Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / January 2004

I am planning a special trip to Sweden. I have been once, but just for
an event and spent less than a week. I want to go back and see the
same area I went to but in greater detail. I hope someone reading this
will know a little bit about the province of Skane. I was on the West

Can anyone help me please with the correct pronunciation of the
village where the Ice Hotel is in Sweden?    It is called Jukkasjärvi
and is near Kiruna.  
I'm pronouncing it like Yukkas yer vi   but I know the  Swedish "K"

Le Parisien covered this in todays paper.
http://www.leparisien.com/home/maville/paris/article.htm?articleid=230903709
"Moins d'insécurité  dans le métro"
The first paragraph (below) says that the drop in acts was 17% in the city

Next month I will be travelling to Spain and I need to get to Morocco
ASAP.  My first thought was to take the train to Algeciras and then
the ferry to Tangier, but the train schedule doesn't fit with the
arrival of my flight.  So I figure my options are:

Greetings all,
My wife and I and a couple of friends are traveling to Northern Italy in
May & June.  We have a week set aside to tour Tuscany & Umbria at the
end of our trip.  I know that isn't enough time but what can you do?

I am going on my honeymoon in July to Bourg St. Maurice.  
Does anyone know if the Tour de France will be going through there?
I've looked at the tour route and it doesn't list it, but I am not
familiar with the geography and so I don't know if one of the cities

Where can find Low Fares Airlines and Bed in Europe.
Sargo

One minimal policy is to keep the potential terrorists uncertain.
I think that good ground control would likely be enough in 99%
of the flights, but occasionally they might have to go the extra
expense of putting marshals aboard.

Motoring stays in France have evolved greatly over the 40 years
we have driven here.  In the 60s, Motels virtually did not exist
and the autoroutes were few. Our usual travel routine then was
to use a guide like Michelin and stay in the center of a town or

Ok, I got one of the super duper SAS Advent calendar specials before
Christmas so I'm off to Galicia in February.  The weather appears to be
identical to Seattle now, lol, but I'm going for the food, wine and
language.

I seem to remember that a couple of years ago one was able to find prices
for international train journeys from various rail sites in Europe. Well,
that no longer appears to be possible, or at least easy.
At that time, I was able to price, and book, tickets within France and on

The Dutch will tolerate almost anything.  Illegal satellite dishes.  The
world's highest burglary rate.  Welfare as a life-style choice.  Cigar
smokers in restaurants.  Marijuana.  Same-sex marriage.  Serbs
massacring Bosnian civilians.  

I'd like some input.  Just a general, almost off-topic, question.   Why do
you like to travel?   If older, do you think you should of traveled more
when you were younger?
I have a follow up question to come.

I'm going to Rome for a couple of weeks at the end of May and have a notion
to visit the garden at Ninfa. I've been once before but they were closed. I
understand that they are open for the first weekend each month so I should
be OK for the first weekend in June. Can any of you Rome ...

We meet with a very special friend in Rome on a Sunday, and it is our last
night in Italy. We would really appreciate a recommendations for a Sunday
evening.
We want good food, friendly atmosphere where it is easy to converse and