Travel Tidbits

This item appears on page 4 of the January 2008 issue.
Ring-tailed lemurs welcomed us to Berenty Reserve. Photo: Cooper

 An inexpensive choice for lunch in Finland is the businessmen’s buffets available at restaurants Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. They usually consist of all you can eat: soup, some salad and appetizers, one or two hot entrées, a side starch and vegetables. Beverage is not included in the price. — NESSIM CICUREL, Chicago, IL

 

We had only just gotten settled in our comfortable bungalow at Réserve Priveé de Berenty in Madagascar when we heard a group of ring-tailed lemurs scampering around on the roof. Banana handouts from tourists were stopped a few years ago, so after posing for pictures on our porch the lemurs climbed up into a tamarind tree to feed. — KATHY COOPER, St. Clair Shores, MI

 

In addition to ITN, my travel bibles for preparing for a trip are the catalogs from Magellan’s (Santa Barbara, CA; 800/962-4943, www.magellans.com), TravelSmith (Novato, CA; 800/950-1600, www.travelsmith.com), Sun Precautions (Everett, WA; 800/882-7860, www.sunprecautions.com — for their Solumbra SPF-30 clothing), Norm Thompson (Portland, OR; 877/718-7899, www.normthompson.com) and Land’s End (Dodgeville, WI; 800/963-4816, www.landsend.com). — CLAUDIA REED, Las Vegas, NV