Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / July 2006

Going to France and England for 10 days.  Their ads looking inviting.

Hi there. I know that they have one connection with Warsaw Poland, but
since April they organize to open many more. On 10th August they say
they start Warsaw - Rome. As all other became quite expensive for
summer (from 150 euro to 1.100 euro per person) I found an offer to get

This summer I'm planning go with my friends for a hiking trip to
Albania. We're going to visit Prokletije, Korab, maybe some other
mountain groups. Since I don't know much about this region and I was not
able to find any books or articles, I would appreciate any advice from

Has anyone done the route to Santiago and rented a bike?
Where can you rent a bike from?
Is it expensive to rent a bike?
How long did you rent the bike for?

Many of us dream of finding the "perfect city" to live in.  Some of us
appear "luckier" than others in different locations.  There are reasons
WHY this is so.  Some of the reasons are NOT in your control, such as
the time and place you were born, HOWEVER there ARE things that ARE

Reveals a problem
"The poll revealed that 56 percent of Americans did not even know that the
2006 World Cup was taking place in Germany."
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Found this system so convenient on our recent trip to London. I
understand that there is something called Navigo in Paris, but that it
is more restrictive for tourist travel compared to commuting locals. I
know that Carte Orange is a good buy if the trip corresponds to the

I'm about to book a flight from Istanbul to Diyarbakir for my next trip in
Turkey (end of July). Have any of you been there recently? How is the
situation there? I wouldn't mind about check point and passport controls,
but I wouldn't like to plunge into a civil war-like situation or ...

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For passengers travelling in Russia with a Eurodomino ticket, it might be
useful for discussions with railway staff at stations and on trains (which
does not always know the Eurodomino ticket) to have a description of the
fare rules in Russian.

I am new to your group, so I hope that my question is not old news!
I was wondering what seasoned travellers do to remember great wines
that they taste while they travel, especially when the language makes
it challenging?  Also, with there being restrictions on the quantity of

Every time I hear a guy say he's going to Europe I know he is a
faggot.  No normal guy ever goes to Europe.  It's like San Francisco.
Only faggots go there.  You never hear a real man say he's going
there.  I saw a picture of Paris, there were men holding hands and

Many thanks to all the posters who helped me this spring with tips on
traveling in France. Our 19-day trip covered parts of Normandy, the Loire
valley, Dordogne & Lot valleys, Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence. A trip
report with lots of photos is here:

Great trip!
Day One:
This was our arrival day. With a change of planes at Heathrow, we
arrived in Dublin at mid-day and got less accomplished than we had

I am traveling from Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Frankfurt (FRA) on United.
At Frankfurt I have to transfer to Lufthansa for my flight on to Berlin
(TXL).
The itinerary allows 1:05 between the flights.   Will this be enough