Passport Smarts

June, 1987

Have you been longing for dappled sunlight shimmering through island palms? For jagged white peaks soaring against an alpine blue sky? For smart boulevard cafés where people watching is an art? Ah, the restless spirit! But be warned: The word travel has a sobering etymology. It derives from the Middle English travailen, meaning to toil. Worse, it is rooted in the Latin trip&x0101;lium, an instrument for inflicting pain. Travel can be travail when a rental car shudders and dies in some sun-steame...