Funniest thing
Earning respect with a visit to the supermarket
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Practiced peddler
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Never a dull moment
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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.
When opportunity knocks.
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A most captivating museum
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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.
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.
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.
You can't go wrong with chicken soup
This month’s winner is JOYCE SOGG of Los Gatos, California:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Drinking lesson in Ireland
This month’s winner is GLENN NAKADATE of Boulder City, NV:
How to ingratiate yourself with a Scot
This month’s winner is KEN YOUNG of El Lago, TX: