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Accommodations Worldwide
Accommodations Worldwide, February 2005 issue.
Europe Les Gains bed-and-breakfast (home of Diana and Kit Wordsworth, 61310 Survie, Exmes, Normandy, FRANCE; phone 0033 [0] 2 33 36 05 56, e-mail

Tips on choosing a tour company
Features, February 2005 issue.
Many years ago I took my first trip with a travel company (which shall remained unnamed) and learned some hard lessons. It was a frustrating and expensive process, but it did pave the way for many other successful trips with very few unpleasant surprises.

Bulgaria — a perfect vacation destination
Features, February 2005 issue.
We are extremely interested in history and enjoy visiting different cultures. In August ’04 we visited Bulgaria. After spending 10 days in this largely unknown jewel of the Balkans, we wanted to tell our friends that Bulgaria has everything anyone would expect for a perfect vacation.

A ‘super day’ near London
Travelers' Intercom, February 2005 issue.
London was crowded with tourists in August ’04 and it was also the wettest August on record. Daily sky bursts were the norm, and before your umbrella was fully extended you were sopping wet. So many people running for the same shelter at the same time only exasperated the situation.

Keeping wallet in sight at x-ray
Travelers' Intercom, February 2005 issue.
ITN printed a letter of mine about my going through Frankfurt Airport in 2003 and having a security screener insist that my wallet and passport be x-rayed (Nov. ’04, pg. 18).

Enjoyable dining, Europe
Travelers' Intercom, February 2005 issue.
My wife and I would like to share some wonderful restaurants we experienced while traveling in Europe in May and June ’03.

Sights in Germany
Travelers' Intercom, February 2005 issue.
My husband and I traveled by train to Berlin, Germany, in June ’04. We used public transportation there (U-Bahn and S-Bahn), seeing all of the exciting landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate, once a dividing point between East and West Berlin and now a symbol of German unity.

Eurostar walks on water
, February 2005 issue.
—All Aboard is written by Jay Brunhouse

New on the Bookshelf
Columns, February 2005 issue.
—by Chris Springer, Contributing Editor “Crete” by Barry Unsworth (2004, National Geographic. ISBN 0792266439 — 170 pp., $20 hardcover).

Friendly Satillieu in the beautiful Ardèche
Columns, February 2005 issue.
It was raining when we left Amsterdam on our way to France in May 2003. I put the car on autopilot and drove south until the sun came out.