Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / August 2005

Cousins of shot Brazilian voice anger at police
By Matthew Garrahan
Published: July 28 2005 03:00 | Last updated: July 28 2005 03:00
Cousins of the Brazilian man shot and killed by police at Stockwell

Extract from Peter M. Geiser's Internet Travel Guide to Switzerland
(http://www.pmgeiser.ch/switzerland)
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Leukerbad is a famous thermal spa situated in an Alpine basin 1,411 meters

Our family will be traveling to a villa near Siena in a few weeks and
we would like to find a good hike within an hour of Siena.  If
possible, we would like to hike to a peak with a good view. Any
recommendations?  Thanks in advance.

some photogalleries from south africa, china, egypt, europe, poland
and other photos at www.podroze.strefa.pl

It should be noted that although France gets the most visitors
the money spent is not in proportion with the number of visitors.
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http://www.leconomiste.com/article.html?a=64580

'More could be shot' - Met chief
Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has admitted more people could
be shot after his officers gunned down an innocent man in their hunt
for would-be suicide bombers.

From our British Ally??
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U.S.-led troops in Iraq part of problem-UK's Straw
02 Aug 2005 00:42:06 GMT

I need to get a couple of Russian visas by next Thursday - travelling to
Moscow Monday 8th August.  Unfortunately (due to rushed arrangements) the
first available phoned-in appointment at the embassy is 29th August.   They
"recommend" appointments....but is it worth going up to ...

According to http://www.berlin-airport.de (the website for Berlin's
airports), there are 3-4 busses that travel from the airport to an U-
Bahn station, 128 to Kurt Schumacher Platz, and 109 & X9 (and
maybe a TXL ExpressBus) to Jakob Kaiser Platz.  According to

Can you please recommend me where can I park the car near metro
station.
I don't mind street parking as long as it is safe or pay few EUR more
for monitored car park.

are you serious about achieving ur dreams?
are you money motivated?
can u work smarter instead of harder?
£100k+ uncapped

"Blair has since acknowledged that terrorists may use Iraq for recruitment."
This latter admission I have not seen. I thought Blair was pigheaded and
would maintain a "no connection stance"
The issue for the traveler is deciding when it will be safe to London.

I have travelled to Paris and left my Dell laptop adapter at home in
the UK - could someone please tell me where in Paris to buy a
replacement? Before my power runs out, I hope :(
Thanks in advance.

I've done this before for trips my wife and I have taken to Europe and
received some wonderful advice, so maybe some of you can help this
time.
We're leaving the US on September 22 for 14 days in Slovenia.  We'll

Dear Internauts:  I recall reading years ago that the way to navigate on
roundabouts is to 1) go to the inner most circle
and drive around it until you are certain of the direction you want to take;
2) When you know the exit you want, drive to the middle circle as you