ducks, etc., with short text descriptions of their behaviors.
(Second of two parts)
Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the United States.) There are no restrictions on length. The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.
This month’s winner is Mr. CLARE MOELK of Charlottetown, PD, Canada:
We don’t have garage sales in the UK (see “Favorite Flea Markets,” Sept. ’11, pg. 39), but most towns do have car boot sales, where people sell unwanted items from the boots (trunks) of their cars, usually displayed on tables by the vehicles.
Some of these are out of town, possibly on a disused airfield, and may have hundreds of vendors. Other, smaller ones will be in car parks of school playgrounds.
A feature article in the May ’11 issue made mention of Kulusuk, Greenland. I spent nine days there in August ’09 as the village celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding. I had visited the village first in September ’08, when I took the three-day extension that Vantage Deluxe World Travel offered in conjunction with a wonderful tour of Iceland.
I read the subscriber’s advice regarding carrying medical records while traveling (Sept. ’11, pg. 35).