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Should I Visit the Middle East?
Columns, November 2006 issue.
Some friends shake their heads, and others are envious of Moreen and me for our travels in the Middle East. They ask, as do some ITN readers, if it is safe there for travelers. I can’t offer a definite yes or no, but I believe it’s relatively safe in many Middle Eastern countries.

November Report Cards
Report Cards, November 2006 issue.
FIRST, FAST & FURIOUS — The following is a sampling of reports received from ITN readers around the globe. ITN invites you to join our corps of reporters — just drop a card in the mail while the travel impressions are fresh in your mind.

Boarding Pass
Columns, October 2006 issue.
Dear Globetrotter: Welcome to the 368th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine.

Travel Tidbits
Travel Tidbits, October 2006 issue.
 For anyone needing transport between the Marco Polo Airport and Venice, Italy, the website of the Tourist Board of Venice has a very good presentation of the alternatives. Visit www.turismovenezia.it/eng. — G.F.

Cultural immersion program to Guatemala
Features, October 2006 issue.
In the November ’05 issue of ITN (page 86), I read with great interest about a cultural-immersion program called Global Awareness Through Experience (GATE).

Mediterranean ports handicapped accessible?
Travelers' Intercom, October 2006 issue.
I realized last year that I am becoming limited in what I can physically do, so I took a Mediterranean cruise primarily to places I had already been, just to see if cruising was easier.

Germany’s night watchmen
Travelers' Intercom, October 2006 issue.
Many German towns have night watchmen. In Dinkelsbühl in June ’05, we joined a group following the costumed Jakob Hamerslag as he made his evening rounds from one restaurant to the next.

October’s Funniest Thing
Funniest thing, October 2006 issue.
Tell ITN about the funniest thing that ever happened to you while traveling in a foreign country. There are no restrictions on length.

Lauds Vantage for alternative tour
Travelers' Intercom, October 2006 issue.
My husband, Stanley, and I traveled with Vantage Deluxe World Travel (90 Canal St., Boston, MA 02114; 888/982-6824) in April and May 2006.

Tips on traveling for months at a time
Travelers' Intercom, October 2006 issue.
In the January ’06 issue, page 50, Cecilia Morrissey shared extensive advice on arranging flights around the world. Here she offers advice on other things to consider when planning months-long travels.