Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / August 2006

My fiance and I are going to be taking a few train trips in Italy in
Sept. (not enough to buy a Railpass, however) -- and we were wondering
if it would be smarter to buy the tickets ahead of time (the ones that
are available to buy ahead of time, that is) -- or to wait until we get

anyone have any thoughts as to which is the better frequent flyer
program (or which of the star alliance member programs is the best?)
I currently have a EuroBonus card, but miles earned are pretty skimpy
(for an Air Baltic flight from Riga to London I get a massive 300

Anyone know how far the train station is from the airport in Naples -
and the fastest way to get there?  thanks.

How to tell how old an image is ?  I just tried Berlin, Germany and I
can see ice in the river: it could be ?? 2001,2,3,4,2005 ??? - anyway to
tell ?   All it shows onscreen is copyright 2006 ( as all other images
do too)

I have some photographic equipment which I'm planning to take on a trip
to Europe, and was planning to get it insured. Does anyone know of a
good insurance plan? I want the insurance to cover just the trip.
Also how had you secured your equipment while travelling? Due to the

How early are people arriving at Terminal One for a flight that leaves
at 0730?

Could someone please tell me which coach station is most convenient to
Barceloneta beach?
Barcelona Hife, Barcelona Sants or Barcelona Nord?
Will be taking a taxi from the station to beach area.

....and Belgium has agreed to supply chocolate
Italy offers to lead UN Lebanon force
22.08.2006 - 09:57 CET | By Honor Mahony
Italy has formally offered to lead a UN international peacekeeping

Hi all, this will most likely be modded down or deleted but I thought
I'd try.  I'm looking for sponsors for my trip to Central America,
there is an ebay page
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...would you come?
What might some of the attractions be...???

Would an Aussie Drivers Licence (includes photo be sufficient for car rental
in UK and France. From what i have read it is OK, but my wife differs on
it...

My pictures from Chernobyl, Ukraina.
http://hem.bredband.net/b572399/Tjernobyl
//Hans

We've had Evelyn calling people idiots for not inherently recognizing
the superiority of Russian orchestras. We've had someone explaining
Russian superiority by supplying an analogy referring to musicians I've
never heard of. So far, I sincerely haven't been persuaded that ...

Not sure I totally understand this, so I will just toss out the numbers
from my statement, all transactions seem to have "about" the same
percent charge, this transaction occured on Aug 15, 2006 on a Chase
VISA card.

We are shortly taking an overnight ferry to Calais and were planning to
sleep in the car  (too late to book accommodation) in the Auchan carpark
before heading south at about 9am after doing some early shopping the
next day.