Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / April 2004

If you wish, you can follow the European financial markets
on
http://fr.finance.yahoo.com/
Which has a "clickable" dollar/euro site at which you can

Spending 6 days in Paris soon. Not lookiing for extravagence, just
a typical middle class person's trip.
How much spending money per day should I anticipate?
Thank you

Generally during what hours of the day are the museums and churches open in
Venice during this time of the year?
Also how about the restaurants do they shut down in the afternoon for the
most part?

I am a newbie to european travel. Which currency do they use in Belgium?
Euro or something else?

Does anyone else think the Eurostar is well overdue for a terrorist
attack ?
In light of the recent AZF and Madrid-Toledo devices, the obvious
method IMO would be to park a fertiliser bomb in a farm trailer on one

Have a look at these great pictures of fossils at Lyme Regis
If any one has any info on these fossils it would be gratefully
appreciated.
http://y2u.co.uk/%26002_Images/Lyme%20Regis%20Fossils%20%2001.htm

We'll be using Rijeka - Karlovac motorway (we're going to the Plitvice
Lakes, but first we'll go to Karlovac and we'll arrive to the lakes the next
day) and we are looking for a nice place to stop, walk around a bit, maybe
have lunch... Any suggestions?

Perhaps this is too general to answer (we don't know exactly where we might
go):
Looking for any recent* experiences anyone can relate regarding overnight
stays at mountain huts in the Swiss & French Alps.

My husband and I are retired and are planning a 2 week visit to Paris
and environs. The recent rash of strikes have us rethinking our trip.
(I noted that today thousands of tourists at Versaille were evacuated
and others at the Louvre and on trains due to stiking workers at the

We will be arriving in London from Scotland on July 15 and flying out of
Heathrow to the US the next day.
Where would you suggest that we stay the evening before our flight?  Near
the airport or in the city?

I find that Capri has an airport (PRJ) but I cannot find any flights
into Capri.  Is there air service or is it by charter only.

Just curious - when traveling in Italy, I noticed (in Florence) that
sometimes a street would have 2 name markers (usually a stone plaque
high on the side of a building). The top larger one would say "Via
Whatever" and a smaller one under would say "Gia Via Something or

Polls show majority Britons would vote against EU constitution
LONDON (AP): A majority of Britons would vote against a European Union
constitution in a referendum on the issue, according to polls published
Sunday.

Have heard in a good few places that unemployment is very high in
France at the moment, anyone have any idea how true this is?