Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / August 2003

My wife and I are going to Italy Sept 15 - Oct 1 and we want to get
your advice on our agenda.  Please feel free to tell us if we are
going to the right laces, or what we should skip:
We fly into and out of Rome - the airline only flys there, so we

Our family is leaving for Italy this Wednesday for a wedding in Capri.
We're also going to be spending some time in Naples and Rome.  I recently
read an article talking about how bad the cab drivers were in Italy about
overcharging.

Can anyone suggest a URL that lists RER or Metro stations which
provide a Park & Ride service for visitors with cars wanting to take
public transport into the centre of Paris?
I have tried www.ratp.fr without success.

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There used to be a device like a tiny immersion heater element you
plugged into the cig lighter and stuck in a container to get boiling
water en route. Tried all the usual suspects but can't find anybody who
knows what I'm talking about.

If officials start burying unknowns, it will make Sweden's attempt to
concrete over the Estonia look and feel like a Sunday walk in the park.
They must find away to match every last body to a family.
What is Chirac's approval rating now ?

Does anyone know where this movie was filmed?  I've always thought of
the Southern France Atlantic Coast.
Thanks
nick

Your help will be appreciated on this:
How much time does it take to go from (Paris) Requblique to Eiffel Tower by Metro?
Thanks

I'm planning a 4 day stay in London.  One hotel under consideration is
Marriott's Regent Park.
The Marriott web site shows the hotel next to railway lines (not the
underground tube lines) and I'm wondering about train noises at night and

My dejavu request lead me nowhere so here i am asking for your help.
Could you please tell me a place in Lille especially TGV station
Lille Europe where you can leave your luggage for a day ?
Thank you for your help.

Seems like a lot more people are dying in France this summer than in
Iraq.  Maybe the cheap French might consider buying grandma a $80 air
conditioner versus going on a 4 week vacation.
More people died in France in late July & August than allied troops in

Any info on using ATMs in Paris such as commission charged, debit card
versus credit card?  Anyone experience any difficulties?
I'm going tomorrow.
Gummo

We would be arriving into Trondheim airport at 10:30 pm. Does the
airport bus (Flybussen) run at that time of the night? If not, what
would be the best way to get to downtown Trondheim, and what would it
cost? There are 2 of us.

I'm interested in low season travel and what to expect temp-, precip-wise.
I hear bad things about the fall, winter, spring weather in W. Europe.
Okay so what is "bad"?
Same as Ohio or NY or Maine?  I grew up in the midwest US and those

Paris for 10 days. 2 of those Days in Les Vosges Countryside.
Amazing all around.
Some tips:
Speak some French, even if it's bad like mine, and make an honest