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(Third of three parts)

On the final part of the 12-day tour of Scandinavia that I took with smarTours (partially hosted) in August 2015, our group enjoyed an overnight DFDS Seaways cruise from Oslo, Norway, to Copenhagen, exploring the Danish capital for two days before flying to Helsinki, Finland. Boarding the ship in Oslo in late afternoon, we enjoyed two sunny hours of revelry on the 11th-level open deck with a view of the city skyline and harbor. The cruise was off to a great start and we hadn’t yet left the dock. Smooth sailing within sight of the coast for most of the...

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 479th issue of your monthly foreign travel magazine.

Twelve days after 224 people were killed on a Russian passenger jet downed over Egypt on Oct. 31, 43 were killed in suicide bombings in a neighborhood in Lebanon, and the very next day the same terrorist group attacked in Paris, killing 130 people who were simply enjoying a Friday evening out. These were tragic crimes, and the grieving continues.

Paris’ being one of the most-visited cities in the world, many of us are familiar with its streets, and, though we cannot...

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