Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / October 2006

Due to the greart number of hotels in London I can't settle on the one
I believe will give me the best value for the $.
I will be in London next month. What I am looking for in a hotel is:
modern, larger rooms (western standards), clean, safe, within walking

I would appreciate a recommendation on a beach city to visit for 5 days
in September.  Looking for just a sandy beach to relax by that is
accessible without a car (bus, train, etc.).
Any accomidation suggestions are most appreciated as well.

found this article at digg on studying abroad in england by organizing
the trip outside your college. the guy saved $20k doing it this way!!!
Cheaply study abroad in England by applying direct to a British
University

I want to rent a van to drive one-way from Paris to London picking the van  
up in France and leaving it in London. I'm having trouble finding any  
agency that will do this and wondered if anyone had any recommendations.  
Can anyone suggest a way of doing this?

Al Qaeda 'building cells in Britain'
IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent     October 20 2006
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A resurgent al Qaeda has made the UK its priority target and is

Can you please tell me where to request Rome, Paris & London city maps? We
are interested in subway & bus maps and tourist sightseeing maps. Also
typical sightseeing activities. For the map, we wish detail in English.
Thank you.

I suspect that a lot of Italians in avoiding the automatic machines are
just wanting to hang on to the chance to interact with another person
and the human ticket sellers used to be a great natter, especially in
the days before they had computers behind the counter. Much of the ...

I realise that  "reasonable" and "Reykjavik" are more or less mutually
exclusive, but if anyone has any experiences or suggestions for a place
to lay my weary head for a couple of nights when coming and going from
Iceland, I'd be grateful to hear them! (Reading a couple of Arnaldur

A new photo of the week is up now... a couple dancing in Montmartre.
http://www.visitparis.com
click: Left Bank Lens
then: Photo of the Week

I posted the Frankfurt thread.  I'm told Stuttgart is equidistant from
Heidelberg, and the plane trip is shorter where I'm from, and the town is
supposedly prettier.  (I will be staying in Heidelberg.)  Does the train
connect to the airport?

My scientific analysis predicted this years ago. Although I have
published published my theses using layman's terms on this subject on
many occasions, they seem to have been beyond your comprehension of
your simple "intellects"

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I just joined this group this morning. Searching for information about
touring Dresden, Germany. My family and I would be wanting to visit
Dresden at Christmas this year. I am in a wheelchair but do walk with
braces and crutches. Has anyone been to Dresden before? How accessible

My Japanese girlfriend and I want to spend the last night, November 25th
(Saturday) in Stuttgart since it is closer to the airport.  Can someone
suggest a cheap hotel that is not dumpy?
Thanks