Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / August 2005

We're staying right in the middle of this area for 3 nights. There are
so many places to eat - many of them very expensive. Could you
recommend your favorite (affordable) places for:
Fish (besides Sheekey's - really very $$$$)

I'm not sure if I can use the Italian electrical devices in Turkey - do I
need the adapter, or are they compatible?
Thank you in advance!

I have read that the dress code for papal audiences is modest, dark clothing
for women and dark jacket with tie for men. Is this still considered the
norm? How stringently is it enforced?
Thanks,

France has banned
* Air Koryo, North Korea
   * Air Saint-Thomas, US Virgin Islands
   * International Air Service, Liberia

Ye gads, I just had some last night in Caen.  After eating the
damn things for 74 years they now warn me. I am a goner.  Maybe
I can take Grunge with me.
Earl

Will be travelling with a layover of 5 hours or so in Warsaw. Is the
airport far from the city, will I be able to go downtown for an hour or
so?
Thanks.

This will be our first time to Europe.  We have two kids who will be 14
and 16 next summer.  I like the idea of a tour for our first time
through Europe and hope to be able to "go it alone" in the future.
What are your thoughts on the Rick Steves tour packages?  Are they

France, Belgium Publish Carrier Blacklist
By SOPHIE NICHOLSON, Associated Press Writer 2 hours,  23 minutes ago
France and Belgium have issued blacklists of airlines prohibited from using
their airports, an attempt to allay public fears about flying after a recent

I'm hoping to find a new (to me) holiday destination for 2006 and am
searching for somewhere like Paphos (Cyprus) was about 25 years ago. It was
then a very Cypriot town with friendly, welcoming people, lots of history
and with very few tourists, it seemed. They only had about 6 ...

we're searching a nice hotel in istanbul. We plan to stay one week and have
the following wishes:
- located near or in the old city
- relatively quiet

Our 3 month Europe trip is coming in 2 weeks. We have a car for the
first month and during that time we plan on visiting Milan and Venice
(among 100s of other things of course) and since I have NO INTEREST in
driving into these cities can someone recommend a town on the outskirts

Hi --
I'm going to be in Berlin in mid-September, and I'd like to meet up with a
local (or even another tourist). I'll buy you a beer if you're willing to
talk to me about your city (politics, history, whatever--I just enjoy

I'm going to France and Belgium at the end of September and would like to
get some advice on changing dollars for euros or using an ATM.  I did some
traveling to France back in 2001 and I never changed any money, I just hit
an ATM when I arrived at CDG.  It was easy and ...

The US is intending to put RFID chips into its passports-a big
security problem. Skimmers are easy to buy, and although the press
seems mostly to be worried about terrorists identifying US citizens
abroad, another security hole not yet discussed is that all one has to