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Across the Russian Federation by train
Travelers' Intercom, January 2007 issue.
My wife, Darlene, and I, following a private tour in Mongolia (June ’06, pg. 85), were among a group of 96 people from all over the world who made an incredible private train trip across the Russian Federation along the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway, Aug. 19-31, ’05.

Budapest’s House of Terror
Travelers' Intercom, January 2007 issue.
In Budapest, Hungary, the Terror Háza, or House of Terror Museum (Andrássy út 60, Budapest 1062, Hungary; phone + 36 [1] 374 2600 or visit www.terrorhaza.hu), deals with the years of fascist and communist oppression, from WWII to the fall of

Ziggy in Poland
Travelers' Intercom, January 2007 issue.
We had the most incredible two days in Poland in 2005, thanks to the best guide ever, Ziggy Pelczyk (e-mail zpelczyk@wp.pl), and the ITN reader who wrote and told me about him, Elizabeth Moore.

Pick-me-up in Kobarid
Travelers' Intercom, January 2007 issue.
If you’re visiting Kobarid, Slovenia’s, award-winning Kobarid Museum, you’ll do well to have a meal at Restavricija Kotlar (Kobarid, Slovenia; phone 386 [0] 5 38 91 110) before leaving town. It’s located on a square only a 2-minute walk from the museum.

Supper in Sicily
Travelers' Intercom, January 2007 issue.
While traveling by car in western Sicily in September ’06, we were in need of a restaurant for supper.

Transatlantic the hard way
Columns, January 2007 issue.
by Lew Toulmin

Focus on Archaeology — Pula, a Roman treasure in Croatia
Columns, January 2007 issue.
by Julie Skurdenis

Report Cards
Report Cards, January 2007 issue.
From Rome, ITALY, Nov. 10, ’06. . .

Boarding Pass
Columns, December 2006 issue.
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 370th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.

Travel Tidbits
Travel Tidbits, December 2006 issue.
Fethiye, Turkey, has a wonderful small market with everything you might wish to buy — great jewelry, rugs, spices. . . . On a June-July ’04 tour with Treasures of Travel (Edmonds, WA; 800/572-0526), I found wonderful things there for my home and for my friends.