Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / February 2004

My wife and I will be arriving at the Gare de Lyon on a Sunday
afternoon. Our hotel is about two blocks east of the Luxembourg RER
station. We will each have a medium-size piece of luggage and a
carry-on. Is it practical to take the RER from Gare de Lyon to

My family will be visiting Paris in April.  Instead of staying close
to Gare du Nord, we prefer to stay near Opera (within walking distance
to Louvre).
I did an internet search and found this hotel "Emeraude Hotel

Are you likely to get better air conditioning from a chain hotel like
Novotel, Le Meridien, or Sofitel than you are from a hotel in an old
building?
I notice there are some two and three star hotels that claim to have air

Hi Group,
sorry if this is a repeat - I couldn't find any reasonably recent
posts with exact information or links.
Every time I visit Paris I leave with the feeling that the other

A couple of years ago I visited a website that had photos of the
streets of paris.  They were linked so you could "walk" down the
streets and look to the left, right, forward, and backward.
Unfortunately I have lost the link and couldn't find it in a google

I would like to purchase a camper-van in Europe, then to travel
throughout Europe for many years. Since I am a U.S. citizen, and not a
member of the EU, it seems that obtaining long-term vehicle
registration and licensing can be a problem, since I will have no

Hello Venice experts,
I'm planning on staying in Venice on the 29th and 30th, and I don't
know where to book a room. Also, I have a ridiculously particular set
of criteria. Here we go!

Holiday For 2 For Sale
14 Nights  B&B in Corfu (Coral Hotel Onexone - Rodo)
Departing Glasgow 07th June 2004 (B&B)
Genuine reason for sale - We're off to stay with friends in Mallorca

I have just gotten back from my trip to Italy.  Found some places I
liked and some I did not care for.  What ruined Rome for me were a
couple of incidences, first of which occurred immediately after our
arrival from Florence.

Most colleges in North AMerica have a bookstore on campus where one can
buy everything from textbooks to sweatshirts.  Do the universities in
Padova and Bologna have such bookstores?  If so, does anybody know where
they are located, or at least what you call them?

I will be in Amsterdam for the Easter weekend. Should I expect a significant
portion of the stores and attractions to be closed on Sunday and/or Monday?
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Do you think that legalization of Marijuana and other drugs and of
night-clubs is OK for Croatia?
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about sunniest island in Croatia!

I will be in Paris July 11-18. However, I know Bastille Day falls in the
middle of that. Does that affect hotel availability?
I was thinking of delaying my final hotel decision so I could determine
whether air conditioning would be needed. I have currently booked a budget

I will be visiting Paris in March and wonder if anyone knows where
there is a good climibing/mountaineering store? I have heard that
there is an entire block of climbing and outdoor-type stores located
somewhere in the city. Any help and directions would be much

I've been looking at booking two second class seats on a French TGV.
The SNCF web page gives me the choices of "square" or "kiosk".
Does anyone know what those mean?
I'd prefer two seats facing each other.