Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / October 2006

I'm trying to organise a holiday to England for my Peruvian friend. I'm
a British citizen living in England, and she's in Lima. She's never
been to Europe before, although I've been over there.
There are a couple of things that I'm not sure about regarding visas:

Do stores in Germany allow Americans inside, or do they have signs on the
door telling them to stay out?
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I'm in the U.S., and I bought a couple of Italian TIM sim cards last
April to use in unlocked GSM tri-band phones during a trip to Italy -
they worked great !
Now, I have a question I'm hoping someone can answer, or at least point

Put me off ever using them again

Mrs. F. and I were in our favourite small traditional Italian restaurant
in Soho, London last night around 9pm. All the bars and restaurants in the
area were extremely busy and there were small queues (lines) at several of
them, including ours.

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A diary (the loss of which is not crippling but slightly irritating) fell
out of an improperly-secured pocket on my laptop bag (which I hadn't
intended to check in) somewhere between OTP check-in and LHR baggage
collection.

Anybody have a good link for a live Paris Webcam?

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depends a lot on how you approach the locals, and the general area i guess,
but have found all nationalities have their good and bad folks..
but generally i found people in Spain to be the 'happiest' of the lot..

I should send about 300 swiss francs (about 200 euros) to my friend in
Canada. What options I have? Bank transfer is not an option and I have
checked the Western Union but they charge 10% commission.
Are there any other money transfer services with a lower commission?

Courtesy of the Center for Responsive Politics (www.opensecrets.org)
we can see that since 1990, the Pro-Israel lobby has paid
$39 million to Dems and $17 million to the GOP.
Surprising totals because you'd assume more would be going to the

this new low cost airline offers for the moment low cost prices from
Gatwick to hong kong
but will expand its network with other European and US destinations
www.oasishongkong.com

According to reports from Reuters, the French newspaper Le Journal Du
Dimanche, and Chosun Ilbo, Japanese Tourists to Paris are developing mental
problems in large numbers, and it has been dubbed "Paris Syndrome". Japanese
tourists, who had been led to have unrealistic ...

I'm travelling to the UK from Australia soon and will be spending most
of the stay with friends in Newcastle but I've got a few days in London
on my own and have some questions on boring basics.
What are the options in London for a quick cheap snack