Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / June 2006

a complete travesty of justice !

Heading to Rome & Venice next week (for the first time). Saw a reference
somewhere stating there are standard meals associated with each day of the
wekk, i.e. Thursday is Gnochhi day.  Can anyone expand on the selection?

We visited Copenhagen for 5 days in May - June 2006.
We stayed at the Hotel City.  The hotel is spartan by normal standards,
but seems the norm for Copenhagen.  The breakfast was good.  The price
is outrageous but again the norm for Copenhagen. The location of the

Am looking for the best way to get from Seville to Lisbon.  We have a
rental car in Spain, but our flight home to the US is out of Lisbon, so
we have to get there for our last night (awards travel--don't ask).  
Anyhow, there is a $250 drop-off fee for the rental car (plus the ...

Although I have many e mails confirming Budapest as the flight location i
have now been told that the flights were changed to Bratislava !!! Anyway
the long and short of it is we are all going to have a weekend in
Bratislava. All flight times are as they were. Hotel accommodation ...

One upon a time you could call American Express and get a nice friendly
midwestern voice who could answer all your questions and understood
idioms and nuances. Now, my God, what have they done! I have a Chinese
woman reading badly from a script! Happens again and again. Is there a

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060621/sc_space/thesweatiestcitiesinamerica
(note, there are other "clickables" at this site)
I have not found the international equivalent.
Sweatiest Cities in America

In case you missed the news, the St Gotthard road tunnel and pass in
Switzerland are closed as the result of a massive rockfall May 31st, and
the route is now expected to be closed for at least another 3 weeks.  I
have to drive down from Cologne to Milan next Tuesday, so it looks ...

Does anyone know of a small, pocket-sized pamphlet (preferably
laminated) that we could carry around while in Italy.  We do not know
ANY Italian (well maybe a couple phrases), and don't want the added
weight, bulk of a paperback book in my tote bag.  

Can anyone tell me, when going from Aerogare 1 (intercontinental
arrivals) to Aerogare 2F for an Air France flight to Geneva, is there
an transit or immigration desk?
R

    How right am I in my predictions?

     A friend booked a flat for four weeks in October ( Sept 30 -Oct 28)-
nice place - 85 meters, two air conditioners, over a small canal. Great
location, between Campo S. Maria Formosa and Piazza San Marco. He paid a
deposit.

'Da Vinci Code' chateau has real-life tangled past
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 Posted: 1444 GMT (2244 HKT)
VILLETTE, France (AP) -- Chateau de Villette, the sumptuous home of Sir
Leigh Teabing, the sinfully wealthy character from "The Da Vinci Code," is

Anyone ever used Angel Tours in rome? Any comments?
Any recommendations for tour companies to avoid lines at Vatican and
Coloseum?
thanks

I am debating where to drop my rental car in London.  Ideally, I would
like to drop my family and luggage at the hotel and then return our
vehicle, but that entails driving across London (from Cambridge to
Fulham).  Since the unfortunate incident last summer, will we be likely