Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / June 2004

I'll go to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia next month. I'm looking for
any useful information about these countries.

Rent flat furnished & equipped by month:
- Paris : 880 euros
- Paris la Defense : 1200 euros
Other: near Paris (CERGY) : 1500 euros / month (near essec)

I'm writing a novel, but can't get to Europe, and need to know if you
have to show your passport to buy a rail ticket within the EU
countries, and if these documents are ever examined en route? Before
the EU, of course, I remember passport control officers boarding at

I have an apartment for rent in Venice that is only 5 minutes from Venice's
railway station. The apartment has:
1. A roomy kitchen (20 sq. mt.)
2. A living room with TV, sofa, 4 beds.(40 sq. mt.)

Will be in Norway (coastal anyway, doing a cruise Trondheim, Bergen,
Geiranger, Kristiansand) what is the cost and availability of wifi in these
ports, how about internet cafes?
thanks in advance

Does anyone have recommendations for good hostels in
Barcelona/Prague/Budapest/London/Paris or cheap hotels?  More
importantly, any places to avoid? Also, how big are the lockers in
most hostels, can they hold large backpacks? Thanks!

The Times,
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-1150445,00.html
The Scotsman,
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=696582004

I am a novice, my english is not all that complete.
I don't know what "curfew" and "lockout" times mean when talking about
hotels.
Thank you for your help.

I will be spending a brief visit with a friend of who lives near
Brussels. He has kindly invited me to stay with him for two nights
before I move on to another city. I would like to present a gift to
him and his wife for extending their hospitality. I'm looking for

Has anyone taken Schengen visa recently ? I plan to tour Amsterdam and
france for about 7-8 days on my way to India. I want to know how easy
it
is to get Schengen visa.

How many hours of daylight in 24 hrs middle of july in Helsinki?
Thanks

Good Day
Is there a rental company in Ireland having cars equipped with GPS?Or
a company renting mobile GPS systems?
TIA for replying

I have just booked a four-day trip to Budapest in August -- missing
the Grand Prix (intentionally) but including 20 August which, I
gather, is a festive day commemorating the foundation of the Hungarian
state.

We had a holiday plan to go to Spain in July - but this has been wrecked
on learning that the earliest appointment at the Spanish Consulate in
London for a tourist visa is currently August 6th, which probably
means mid-August is the earliest possible travel date.

My wife and I will be traveling south from Frankfurt along Germany's
'Romantic Road'.  Your recommendations please on places to camp and where to
find a camping guide for this area.
Thanks.