I read the subscriber’s letter about pickpockets at Plaza San Martin in Buenos Aires, Argentina (April ’11, pg. 56). I witnessed this during my stay, Nov. 24-27, 2010.

Staff at our hotel, the Marriott Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires, suggested that we avoid the nearby Plaza San Martin subway station and, instead, walk 15 to 20 minutes to the next station so we could have a direct train and not have to change lines. I didn’t realize they also were cautioning us for safety reasons.

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I read with interest the subscriber’s article “Cruising Ukraine’s Dnieper River” (May ’11, pg. 48), regarding her experience with Viking River Cruises. My now-deceased wife, Lois, and I cruised the Dnieper in May ’09 aboard Unique World Cruises’ M/V Dnieper Star.

The passengers on our ship were mostly German and Russian. The ship was great, we saw and experienced most of what was described in the article, and the stops were as good as the writer described, but I felt obliged to expand...

My husband, Lou, and I spent a sunny week in England’s Lake District in June ’10, taking advice we’d read in a Rick Steves column to make Keswick a home base.

Only two miles from Keswick, we found Lake View Bed & Breakfast (Millbeck, Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 4PS, U.K.; phone 017687 75487), with wonderful views of Derwentwater and Skiddaw. You can hike from the B&B to Keswick via a footpath, although we found driving to be more convenient.

The B&B has two lovely rooms...