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Tips on visiting Prague
My wife and I took a trip to Europe in May ’04. Here are some tips for travelers to Prague.
60 years after Battle of the Bulge
Both my wife, JoAnn, and I are World War II history buffs, primarily because family members were in uniform during that period. Beside the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944, probably the best known and most ferocious battle was the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg and Belgium.
Fine dining in Europe
In the May ’04 issue (page 52) a reader raved about La Tour d’Argent in Paris. Thirty-plus years ago we dined there and also had their famous pressed duck.
Credit card fraud
We were in Spain for three weeks in April and May ’04. We kept all of our receipts for credit card purchases and when our bill came we verified that the correct amounts had been posted.
Mixed view of Lirica cruise
I took a Caribbean cruise aboard Mediterranean Shipping Company’s Lirica, Jan. 26-Feb. 6, ’04, and wish to give my impressions. My perspectives come from over 50 cruises, including canal and Atlantic crossings.
Oases in western Egypt
In the spring of 2004 I took a most exciting and unusual trip to Egypt. Instead of just visiting the tourist sites in Cairo and Luxor, four companions and I visited five oases in the western Egyptian desert.
Money hunt in the Balkans
On a trip to the Balkans my husband and I took in May ’04, we had wanted to travel by bus and find accommodations as we went. As soon as we arrived in Tirana, Albania, we realized that language problems would require us to have a car and driver.
D-Day sites day tour from Paris
When we were in Paris for a week in early April ’04, we wanted to tour the D-Day battlefields in one day.
Memories of La Tour d’Argent
I enjoyed Rita Murray’s comments about her meals in Paris at La Tour d’Argent very much (May ’04, pg. 52). I wonder if ITN readers might be interested in reading about how different things were in Paris and at the Tour d’Argent in 1952.
Airport oasis
When at the Honolulu International Airport, I enjoy the gardens there. You will see them from above, but go downstairs and walk through them.
Travels in Nicaragua
My husband and I spent a lovely week in Nicaragua, Nov. 10-18, ’03.
Discounts on pousadas in Portugal
I spent two weeks in Portugal, May 12-27, ’04, staying only at pousadas. These are government-owned hotels, usually converted castles, palaces or monasteries.
Making the best of a canceled cruise
We received a letter today, April 15, from the American Canadian Caribbean Line (461 Water St., Warren, RI 02885; phone 800/556-7450). Inside we found a voucher along with a visa refund slip for a cruise we had planned to take from Belize City.
District Six Museum, Cape Town
In Cape Town, South Africa, the District Six Museum (25A Buitenkant St.; phone 461-8745) memorializes an important chapter in that country’s history — when an entire neighborhood was bulldozed at the height of apartheid. Being a civil rights activist, on my trip in March ’04 I was attracted to this museum.
Shipping added cost, despite verbal assurances
My wife and I went on a “Discover Thailand” tour with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), Sept. 9-Oct. 2, ’03. Our tour was 16 days long, to which we added a pre-trip of three days in Cambodia, visiting Angkor Wat. The basic cost was $1,690 per person, including airfare via Minneapolis and Tokyo.
France and Monte Carlo with Grand Circle Travel
For our 41st international junket (Aug. 30-Sept.