Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / July 2006

I'm off to Crete in a couple of weeks and we're staying in a
self-catering place in Makrigialos in the south east of the island.
We'll probably mostly eat out in the evenings but it would be good to
get some bits in for breakfast and picnic lunches.

Whats the weather likley to be like in Scilly during October ?  Having
recently overcome a longstanding fear of flying, we've decided that our
honeymoon will be much cheaper if we go abroad somewhere rather than
our existing destination of Scotland !

End liberalism and support America here!

Hi there, just wondering if anyone knew what the gay scene on the Costa
del Sol was like?
I think there are quite a few bars/clubs in Torremolinos but is there
anything further West, like in in Estepona or Marbella as that's where

Do a search for "Fuckwit" on Google and you'll find that John Prescott
is the 3rd hit.
Could that be pure coincidence?

My wife and I would eventually like to move to Spain and are going to Murcia
for a week in Feb 07 to look around the area as reports re climate etc are
favourable.  Can anyone recommend a good are to stay in or and good web
sites to book villa/apartment accomodation through.  I ...

....and getting paid for it!
Working as cruise manager on river and canal cruises including the
Rivers Rhine, Main, Maas and Danube, as well as the Amsterdam-Rhine
canal, the Juliana Canal, Belgium's Albert Canal, the Maas-Waal canal,

Info :
The passerelle Simone de Beauvoir, 37th bridge and 4th footbridge in
Paris, built by the austrian architect Dietmar Feichtinger links since
today the BNF, french national library, http://www.bnf.fr to Bercy park

Is the Coast Del Sol or Costa Blanca very scenic? I'm looking for
snow-capped mountains above the sea. Does this exist in these areas?
What is the most scenic location in coastal Spain?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5172418.stm
Note to Martin. This only affects EU countries, and not Turkey! :(
Still, not too bad. It'll make Figgy unhappy to see the government
interfering in such things, but he doesn't live here, so can piss off.

In February, my husband and I will be in London for a couple of days on
our way to Egypt. We'll be able to attend the theater two times. If it
matters, we expect to go to the West End theaters.
I've gone online to purchase tickets, but I haven't found a site that

If you have planned to go to the Greec Isle of Rhodos you must try the
'dutch-greec' excursion (every wednesday) : The Jungle Tours.
A 'dutch-greec' guide will bring you to the wilderness of the isle! He
will guide you through olive plantages, orange trees, lemon trees,

...to pose in Puerto Banus! ;-)
Play nicely while I'm away. Trip report will follow on my return...oh, sod
it, I'll do it now: plane, car, apartment, beach, bar, restaurant, bar,
bar, casino, sleep *repeat ad nauseam for 7 days*.

WALL STREET JOURNAL REVIEW & OUTLOOK
July 12, 2006; Page A16
Yesterday's political flurry over the falling budget deficit shows that
even Washington can't avoid the obvious forever: to wit, the gusher of

A friend will be arriving on an Air France flight at JFK, shortly before
9 pm on a Sunday, and needs a shuttle to EWR.
The shuttles services she's tried, have all stopped running by 7 pm.
Is there anything other than an expensive taxi? She's no longer young,