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On-the-Road Travel Tips (part 13)
We invite readers to keep sending in your valued travel tips (125-word limit or close) related to anything that enhances the travel experience while actually traveling. Here are the latest (each followed by my own comments).
Rick Steves’ Europe: Laz-pitality in Northeastern Turkey
As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories from Turkey — a reminder of the fun that awaits us at the other end of this crisis.
The Geografile
Due to the end of colonialism, Africa spawned 17 new nations in 1960 alone.
COVID-vaccinated travelers' benefits. Cruise lines selling ships. Tripadvisor's user warning
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 541st issue of your monthly worldwide travel magazine, “yours” because it is largely comprised of letters, articles and photographs submitted by you and your fellow subscribers.
Rick Steves’ Europe: After hours at a German Stammtisch
As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories from Germany — a reminder of the fun that awaits us at the other end of this crisis.
The Geografile
The capital of the Caribbean British Overseas Territory of Montserrat is Plymouth, a ghost town that was abandoned in 1997 due to volcanic eruptions. Construction of a new capital, Little Bay, began in 2019.
On-the-Road Travel Tips (part 12)
With this issue, we have completed something unimaginable to me a year ago: 12 months’ worth of On-the-Road Travel Tips submitted by ITN readers (each followed by my own comments). It has been a journey of sharing and discovery.
President Biden signs new travel-related orders. Airlines that filed for bankruptcy in 2020
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 540th issue of your monthly worldwide travel magazine — our 45th anniversary issue!
On-the-Road Travel Tips (part 11)
Thanks to the ongoing quality contributions of our loyal readers, we herein offer Part 11 of our series of On-the-Road Travel Tips (each followed by my own comments).
The Geografile
Israel’s flag design is based on the tallit, a shawl worn by Jewish men during prayers.
Rick Steves’ Europe: Strolling Córdoba’s back streets
As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories in Andalucía — a reminder of the fun that awaits us at the other end of this crisis.