travel insurance articles

Dealing with flights to Europe
Travelers' Intercom, March 2005 issue.
I read with interest the reader’s comments in the letter titled “Flights Spoiled a Good Cruise” (Jan. ’05, pg. 26), regarding the flights assigned by Grand Circle Travel (Boston, MA). We are also Grand Circle “Inner Circle” members.

Buenos Aires — delving into the soul of the city
Features, March 2005 issue.
—Col. Harold Grady, St. Louis, MO

Hotel Toro transformation
Travelers' Intercom, March 2005 issue.
A reader sent ITN a copy of a letter mailed to AMS Hotels (Parc Center, Bolling Ave. 8, 1119 Schiphol-Rizk, Netherlands) regarding a property in Amsterdam, as follows.

The Monet on the Adriatic
Travelers' Intercom, March 2005 issue.
In late October ’04 I boarded the Monet, a small cruise ship carrying a maximum of 59 passengers, at the San Basilio pier in Venice, Italy. Our itinerary was a leisurely 7-day cruise down the Dalmatian coast (formerly Yugoslavia), terminating in Dubrovnik.

‘Waterways of the Czars’
Travelers' Intercom, March 2005 issue.
I went on a 14-day cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg in August ’04.

Düsseldorf and more
Travelers' Intercom, March 2005 issue.
I was in Germany for several weeks in June ’04 and found a wonderful small hotel, Hotel Berlin Plaza, one-half block from the Ku’Damm in Berlin. I would recommend it. I think it’s too small to have “groups,” but the building did have two elevators.

A hands-on study program grants special access to the art treasures of Russia’s Hermitage Museum
Features, March 2005 issue.
—Kathryn Whitmer, Bellingham, WA

Accommodations Worldwide
Accommodations Worldwide, March 2005 issue.
Europe

Following the locals to Croatia’s choice coastal towns
Features, March 2005 issue.
—Deanna Palic, Contributing Editor, ITN

Visit to Transnistria
Travelers' Intercom, March 2005 issue.
My wife, Arlene, and I spent a few hours in a little-visited part of the world that is well worth seeing because of its complex history and location.