Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / April 2006

Hello all.  I have been reading this newsgroup for a while now, in
anticipation of our trip in 10 days.  I have a question regarding the Easter
holiday weekend.
We will be driving around Munich - Garmisch - perhaps even Innsbruck during

Heads up:
This Summer, the Salzburg Festival will stage all 22 Mozart operas,
with excellent casts and the (mostly?) the Vienna Philharmonic.
The Cosi in August seems to be the pick of the bunch.

My wife and myself will be staying in this area (Gemuend) for a week at the
end of May. I'd appreciate any recommendations regarding:
a. Attractions (we'll have a car)
b. Maps

We've often found it mentioned that various countries are especially
known for large meal portions, e.g.,  Belgium, Germany and Italy.
My wife and I both have pretty healthy appetites, but we just don't
eat as much food as we once did.  We often take food home to eat the

I am considering the creation of a website with my travel reports.
Text-only sites do not appeal greatly, and the few photographs I take
are generally not suitable for illustrating my pieces. So I would like
to find a source of pictures that I might use just to lighten the

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Thanks,
Bruce

Lisbon, February 2006
[Pedants should note that I have knowingly omitted accents from
Portuguese words. In some cases it is because my software is not set
up to produce them conveniently; in others, it is because the reader's

My girlfriend and I are going to be traveling Europe this summer for
around 2 months.  We will be staying in Hostels and be moving around
as much as possible, most likely never staying in any city for more
than 4 or 5 days.  She is dead-set on a rolling suitcase, while I am

Have been looking through all the offers for accomodations for Bed and
Breakfasts and Hostels in Belgium near Brugge and Amsterdam and would
value any recommendations from people who have stayed in the area.
We are looking for accomodations for 4 people (2 adults, 2 teenagers)

Does anyone know if there's a European equivalent to the Greyhound Bus
system in the United States? If so, do they have a web site?
Thank you,
Trevor

I hope to be visiting Kiev and Ukraine, if I can get a reasonable
enough airfare from western Canada.
I seek recent tips from those either living there, or perhaps recent
visitors.

My wife and I just returned from Gyor, Hungary where I had extensive dental
work including 6 implants, 28 crowns, 2 bridges and 1 root canal through
Hungarian Dental Travel. I was able to save 75% over the quote from my
local dentist. The dentist was amazing and his facilities were ...

For some cheap and rather good hotels look at:
http://www.kaartenstalletje.com
Mike

Where, if anywhere, in the UK, can I obtain a printed copy of the
Trenitalia Timetable 2006?
I want a printed book that I can carry with me rather browsing pages on
the Internet.