Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / August 2006

Martin keeps going on posting the most stupid messages and reactions
in this NG. This gay goat must be very obsessed by the thougt that
seeing his name over and over again makes him important! Poor, poor
'sukkel'....even an ant has more brains!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5281306.stm
Dame Edna gets keys to Melbourne
"Dame Edna Everage, the comic character played by Barry Humphries, has been
presented with the keys to Melbourne.

Thanks all !

Hi, has anyone recommendations as to hotels in Fabriano? Also are there
tours of the paper factories?  thanks  bill

Can anyone recommend a nice, quiet  3 star hotel near Dusseldorf train
station? WOuld rather not stay at an Ibis.  3 days ago I searched
TripAdvisor, etc and chose 4, send emails requesting availability and
have had no replys. (At the same time, I sent many other requests to

Dutch F-16s escort Northwest Airlines flight back to Schiphol
Posted: 8/23/2006 4:56:08 AM
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - It was the pilot of a Northwest Airlines
flight who asked that it be given a military escort back to Amsterdam.

In my experience, about the best you can get out there in terms of
readibility and user friendliness, if anyone is interested.
http://www.freewebs.com/xxstuff/dorling.html

What is the best way from Krakow to  Budapest,,my search didn't find a
direct train,and the airfare is very expensive.
R

This might be of interest to anybody who, like myself, is appalled at the
monthly waste of my money by the EU transferring its meetings every month,
alternating between Brussels and Strasburg. It is a petition to bring this
sorry business to an end

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2326370,00.html
The Times      August 24, 2006
Les fumeurs vow to resist attack on a 'fundamental French right'
By Adam Sage in Paris

I've just launched this new site for lettings in the UK.  So if you're
coming to our shores anytime soon, then do take a look. We seem to have
attracted a some really nice properties to rent.
The site is called www.thebiglet.com and is only a month old, but

Martin's boat got a good kerosene wash job
for a good reason.
I guess.
But---

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5279316.stm
EU tunnel crossing ends in farce
By Artyom Liss
BBC News, Moscow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5281126.stm
Languages 'at point of no return'
A GCSE language is no longer compulsory in England
Take-up of foreign languages at GCSE is declining so fast it has

Of course I predicted this last week. Scientific analysis requires
discipline and intelligence.... which most of you lack.
Wall Street Journal FOREIGN EXCHANGE
By WANFENG ZHOU