Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / May 2006

Romania
http://www.ador.ro/_lucrari2006/H-Colaterale/H12-Altele/Publicis/Ursus/Ursus-Rom
ania.html

I will be visiting Vienna for my first time this August. I will be
arriving there from Frankfurt.
I'm trying to avoid using a taxi to get to my hotel, which is:
Hotel AM Augarten

We'll need 5-day passes after arriving in Gare du Nord. Is it as simple
as just buying them at that station, or should we get them in advance?

The low level press-release recyclers at cheapflights wish you to know
that a travel insurance company thinks you should consider visiting
Albania:
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I recently stumbled upon, what I think is a really promising new
website called 'Splue Shot'. The website is designed to allow users to
Submit and View 'Original and Exciteing' Photos taken of our 'beautiful
planet' from 'every angle'! It's still in beta, but give them your

Well, the Horne-Aguilar household has a tie, and we've ripped out
individual flowers from the bouquet to give to Turkey, Sweden,
Lithuania, Latvia and Bosnia. My other half added Croatia, but I'm
protesting. Interesting to see what happens with the voting. France wins

Has anyone done the transfer from Victoria Coach Station to Waterloo
Internationl?  On a Saturday?  Arriving Victoria Coach Station about
13.00 to catch the 15.13 from Waterloo to Paris.  With a suitcase
each!  Whats the best way - taxi?   Will I have time to do it?  Thanks

I know Russia isn't really a European destination, but I am betting some
folks here can help with this question.
We are planning a trip to Russia next year. We will be going with Grand
Circle on a river trip, spending three nights in Moscow, about six on the

Later this year, I'll be taking a train from Odessa in the Ukraine to
Chisinau.  I'm hoping to stop off in Tiraspol on the way.  I've heard
that travelling from Moldova into Transdniestr is fine, but coming into
Transdniestr from the Ukraine can be difficult - "where is your

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5D7865AA-DA0A-40FE-94F3-907A38B301ED.htm
Spain will soon hold peace talks with the Basque separatist group, ETA,
two months after the group announced a permanent ceasefire, the prime
minister said on Sunday.

OK guys,

legal resident, he has to go to the Spanish consulate here in L.A. and
provide all kinds of documentation, like airline ticket, hotel

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=30182&n
ame=Dutch+opt+for+points+system+for+knowledge+migrants+

Are there any places where I can watch skinhead race riots, knights being
shot off horseback with crossbows, royal executions?  Are there churches
that are at least 1000 meters tall?  how about oil paintings that are worth
$10 trillion, statues of naked men taking a sh.t, or the ...

Next Saturday I'm going to land at Munich Int'l airport (Franz Joseph) with
on open GSM phone.
I plan to buy a prepaid SIM card.
Can I buy such a card in the airport? On Saturday (around noon)?

I'm there on business for 12 days but have from late Friday night to
Sunday late morning off. What's the best day trip? Cotswolds? How far
on the train to Cornwall? Fly up to Scotland for the day?