ARMCHAIR TRAVELER.``The Princeton Review Student Advantage Guide to Visiting College Campuses'' by Janet Spencer and Sandra Maleson (Random House Inc.; $19.95) When is the best time to visit a college? To schedule an admissions interview? The best way to get there? The best place to stay overnight? This book answers all those questions and more in a concise, well-organized fashion. Written by two moms who have accompanied their own offspring off·spring n. 1. The progeny or descendants of a person, animal, or plant considered as a group. 2. A child of particular parentage. on college visits, they provide detailed information on major schools, state by state, throughout the country. They guide readers through the things that can make college campus visits to confusing con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. : where to find the admissions office, days and hours offices are closed to visitors, how to make interview arrangements. Included are maps showing how to plan a trip that includes visits to several campuses, schools' academic calendars and points of interest that can help make campus tours a mini-vacation instead of a chore. ``How to Plan Your Trip to Europe: A Workbook work·book n. 1. A booklet containing problems and exercises that a student may work directly on the pages. 2. A manual containing operating instructions, as for an appliance or machine. 3. for Independent Travelers'' by Karen and Ray Gilden (Artha Press; $14.95) This 134-page book tells you how to plan your trip, book your airline ticket, convert currency, get a passport passport Document issued by a national government identifying a traveler as a citizen with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of citizenship. It is normally a small booklet containing a description and photograph of the bearer. and a visa, reduce expenses, rent a car, buy a rail pass, find a doctor, deal with lost luggage LUGGAGE. Such things as are carried by a traveller, generally for his personal accommodation; baggage. In England this word is generally used in the same sense that baggage is used in the United States. See Baggage. and jet lag jet lag Period of adjustment of biological rhythm after moving from one time zone to another, experienced as fatigue and lowered efficiency. It reflects a delay in the synchronization of changes in the level of blood cortisol, the major steroid produced by the adrenal cortex , and improve your language skills. Seasoned travelers themselves, the Gildens know that a trip can be a disaster when things go wrong; their book is dedicated to making sure things go right. |
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