Sunday, August 6, 2006

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By Susan Reigler
sreigler@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

While Colorado teacher Steve Margolin was traveling through Europe one summer, he noticed that he kept using the same few phrases from his large travel dictionary over and over. So he hit on the idea of having those phrases printed on the side of a Nalgene water bottle. Bottles in Translation are available in English-Spanish, English-French and English-Italian versions with more than 100 of the most commonly used travel words and phrases on each. The 32-ounce bottles are also offered in several colors. You can purchase them from Margolin's Web site, www.bottlesintranslation.com, or call (303) 588-1709.

The travel mavens at National Geographic have a new set of handy binoculars for birders and others on the go. They weigh just 6½ ounces, are rubber coated to be waterproof and fogproof and have an excellent field of view of 392 feet at 1,000 yards. They come with a soft carrying case and, as a bonus, National Geographic's Bird Migration wall map, so you can pick out your next ornithological destination. To order, call (888) 225-5647 or go to www.ShopNG.org.

Travel writer Susan Reigler scopes out great stuff to take with you each Sunday in Travel. Have a suggestion? You can reach her at (502) 582-7078 or sreigler@courier-journal.com.

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