Travel Notes: Avuncular advice on Europe

by John Flinn executive editor of Travel

So you're each heading off to Europe this summer for the very first time. How I envy you! You're about to embark on adventures that could forever change your relationships with the rest of the world.

Everything, from the sound of the church bells to the shape of the crosswalk stripes, will be fresh and new and bizarre and wonderful, and if you pay attention you'll gather fascinating new threads to weave into the fabric of your lives.

What follows are a few random pieces of advice gleaned from nearly three decades of European travel. Forgive me if I'm repeating some things I've already told you, as doddering old uncles are wont to do.

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