Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / October 2003

I need recommandation for a nice hotel in Helsinki at a nice weekend
rate for a weekend in november.
I know the Scandin Simonkenta, and am tempted. I also know the Helka,
but I think the rooms are too small...

Wondering if anyone has photos (accessible from the web) of Den Haag
Centraal station (booking hall, surrounding shops etc).  I miss it.
Any other images of Den Haag would also be interesting.
Thanks for any help.

Are there any EasyInternet cafes in Paris & Dublin??  And if so,
where??  I used them in London & Berlin a couple months ago, and found
them to be so convenient & easy to use.
I dread not being able to check my email for over a week!  

A 160-km are of Brussels is being closed to traffic. I don't know when
it will happen, but it will. Last week's car-free day triggered it.
The news comes from Jenny Jones, the deputy mayor of London.

I'm an American, and I've heard that European casinos are more formal than
American ones.   Is it necessary to wear a sport coat?  tie?   What about
just slacks and a button-down?

Planning to go to Costa Del Sol staying at Benalmadena Costa for 2
weeks in February 2004 ... would like to visit Seville, Jerez de la
Frontera, Cordoba and Granada on day trips ... after checking the bus
timetable on web, Seville (3-4 hours each way) and Jerez seems to be

Wife and I planning 15 day +/- trip in Spring '04, leaving from west coast
US. Would like to see Spanish art, culture, flamenco etc. and maybe
Portugal. Would like to be in guided small group and stay in  local 4 or 3
star hotels but NOT stay in typical US chain hotels. It's ...

My boyfriend and I will be in Paris for New Year's Eve.  I know that there
are fireworks at the Eiffel Tower.  Are there other special events taking
place that we should be aware of?
Thank you so much,

Does anyone have any info on the Delta Hotel by Central Station in
Amsterdam?

I will be in Spain at the end of October. Because of our schedule we plan on
doing a daytrip
to Toledo from Madrid on Sun. Oct. 26. This is the only date we can do this.
However,

Are there any historic 'day' spas near Prague? We are going in a month
or so and having been hooked on the great spas in Budapest & Hungary
we are wondering if the spas in Czech. Republic are of the same type.
We are particularly interested in day visits to spas offering

I was sitting on the other side of the river opposite the mosque. It
was lit up and glowing. Breathtaking. I did not have a camera and
cannot locate a night photo that includes the roman bride and mosque
at night. I would like a photo / negative that I could reproduce. Can

Anyone recommend a cheap hotel in Prague ?
Also a 'must do' itinerary for the rest of the country ?
I'm going for 6 days.
Howard.   (reply to:  howy.stone at virin.net  )

Hello, I wonder if anyone can help.
We are taking our dog to Argeles in France next year for the first
time.  We have been to Argeles before, but the campsite we stayed does
not take dogs.  Does any one know of a good campsite there, that

Malaria is a word many people associate with game parks in Africa.
However only one of the South African National Parks is in a malaria
risk area and that is the Kruger National Park, although even here the
risk is usually low. Historically there have been incidences of