Funniest thing

April 2009 issue

Funniest Thing for April

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the US, Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is JAMES McGEE of Sun City, California:

While the president of an international company before retiring, I was in Singapore visiting key customers and prospects in Southeast Asia with our resident...

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May 2009 issue

No one was seven minutes late

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the US, Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is J.P. WILLIAMS of San Jose, California:

Traveling with Viking River Cruises in Romania in 2004, we had an excellent young guide while on bus excursions. Right away she set down the rules for returns...

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June 2009 issue

Funniest Thing for June

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the US, Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is WILLIAM E. TILTON, Jr., of San Mateo, Florida:

While on a 4-week visit to England, Scotland and Wales several years ago, my sister, Candy, and I spent some time in London. One afternoon we went to...

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July 2009 issue

Funniest Thing for July

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the US, Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is TOM ROBERTS of Del Mar, California:

My wife, Bea, and I were in Sarawak, Malaysia, in September ’08 on a textile tour with Mary Connors. We overheard one of the tour members say, “It must be time to...

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April 2008 issue

Funniest Thing for April

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is PEGGY PARKER of Milwaukie, OR:

Prior to a trip to Malta, my father purchased a new pair of his regular brand of walking shoe. These consisted of leather uppers and crepe-like soles. Upon arriving,...

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May 2008 issue

Funniest Thing for May

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is DAVID W. LOWE of Long Beach, California:

My wife and I were visiting my brother and his wife in Barcelona and we decided to take a mini-tour of Spain. After viewing the wonders, we came back to our...

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June 2008 issue

Funniest Thing for June

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is BRUCE KIELSMEIER of Klamath Falls, Oregon:

Being a 70-year-old male, I am certainly not used to being the target of a wolf whistle, especially when the whistler is a young male.

In Tbilisi,...

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January 2007 issue

Funniest Thing for January

Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length. (ITN prints no info on destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean.) The ITN staff will choose each month’s winner, who will receive a free one-year subscription to ITN. Entries not chosen cannot be acknowledged.

This month’s winner is CLAUDIA REED of Las Vegas, Nevada:

While in Cambodia in April ’03, we hired a great guide by the name of Sri Roth to take us to Angkor Wat. During that visit, my husband and his brother were...

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