From approximately AD 600 to 1200, step wells were built throughout India, especially in the drier western part of the subcontinent. A step well makes it easier for people to reach the water in a location as well as to maintain the well itself. Great spots to escape from the heat, step wells often became gathering places.

Some of these wells, such as the one pictured here, Chand Baori in Abhaneri, Rajasthan, include architectural features such as temples. WANDA BAHDE of Summerfield,...

My wife, Jane, and I traveled to Copenhagen for the first time in 2006. We went to the town square to find a sightseeing bus and boarded one which had “Hop On-Hop Off” prominently displayed on the side. We rode for two or three stops and then hopped off at a palace that had been made into a museum.

After visiting the museum, we returned to the bus stop and within five minutes another bus appeared. We hopped on and went to see the Little Mermaid for the photo op. Another bus picked us...

My husband, Leon, and I went to Rome for five days and then on a Mediterranean cruise for two weeks in October ’08. Leon uses a wheelchair, though he can walk a bit when he needs to.

• In Rome we stayed at the Migdal Palace Hotel (Corso Vittorio Emanuele II n. 173, 00186 Rome, Italy; phone +39 06 68890091, fax 68892327, www.migdalpalace.it), which is a real find in central Rome.

It is within walking distance of the Vatican, the Forum, the Trevi Fountain and the Jewish Quarter....