In Paula Prindle’s article about Italy (July ’05, pg. 20), she said the conductor was not worried about their unpunched train ticket on the way from Rome to Venice. I suggest that travelers not rely on that as the standard for Italy.

As part of our November ’04 trip, my husband and I spent some time traveling by bus in Croatia and by bus and train in Slovenia. In both countries the bus and train personnel were fantastic. In Slovenia, even though we always knew where to get off the...

In his July ’05 column, Rick Steves mentioned Wizz Air as a low-cost carrier out of Budapest, so when I decided to tack on a second river cruise out of Antwerp to Basel following an already-booked October-November ’05 cruise that will end in Budapest, I checked out Wizz Air in early August. The fare I found seemed a great deal, even though it used Charleroi Airport in Brussels.

Then it came time to pay, and the cost was a real eye-opener, as follows for two people (dollar equivalents...

I would like to offer one more suggestion to those of the great letter titled “Tips for Driving in Britain” (Aug. ’05, pg. 73).

During the summer of 1996, my husband and I hired a car at Heathrow, and after an “adventure trip” out of the airport complex we headed north into Scotland, taking in castles and museums along the way to the “Whiskey Trail.”

On this trip we frequently found ourselves on one-lane country roads where we were confronted with oncoming trafic. This was...