7 days/6 nights, Oct. 12-18, 2008. Longest walking day: six hours, 10 miles (alternate transportation offered).

Highlights: Walk along the River Fowey to Polrun village/coast walk to Menabily estate, inspiration for Manderlay in Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca”/follow Smugglers’ Path in Lansallos to fishing village of Polperro/from Durgen, ferry to Helford, a village with many thatched cottages, and walk along Frenchman’s Creek/follow Lizard Peninsula to Kynance Cove.

 Land only...

14 days/13 nights.

Highlights: In Helsinki, FINLAND, tour includes Church in the Rock, historical center/medieval Porvoo/ferry to Tallinn, ESTONIA; 13th-century Dome Church, Rocca Al Mare open-air museum, baroque Kadriorg Palace/historical manor houses in Lahemaa National Park/Turaida, LATVIA, with its walled castle and “Folk Song Garden”/Art Nouveau architecture in Riga/in LITHUANIA, Hill of Crosses, Thomas Mann House in Nida, seaport of Klaipeda/14th-century Trakai Castle, now the...

11 days/10 nights in North and South Korea, Sept. 19-29 & Oct. 3-13, 2008.

Highlights: From Beijing, fly to P’yongyang for city tour, Mass Games/Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Juche Tower/captured “spy ship” USS Pueblo/Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) pavilions in Moranbong Park/drive “Reunification Highway” to Panmunjon in the DMZ/Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum/fly to Seoul via Beijing/5,000 years of history at the National Museum of Korea/traditional tea ceremony/Changdeokgung...