Switzerland Tourism’s “City-Guide Zurich” iPhone app, available for free download from the Apple iTunes Store, allows users to find interesting places and events in the city or the quickest route to a hotel or ATM.
A website providing information on how to make your next trip more environmentally friendly — by keeping carbon emissions from motorized transport to a minimum — greentraveller.co.uk lists over 80 ferry journeys passengers can take between the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe.
November’s photo depicts the plaque for the Children of the Earth monument at North Cape on Magerøya Island, Norway. In June 1988, children from seven countries (Tanzania, Japan, Brazil, Thailand, Italy, the USSR and the USA) spent a week together on the island — which in the summer is also home to nomadic Sami herdsmen and some 4,000 to 5,000 reindeer — and celebrated their stay by each designing a plaque.
In November, after it was learned that terrorists may have been planning attacks, some high-profile sightseeing spots in Europe were closed to public access and security increased. In France, Germany and England, security personnel at public transportation hubs were on high alert.
Salzburg’s historic city center became a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 1996, and a visit to the delightful Old Town will convince you it truly is a special place.
During a trip to Eastern Europe, my husband, Eugene, and I stayed at a wonderful, small hotel called the Klezmer-Hois (Ulica Szeroka 6, Kazimierz, 31-053 Kraków, Poland; phone/fax [+48 12] 411 12 45, www.klezmer.pl), May 1-8, 2010.
