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Report Cards
Report Cards, December 2008 issue.
From BALLYCASTLE, Ireland, Oct. 21, 2008. . .

Boarding Pass
Columns, November 2008 issue.
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 393rd issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine, the ORIGINAL forum for overseas travelers.

Tips on getting to Lugano
Travelers' Intercom, November 2008 issue.
While my wife, Paula, and I didn’t find Lugano, Switzerland, to be the most exciting or interesting of destinations, the city is the southern terminus of two of Swiss Rail’s most scenic train routes: the William Tell Express and the Bernina Express.

Bucharest ‘wonderful’
Travelers' Intercom, November 2008 issue.
My wife, Debbie, and I were in Romania in November ’07 visiting the Bucharest Stock Exchange. We stayed at the Casa Capsa (Calea Victoriei nr.

Inn-to-inn walking in Europe
Travelers' Intercom, November 2008 issue.
My husband and I, in our late 60s, traveled in Italy, Germany and France from April to mid-July 2008 with an emphasis on inn-to-inn walking.

Baltic Holidays
Travelers' Intercom, November 2008 issue.
Starting in Helsinki, Finland, my wife and I toured the Baltic countries — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — in August ’08.

Club ABC to Canaries
Travelers' Intercom, November 2008 issue.
Spanish Heritage Tours, now part of Club ABC Tours (Bloomfield, NJ; 800/456-5050, www.clubabc.com), offers an 8-day trip to Spain’s Canary Islands which I took March 30-April 7, 2008.

New bridge in Venice
Travelers' Intercom, November 2008 issue.
Scheduled to open in September ’08 in Venice, Italy, after nine years of delay, the Calatrava Bridge — a modern, contemporary structure of iron, glass and marble — links the Santa Lucia train station with Piazzale Roma.

Toulouse, Carcassonne and the Dordogne with France à la Carte
Tours in Review, November 2008 issue.
My husband, Jerry, and I, and our friends Barbara and Harvey Hellering wanted to visit Toulouse, Carcassonne and the Dordogne region of France. Since none of us wanted to drive, we decided to hire someone to arrange the trip and do the driving.

Greece, Macedonia & Turkey with Kutrubes Travel
Tours in Review, November 2008 issue.
My wife, Jeanne, and I enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime customized travel adventure to all of Greece’s great historic mainland and island sites plus Istanbul (Turkey), Lake Ohrid and the capital of Macedonia, thanks to the effort of Kutrubes Travel (Boston, MA; 800/878-8566,