Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / May 2006

Surfing brings the following list of Frankfurt trade fairs just for May:
 ACHEMA, ITeG, MEDIA-TECH Expo, IMEX
But the average traveler has no way of knowing which trade fairs
are small to medium sized and which ones are monsters that suck

Costas turn back tide by blowing up a new hotel

A 22-STOREY hotel built on a rare unspoilt beach, which came to
symbolise the abuse of the Spanish costas, is to be compulsorily

Far-right ties in Belgian murders
The killings have shocked the nation
A Belgian teenager accused of killing two people in a race attack in
Antwerp has far-right family links, police say.

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11 May 2006
BRUSSELS - The 18-year-old man who killed a black woman and injured a

Travel news: Spanish trains get on track
Published: 13 May 2006
Rail journeys between the two largest Spanish cities are set to
accelerate this month when new trains are brought into service on the

No picnic for bears as protesters spike honey

WITH wildflowers, streams and tinkling cowbells, the green valleys of
the Pyrenees are a vision of pastoral bliss on a May morning. Yet all

Gownow Auto is located in Taizhou City (150 miles away from Shanghai,
China), where is the biggest auto spare parts manufacturing base in
China. In this circumstance, 60% spare parts of our auto can be
produced in the local, so the cost of one unit can be reduced by 10%

We would like to find a characterful farmhouse or similar to rent for a
couple of weeks in August somewhere within easy reach of the ferries
from England in Brittany or Normandy. Ideally it would be close to a
nature reserve, possibly with somewhere to paddle a canoe, possibly

Air Polar Bear Fly-In Outfitters
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Cochrane, Ontario, Canada
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Hi, I will be traveling to russia (moscow and petersburg) and estonia
(tallin) very soon, I don't speek any russian, I am worried that I
might have big problems especially navigating around the city and
subway and can't ask local people, so I want to learn Cyrillic alphabet

I don't normally go anywhere in Yoorp that is of general interest, but
we took my mum to the Keukenhof flower gardens on Sunday.  
It's EUR 17.50 for admission and travel, but you can get entry tickets
for 12.50 and use a strippenkart for the (dedicated) bus; we had a

I'm off to get my triple bypass next week and I figured that it is going to
cause me a lot of grief when I go looking for travel insurance for my
holidays.
I wondered if any body here has discovered a UK insurer with a relaxed

I'm sure this is an oft-asked question, but I'm a relative newbie. For
two weeks in Europe, mainly France, how much cash would leave the U.S.
with - not necessarily a set amount, but a percentage. For instance,
should I take just enough for exchanging once I get to the country and

One of the things I like to bring back with me as a souvenir of places I've
visited is a sample of rock which has to be distinctive (or typical) of
where I've been. It might say be a small piece of coal from Barentsburg or a
piece of rock salt from Wieliczka, etc.

A man is Strasbourg(?) just had to be lifted out of his house by
a fireservice crane so he could make a medical appointment. At 44
stone he couldnt get through the door.
(I questionmarked the OT as fat yanks have been a common topic