Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / July 2006

Folks, I have a UK passport as well as being Canadian. I would like to work
and do some travel ( I have seen a lot already) as a 55 plus guy.
I am thinking it would be nice to work at a front desk at a hotel or a
tourist booking office serving English speaking tourists.

I'd like to visit Mont-Saint-Michel when I am in France later this
year.  I would appreciate your comments and observations on the
following:
1) Is it best to stay overnight on the island or at at inn on the

WSJ TASTE
HANOI LIFE UNDER THE SUBSIDY ECONOMY, 1975-1986
Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi, Vietnam
(June 16 to Dec. 17)

34°-37 up to 39°C. Paris hit a high of 26° today
but will be around 30-32°C up until Friday.
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Alerte à la canicule étendue au Gard

Clown fears thwart festival theme
"Organisers of a music festival have had to change their fancy dress circus
theme after some ticket holders told them they had a phobia of clowns.
The Bestival, which takes place on 8, 9 and 10 September near Newport, Isle

I'm going to be in Membrila the week after next and would like to work
out how to get from there down to Salobrena on the coast. I can see
there is a fast train service from Manzanares which seems to teminate
at Granada.

I will be arriving in Berlin coming via rail from Copenhagen.
Does Berlin have only one train station? If not, which train station
will I be
arriving to?

Looking for a recommendation re: a reasonably priced London hotel or b&b in
a good area and close to the underground.  First time visitors.  Thanks,
Please respond to jbpjunkmail@comcast.net
Jeff

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and I'll need some help from you all to make sure it's working right.
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I'm looking for a one week tour of Rome, and Florence.
It should have an itinerary with Trips to the sites.
The hotel should be nice, and secure.  They should have a safe where I
can leave my camera equipment when I go out dancing at night.

Italy's taxis go on strike against plan for 'Blairite' deregulation
By John Phillips in Rome
Published: 04 July 2006
Italy's notoriously surly taxi drivers went on strike yesterday in the

My friend and I are thinking of going to Glastonbury for a night or
two.  Can anyone recommend any good b&b's?

Ronaldo defiant after crowd abuse
Ronaldo was left in tears after Portugal's defeat
Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo said he was "pleased" by the
vitriolic reaction to his every touch in the World Cup semi-final loss

I'm offering myself as a guide for tours in italy.
No groups, only few people (3-4 max).
This service is free, in change I'd like to practice english language.
I'm 35 years old and I'd like cycling.

The stay-at homes in France have not been going
to McDonalds (-20%) but have been ordering in
Pizza (+50%, 20,000 a day in the France)