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The gardens at Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens
When Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens opens for the season in the spring of 2010, its ornate gates will swing wide for the 168th time, providing, as from Tivoli’s first days, “a magical place for recreation and fresh air.”
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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.
Taking your taste buds on a European tour
Eating and drinking in Europe is sightseeing for your taste buds. Every country has local specialties that are good, memorable or both. Here are many of the fun experiences that stick in my mind after 30 years of travel. Seek out any of these on your next trip.
How I pack for Europe
Wearing a green T-shirt under a blue work shirt, I was about to depart for Europe. At my farewell breakfast — one last eggs-any-style — my stylish, college-aged daughter said to me, “You look like a scrub. Okay if you’re painting a house.”
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Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 406th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.
From the mailbag
From the mailbag — “The magazine is the best on the market, in my opinion. The others are comic books by comparison.”
Reduced-rate trips and ITN
First, I wish to express our deep gratitude to those who take a copy of ITN on their trips, show it to other travelers, then gather up the names and addresses of those who would like sample copies sent to them. Thank you.
Tourist, beware: Europe’s latest travel scams
• Gelato in hand, you’re strolling down a street in Italy when suddenly an attractive woman starts arguing with a street vendor. A crowd gathers as he accuses her of shoplifting. To prove her innocence, she starts to strip.
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Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 405th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.