Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / October 2006

...in just over a week.  This must be some sort of a record.  I am
leaving for Europe today and hope to God the subject has been put to
rest by the time I return.  Sheesh!

I'm going to Sicily for one week at the begining of November and am
looking for recommendations for places to go / avoid.  The prime reason
for this holiday is to relax and enjoy the food, though it would be
nice to have the flexibility to explore and see the sights on those

AVOID THIS CITY! Nice beach, great surf, prostitutes galore. There is
nothing to buy in San Sebastien. However we bought drinks at a beach
café and gasoline at a border station. On both occasions the waiter
and service station attendant tried to short change us. The liquor cut

Anyone know if the recent security scares have affected the viability of
sleeping (or at least sitting...) overnight @ Heathrow?

Clickair is a new Low Cost airline launched by Iberia .
http://www.clickair.com/view/default.aspx?lang=2
Clickair started to fly on October 1, 2006 with 3  Airbus 320 .
Clickair's strategic plan predicts a total of 70 routes to 55 Spanish

The opera will  probably be performed in December. That's what the
director of the Deutscher Oper, Kirsten Harms, stated in a public
debate. She asked the police for a new evaluation of the safety
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, said that the Germans should not

I'm taking my three kids ( all under 10 ) on their first flying holiday to
the south of France next July for two weeks in Antibes.
I intend to hire a car at the airport for the full duration and travel as
far as I can to see the sites ( not much of a beach bum , more of an

Can someone with a better knowledge of Italian pronunciation than I
advise on the correct way to say the name of this village?
I've heard it said with the stress on the second last syllable
(Radi-con-DO-li), and also with the stress on the previous syllable

Can anyone recommend a good shop (lots of varieties) to purchase teas in
Paris?
I'll be staying in the Gare de Lyon metro station area (Bastille) but will
have plenty of time to go around the city.

I'm in a camper-van in Holland right now, and will soon drive down to
the south coast of France. Since I do not know about the weather and
terrain here, I ask:
1. How long can I stay up north before making the drive, in order to

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2006/09/23/etdrugvangogh.xml
Amsterdam on wheels
(Filed: 22/09/2006)
The Dutch capital is geared for culture says Alexandra Ferguson.

There seems to be a lot of people knowledgeable about cars on this
group. Can one of them explain this --
We were in the Azores - rental was a Peugeot 206. From atop the hills
on Sao Jorge, we drove far down a very long narrow road to a small

Last night my wife and I (both 45) secured two FF tickets to / from
Paris for the last two weeks in 2007 May.
This is our first trip there, and we will want to hit all the tourist
spots in Paris, which at most

We're a Canadian family talking about a large family vacation in Europe in
the early summer -- late June, early July. We think it would be fun to rent
a large villa with room for the elderly parents, six or seven adults and six
or seven children. Yes, quite a crew. Any ...

My pictures from 2 sept 2006.
http://hem.bredband.net/hansfredriksson/hoglandet.htm