Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / July 2006

My girl pal and I are looking for suggestions
for comfortable hotels in either or both
Scottish cities.
Also , we'd like some suggestions for a village

I'm going to be in Paris for one night, Thursday 8/10, and would like
recommendations on what part of town to get a hotel.  When I travel I like
to hit a city's bar and lounge scene, and would like somewhere within
walking distance of the best area of town for this.  I'm not looking ...

Lt Tulbahadur Pun 89 years old Ex Gurkha from WW11 now living in poverty in

Whats the best way to deal with this, these days, and avoid as many
conversion fees as possible... stilll travellers cheques ? or what
about Cirrus ? What about a lump sum transfer to an account in the
destination country UK ?

I am in London for the next 5 weeks.
?What is the cheapest best way to travel around Zone 1?

Can anyone please give me some info about this village in Ireland?  Is
it a nice place to stay for a couple of days?  Any castles nearby?
Accessible by train?  Better to rent a car?  (Also Newry, Warrenpoint,
Killeavy, and/or Crossmaglen).  Thanks!

For the most popular restaurant website of Amsterdam check this
website:
http://restaurants.diningcity.com/amsterdam
Happy Dining!

We are considering a 2 -3 week trip to France, and perhaps Italy, next
Spring. Can someone provide a general overview of how things have
changed in the past few years as far as prices, attitudes toward
Americans, etc.?  We were in England two years ago and found that prices

These are the low temperatures for Paris for the next two weeks......in
degrees Celsius if you cretins out there don't know how to convert
Celsius to Fahrenheit the formula is: multiply the Celsius temperature
by 18. Divide the answer by 2.5. Now add 64.

Does Igoumenitsa have a railway station?  I am looking for a more
pleasent way to get from Athens to Igoumenitsa than the 7 hour bus
journey.  If there isn't a train station, is there a train which goes
most of the way?

I'm trying to get set up to travel with a single carry-on bag. I recently
purchased a Rick Steves Convertible Carryon, combination bag/backpack to be
the onebag. There are some things I like and some things I dislike about
this particular bag. We'll see how well it works out.

My wife (49) and son (14) just returned from a week in Rome this
afternoon.  Apart from the unbearable heat they have spent the afternoon
telling me ...
- they arrived on a day of the Taxi strike.. and it was a nightmare

A friend just back from France reports that his ATM card, from an
American bank, wouldn't work at any ATM in France because they all now
require a smart ATM card with a chip.
He said that this is a new standard going in all over Europe, but

I am looking for navigation software for PC that has maps covering the
Baltic countries and Russia (the western part)
Anybody here with experience or advices about what to buy?
Best regards, Brian

I have two unlocked phones that use sim cards.  I would like to take
them both (one is tri mode and other bi-mode) so my wife and I can use
to communicate back in forth while separated during travel.  Is it as
simple as getting a sim card for each phone and just message back and