Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / January 2004

Where can I get good precipizi in Florence, Rome, and Siena this month?

If you are going to Rome for job reasons or for holidays, why should you
stay in a small hotel room and spend a bunch of money?
Save money and choose my elegant apartment located in the core of Rome a few
minute walking from the famous piazza Navona and just behind the

As I understand it the Americans are only taking two finger fingerprints.
One is the index, I don`t know the other.
My suggested compromise is the use only the middle digit.
In this manner, the American authorities get a finger print.

I'm looking for a moderately priced B & B in London with good access
to the tube.  Hopefully centrally located, clean and quiet.

Things are developing as I pretty much
anticipated, the whole thing was
an information fuckup.
The WSJ also covered this today in a scathing

Does anyone have any experience staying in Paris at either the Comfort
Hotel Gare Du Nord near the Metro or the Tulip Inn Quai De Seine Hotel
near the Stalingrad Metro station?  If not, what about the Comfort
Hotel Paris Montmartre?  They fall within a narrow price range and

I personally think a move into the mid 1.30s probable but
I think it will terminate under 1.50, then there were be
a speculative crash but not far.  The future will tell us.
This is deja vue stuff, I remember the dollar at 3.9 francs

Come to Austria and the Salzburg area.  It is very nice.  You will like our
spam sculptures placed high on beautiful mountains of smap, adorned with
further spam.    Please also to see our spam valleys,  and I recommend
staying at the bestest resort,  the  www.Spamhof.com  , not far ...

I'll be in France yet again for the Tour de France (it's a tough life having
to do this five years in a row, but somebody's got to do it!), but this time
adding a wrinkle... my family will be coming over for 8 days as well.
Does anybody have recommendations for hotels with ...

Quite close to the border of Salzburg and the little german town of
Freilassing is a small village called Mitterfelden. Right next to it
an a small hill is a beautiful wellness center. It is called
"Reiteralm" and from there you`ll have a marvellous view over part of

I am going on a trip to London this Saturday. Can someone please write
some general prices (bread, milk, vegetables...). It would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you.
Jelenica

I have been looking for a map of Madrid which includes boundaries for the
postal zones (e.g. 28014). Does anyone know where I can find such
information?
Gracias de antemano,

Can anyone recommend the best way to travel to Auschwitz from Krakow?
We're planning to go on a Sunday next June. Is it better to travel
independently and book a guide once you're there, or book an
all-inclusive trip from Krakow? Any idea on prices?

I searched through the archives for "melk hotel" and found very
few posts on hotels in Melk.  Most people visit Melk on a day
trip from Vienna, it seems.  I want to stay there for one night on
my way to Salzburg.  Any recommendations?  Rick Steves'

I just got back a few days ago, a trip report is in the works (and pictures
will make their way to the web eventually), but for now I'd like to thank
everyone who helped me out with information in the threads I started before
my trip (entertainment listings, phone cards and public ...