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Funniest thing

August 2015 issue | Appears on page 51

Earning respect with a visit to the supermarket

Tell us about the funniest thing that 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.

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July 2015 issue | Appears on page 50

Practiced peddler

Tell us about the funniest thing that 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.

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June 2015 issue | Appears on page 46

Never a dull moment

Tell us about the funniest thing that 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.

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May 2015 issue | Appears on page 50

Miles to go before I sleep.

This month’s winner is JACKIE JERRY of Loudonville, New York: While traveling in Bhutan a few years ago, I got in a discussion with our tour guide and driver about where they stayed while on the road.  I was told that they usually didn’t stay in the same hotel as their clients. 

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April 2015 issue | Appears on page 48

When opportunity knocks.

Tell us about the funniest thing that 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.

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March 2015 issue | Appears on page 46

A most captivating museum

Tell us about the funniest thing that 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.

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February 2015 issue | Appears on page 48

You can't always get what you want

This month’s winner is MICHELE BURGESS of Huntington Beach, CA: As a tour leader who hates flies on the tour bus, I always like to have a flyswatter handy. In Oman in 2013, however, my flyswatter broke and I had to buy a new one. 

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January 2015 issue | Appears on page 51

Honeymoon salute!

This month’s winner is NORMA KLOECKENER of Greenville, South Carolina:   At the beginning of our honeymoon, my husband and I flew into Mexico City. By the time we had reached our hotel, I had altitude sickness and was on oxygen.

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December 2014 issue | Appears on page 53

Piping off at the wrong time

Tell us about the funniest thing that 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.

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November 2014 issue | Appears on page 56

You can't go wrong with chicken soup

This month’s winner is JOYCE SOGG of Los Gatos, California:

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October 2014 issue | Appears on page 57

Paint by numbers

 This month’s winner is NELSON BURACK of Melville, New York: While visiting Rome recently, we also made a stop at the Vatican and took a tour of the Sistine Chapel.  The guide for our group pointed out that it took Michelangelo 10 years to paint the ceiling. 

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September 2014 issue | Appears on page 56

Making the most of Venice

This month's winner is NORMA KLOECKENER of Greenville, SC: Having spent many years in Italy, I was anxious to go back, so about five years ago I planned a trip for three girlfriends and myself.

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August 2014 issue | Appears on page 57

Pontiff plaudits

This month’s winner is Custis Haynes of Grass Valley, California: During the 1953 Easter vacation, my husband, Ed, and I had an audience with Pope Pius XII. We were massed together in the vast Vatican reception hall with a crowd of faithful Europeans and other Americans like us. 

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July 2014 issue | Appears on page 46

Particular about pedigree

This month’s winner is MARY KELLY of Baton Rouge, Louisiana: My husband and I recently visited the Cinque Terre region of Italy. While waiting for the train in Vernazza, we struck up a conversation with a couple from Sweden who were traveling with their lovely dog. 

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June 2014 issue | Appears on page 53

Funniest thing

This month’s winner is FRAN COPP of Farmington Hills, Michigan:

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May 2014 issue | Appears on page 47

By hook or by crook

This month’s winner is WILLIAM SOLOF of Golden, Colorado: While my wife, Arlene, and I were traveling in the Pyrénées without reservations a few years ago, all had been well until our last night. No place had a vacancy. 

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April 2014 issue | Appears on page 53

The reluctant cook

This month’s winner is SAMANTHA SARTAIN of Colorado Springs, Colorado:   My dad was assigned to France Field in the Canal Zone of Panama in 1939. I was only 3 at the time, but I DO remember this.

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March 2014 issue | Appears on page 51

Drinking lesson in Ireland

This month’s winner is GLENN NAKADATE of Boulder City, NV:

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February 2014 issue | Appears on page 51

Not his avocation

This month’s winner is PETER OVERMIRE of Greenbrae, CA:  

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January 2014 issue | Appears on page 51

How to ingratiate yourself with a Scot

This month’s winner is KEN YOUNG of El Lago, TX:  

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