Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / August 2003

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Someone please verify.
NR
"Outside of this group, I don't remember hearing anyone in RL say

Hi everyone,
If you love to travel, we have setup a site where all vacation lovers
can come together and "portluck" on their favourite vacation
destinations!

Am trawling websites etc. with little success.
Married couple, 60 from UK - but not slouches, honest! We're normally in the
deserts at this time of year, if it wasn't for the current ........
Looking at Crete (about which we currently know very little), 2 weeks,

Me and my girlfriend have just booked our first holiday to Costa Dorada on the
26th october for a week what is the weather like then and what is it like as a
place we are staying between salou and  cambrills also what are the prices like
for food.

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John

We're heading to Greece next summer and will be spending a few days
next June in Athens. Since we'll only be there a couple days, we'd
perfer to be in the City Center (Plaka, Monastiraki or Makriyanni). We
tend to favor self-catering apartments or B&Bs but would like to get

I'm looking for the impossible.  A hotel or pension in Prague
that is nice (2 or 3 stars), cheap (<= 60 EUR for a single)
and centrally located (in Praha 1).  I'm visiting there this
October.

http://www.planetomni.com/RENT_CTRY.shtml  john

My girlfriend and I are going to London for a working holiday in early
'04. We're looking for cheapish accomodation in London.  Does anyone
know any good websites, newspapers, etc where we could look?  Or does
anyone have accomodation available?  We don't really want to stay in

Tim,
    Let me note that, having spent years of my youth thumbing and hosteling
around Europe, I am in sympathy with the backpackers/day trippers( except
when they clutter the bridge so I can't get over it). But I don't think the

I'm taking my 13 year old grandson to London this winter and would
appreciate your ideas on appropriate sights. He's interested in the
theatre so that's where we'll be most nights.I'm thinking of places
like the Natural History Museum, the British Museum, the London Eye

Does anyone know where I can find out about rock concerts (i.e. Linkin
park, Lmimp Bizkit) happening in Barcelona. Anything like a gig guide
for spain would do. I have looked on the web but have found nothing.
Hope you can help me.

We arrive in london am Dec. 20 and travel back to JFK airport Jan 1st.
This gives us a full 12 days and want to fit in another country
visit.  Some of us want to see Interlaken in Switzerland (fly easyjet
or Ryanair to Geneva or Zurich)--some want  Venice ---- there seems to

I will be in Milan and Zurich next month.  My partner wants to see the
Matterhorn.  Would it be easier to go there from Milan or Zurich?  Any
information from people who have done this trip would most welcomed.
Thank you.

Unfortunately, I have some cash in these now-obsolete currencies.  Does
anyone know how can I get them converted to USD or Euros?   I don't
think my bank (a conglomerate with steadily worsening service) will take
them.   Will an airport currency conversion place do it?