Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / August 2006

I'm trying to find the town of Schonbrunn, Germany. I can't seem to
locate it, can someone help?
Cathy L

I plan to spend about 3 days in Berlin. I am wondering if it is a good
idea to buy one of those tourist cards like the Berlin Welcome Card,
SchauLust Museen Berlin, SMB Museum Pass etc. I am interested in
history and would live to visit some of the main historical sites like

We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves,and if so  what are the
risks,,any tips would be helpful

Addresses for accommodation in Berlin refer to a district:
Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg Neukollen, Schoenberg,
Wilmeersdorf, Tiergarten, Charlottenburg, Wedding.
Can someone advise about which are best to stay at regarding general

http://www.spectator.co.uk/online-edition/elsewhere/23912/day-the-sun-set-on-the
-british-empire.thtml
The day the sun set on the British empire
Boris Johnson
Hot? Call this hot? One warm day and the whole country flops down in a faint

Some data on how more pervasive AC has become in just a few short
decades.
Interesting about how Americans are building larger, climate-controlled
homes to escape nature.

ELECTION 2006
Lieberman
The "peace" Democrats are back. It's a dream come true for Karl Rove.
BY MARTIN PERETZ

We're considering the Hotel Continental in Barcelona for a week in
October. Has anyone stayed there recently (last 2 years or so) and what
was your experience? Thanks, Helen

As I have recently visited the excavations of this ancient Roman city I
bought a guide in the very bookshop in the entrance to the site, wich I
thought it was the most useful, comprehensible an visual of all those
put on sale.

Has anyone any information about budget accomodations in Graz?
I prefer very modest places such as pensiones or very small hotels.
Location in the center is much more important than trendiness. Thanks,  
bill

Will be arriving in Dublin on Aug 12 at 7 pm, after a LONG flight. I
have a hotel booked for 3 nights, considering the first night a write
off. Catching up on sleep. Initially, I had planned on spending 3
nights in Belfast, then heading to Scotland (our next stop). Then,

Published August 07, 2006
The Partisan Divide Over Iraq
"If there is anything that makes the case American politics are now the
most polarized in history, it is the finding that the partisan divide

Flabbergasted to hear that this just opened and I missed it a couple of
weeks ago.
So how is this monument to Chirac's tenure?

Where can I find a zone-wise map of the the Dresden public transport
site? I coudn't locate it on the Dresden public transport site
(http://www.dvbag.de), though it's possible that I might have missed
it. Is there an English language version of this site available?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060804/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_masturbate
Hundreds expected to come to Masturbate-a-thon Fri Aug 4, 11:34 AM ET
"Hundreds of Britons are being urged to attend what is being branded as
Europe's first "Masturbate-a-thon", a leading reproductive healthcare