For a stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in December ’08, my husband, Roger, and I rented a flat for 13 nights on Anchorena. During our stay, Roger had a medical emergency that required us to leave early.

Upon our arrival in Buenos Aires we had signed a contract which, in my opinion, did not clearly state that in the case of our leaving early, the whole fee could be kept by the apartment owner. Nevertheless, the owner refused to return any part of the rental fee, although we stayed only...

For years I toiled to put together for myself a land tour that would include Bosnia & Herzegovina plus Montenegro and Albania, but the inaccessibility of air flights between these countries combined with border crossing technicalities made the process too complex.

When my article “Cruising the Danube” was printed (Dec. ’08, pg. 34), I noticed on one of the pages an ad for a five-country/seven-night Adriatic cruise package that included these three countries. Value World Tours had...

In her article on Morocco (April ’09, pg. 24), I was pleased that Elaine Lavine wrote about Casablanca and Fés and included a photo of the Jewish Cemetery in Fés. Whereas, in Casablanca, the Hassan II Mosque is a major feature for tourism, there are other very interesting sites and features as well, particularly pertaining to Jewish culture.

There is a lovely Jewish museum with artifacts centuries old, and there is an area with several synagogues and kosher food stores. In addition,...