Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / June 2006

Hello everyone....
My husband and I are returning to Italy for our 10th anniversary, we'll
be travelling July 29-August 11th. We'll begin in Florence for 4
nights, then have 4 "open" nights, then finish in Rome for the last 4

Tourists stranded as ferry protest 'shuts' Capri

The Isle of Capri, long the haunt of the romantically inclined and
notables from the Emperor Tiberius to Graham Greene, has shut down just

www.litusroma.com
it is a new hostel
prcies are a little high.. but Rome is Rome

We will have 2 full days in Venice post-cruise in August.  Any ideas on
the best sidetrips?
Would also appreciate some recommendations on hotels there (nice,
modestly priced hotels).  Has anyone taken the Barcelona to Venice 12

EU charges MasterCard with price-fixing
By AOIFE WHITE, AP Business Writer Fri Jun 30, 8:43 AM ET
The European Commission has charged MasterCard Inc. with fixing the fees
retailers must pay for accepting MasterCard and Maestro branded cards,

I am shopping for trip cancellation insurance just now.  I am thinking
of just insuring myself for the cost of the land tour, and not the
airfare, since if the airline somehow defaulted they would have to
reimburse you, and if I had to cancel the trip the airline would allow

I have been using www.gonuts4free.it in Italy for some time now. It
allows me free Internet access through modem and as I am travelling
regularly between these countries it works for me prefectly for the
usage I need it for. With Gonuts4free in Italy and Spain, where I use

hello room i need a good chat mate.

Catalans lock horns with Madrid over ban on bullfighting

CATALONIA asserted its claim to independence last night by moving a
step closer towards banning bullfighting, the Spanish national sport.

I used this board extensively before I left for  three weeks in Italy,
so it's only fair that I report back. Background: 70 year old woman
travelling on my own but meeting a group in Rome for two weeks of
research.

Suspended Ullrich out of Le Tour
Ullrich was among the favourites for Le Tour
German rider Jan Ullrich has been suspended by his T-Mobile team on the
eve of this year's Tour de France.

Check in, log on, fork out
While some hotels offer free high-speed internet access, others charge large
amounts for a service that can cost them as little as 11p a day to provide
Ros Taylor

I'll be in Istanbul for 3 full days in September.  (I arrive Monday
evening, have all day Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and fly out
early Friday morning.)
I'm staying for 3 nights right near Aya Sofia.  I know I'll have to

I suppose that the Parisian opening of this new museum has sent a few
echoes internationally...
It is quite a tradition for French Presidents since Pompidou: every one
of them leaves behind him a cultural institution of importance

independent.co.uk
Tread carefully: recycling tyres

already finding ingenious ways to reuse them, from making shoes to