Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / May 2004

anybody been on a or heard of thomas cook holidays to europe ?

I offer you to see Moscow with me as your guide this fall or winter.
You can stay in one of the rooms of my flat what will be much cheaper
for you than any hotel. Everything is up to you. If a hotel room is
more convenient for you, I will help you to find something comfortable

Has anyone had any experience with traffic tickets in Italy. I just received
a traffic ticket for driving in Rome 2 years ago. They claim I drove in a
limited traffic area without a permit. To track a tourist from Canada down
took them 2 years. They must want the money real bad.

I'm going to stay 3 days in Brittany next summer, I can stay either at
the Grand hotel de la Gare in Dol de Bretagne or at the Hotel Alpha
Ocean in Saint Malo. Has anyone ever stayed in these hotels and can
recommend them?

I plan to visit Rome in August. How long will it take if I get to Rome from
Amsterdam by train? How much will it cost? I will stay in Rome for a few
days. Is the hostel there expensive?
Thanks in advance.

We are two students working in Rome for 2 months on our internship. We
want to visit Venice, Milan and Paris. Suggestions are invited for
more destinations preferably closer to Rome.
Being Students we would prefer a low cost travel, and a low cost

I've bought on-line a ticket to the TGV. The SNCF have sent the ticket to
me.
Is it mandatory to do any short of validation at the ticket office at the
station before i get into the train?

Any sugestions of a cheap, safe, clean hotel in Paris.
It's my first time in Paris so any suggestions away from the usual tourist
spots would be appreciated.
Greg

We are a "mature" (in our sixties) couple planning another trip from the
eastern USA to the UK. We would like to stay in a self-catering flat or
house in Oxford for about a week next March. We will not have a car
available for this portion of our trip, so we would need something in ...

In the proximities of Città di Castello, 50 kms from Perugia, 30 from
Assisi,
30 from Gubbio, absorbed in the calm of the green Umbria along a  
stream that coasts an ancient Roman path, there is the House in the

Anyone have links / ideas on the cheapest flights between Vienna and
Krakow.  I need a flight for July 4, 2004 with a still yet to be
defined return date.
Does Austrian Air or LOT typically offer any types of last minute

Hi eveybody,i'm looking for somebody who wants to join me to visit Eastern
Europa by camper . I'll leave at the end of june/ beginning of july. ( i'll
stay there for a month)
We can visit eastern europe with a very low budget: sleeping and eating one

I want to fly Chicago-Paris and return from Amsterdam in early
October.  I found a fare of $550.00 including taxes.  Should I grab it
or is it worthwhile to wait a bit and hope for something cheaper.
Thanks.

Though I walked through a great deal of Oia on Santorini, including
down the trail to Ammendi Beach and back, somehow I didn't see the
windmill or discover its existence until I had left Greece.
Where is the windmill relative to the start of the trail descending to

My daughter will be flying to Italy alone this summer to stay with a friend
for two weeks.
She is used to air travel and been with us on trips to Europe, but this is
her first time to fly alone.  We have been told by Continental Airlines that