We asked you each to name, in English, the 25 core words and phrases that are the most helpful or important to know how to say in the local language before arriving at a new travel destination (outside of North America and the Caribbean).
I enjoyed the articles on China in the April ’06 issue and especially the pictures of the Great Wall on pages 10 and 121. Before tourists could visit on their own, I was in China in 1976 with a group from Wayne State University’s Medical School.
On a Friday night in little Viterbo, Italy, one November, we joined the passeggiata (evening stroll), roaming the closed-to-traffic narrow shopping streets.
