travel insurance articles

Apartment, guide in Rome
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
Four of us (two couples) spent a week in Rome, Dec. 26 2012-Jan. 3, 2013. As we have done for the past 20 years of traveling together during this holiday week, we rented a furnished apartment with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room and a kitchen. We always choose a central location.

A stay in Paris
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
My husband, Herb, and I rented a fantastic apartment in Paris, Le Buci (rue Buci, 6th Arrondissement, Saint-Germain-des-Prés), May 29-June 7, 2012, from AdrianLeeds.com. It’s on the Left Bank, and at €235 (near $306) a night it was well worth the price.

A gîte in Brittany
A cove on the rugged coast of the Crozon peninsula — Brittany, France.
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
We have visited France 30-some times but until recently had stayed only in hotels, mainly family-run places in small towns. We had noticed attractive vacation cottages for rent but learned that they generally go for a week at a time and almost always Saturday p.m. to Saturday a.m.

Visions of Venice
Venice’s Grand Canal.
Features, April 2013 issue.
An overnight in Venice provides the opportunity to explore the 
city after the crowds have departed

Greece is great
Essay Contest, April 2013 issue.
Essay contest winners are announced and their writings shared

Spending a day on Montserrat
Taking advantage of an extended port call to visit the religious site of Montser
Features, April 2013 issue.
Taking advantage of an extended port call to visit the religious site of Montserrat

ZürichCard
Travel Briefs, April 2013 issue.
The ZürichCard offers visitors to Zürich, Switzerland, unlimited second-class travel by tram, bus, rail, boat and cable car for 24 or 72 hours as well as discounts at museums, shops and restaurants. A 24-hour card costs CHF24 or €20 (near $26) and a 72-hour card, CHF48 or €40.

Hamburg story
Travel Briefs, April 2013 issue.
Emigrants left Germany from Hamburg. The Beatles honed their skills there. Today, it’s home to 40 theaters, 60 museums, 160 art galleries and 259 libraries.

In love with Sarajevo
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
I visited Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina, in late October ’11. I came by bus from Mostar and left by train for Pécs in Hungary. I fell in love with Sarajevo and hope to go back sometime.

Switzerland
Travelers' Intercom, April 2013 issue.
Getting off the train from Interlaken, Switzerland, to Montreux in June ’12, just 11 days into our 3-week Swiss trip, my husband, Jerry, and I were gathering our things together when I said, “Where’s my Kindle?” We searched everywhere, and I determined that I had left it on my seat when we change