8-day / 7-night river cruise in four countries. Highlights: Embark in Basel, SWITZERLAND / in Strasbourg, FRANCE, ride a canal boat through “Petit France” / in GERMANY, medieval Speyer / wine tasting at Castle Vollrads in Rüdesheim / Koblenz / Cologne / disembark in Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS.
15-day / 13-night tour of five islands in the Azores archipelago, PORTUGAL, June 19-July 3, 2013. Highlights: Parades and bullfights at Sanjoaninas festival on Terceira / Faial / Whaling Museum on Pico / São Jorge / Flores / geysers, thermal pools in Furnas Valley, São Miguel.
14 days / 13 nights, June 13-27, 2013. Highlights: Zagreb walking tour / waterfalls in Plitvice National Forest / island of Hvar / Zadar / Split / Dubrovnik’s Old Town. Land, $1,691. Single supp., $370.
Record holder for longest-running play, Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” debuted in London’s West End on Nov. 25, 1952. Since 1974, it has been performed at St. Martin’s Theatre (West St., Cambridge Cross, London, WC2H 9NZ, U.K.).
What is now the European Union’s tallest building, London’s 95-story Shard — with offices, a hotel, apartments and restaurants — opened its viewing deck to the public on Feb. 1.
