Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / November 2006

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In Scampia, Italy's most notorious housing estate, the Naples mafia,
the Camorra, is ready for the police.
In Scampia, roadblocks every 50 metres randomly check cars for drugs or
other offences. Officers with flak jackets and sub-machineguns stand

WSJ COMMENTARY
By MILTON FRIEDMAN and EARL EVLETH
December 5, 2005
Most New Orleans schools are in ruins, as are the homes of the children

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HITLER WAS A SENSITIVE MAN
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Trying to book tickets now, for Labor Day week.
Been to Rome in late November when it was cold (but still big crowds) so
looking for better weather, which would help with trips to Naples, Capri
and other day-trips.

For info:
As of today   (15th November 2006):
Between 15th November and the 15th March goods vehicles over 3,5 t, all
busses and articulated vehicles must have winter tyres fitted (min tread

Paris is a great city but park the car is sometime not possible or so
expensive that we recommand you to stay in val D'oise where are located
lot of castels and abbey to visit.
Val d'oise is also well known through Van Gogh and Impressionnistes

I have a Maestro debit card I intend to use in Germany at the end of
the month.  Can anyone let me know whether Maestro ATMs are easily
available?  Are ATMs in Germany universal - do they take all the common
cards Visa, Mastercard, Maestro etc, or are they specific to a card or

We have a short stay in Paris between Christmas and New Years and are
looking for a plan for one of the days. We have been to the Louvre and
Museé d'Orsay, Montmarte, Eifel Tower, Notre Dame, and Versailles. Any
suggestions for either an excursion or something in the city for the ...

In September/October I spent a few days in the Bernese Oberland area of
Switzerland.   The first walk I did was from Kleine Scheidegg to Wengen
and I include a link to some photographs that I took that day:
http://www.caledoniahilltreks.com/galleries/kleine_schiedegg/index.htm

While, I finally finished keying it in. It is long. It is really more of a
diary of what I did. And mostly written so I can look back in later years
and remember exactly what I did.
This was a 12 day trip in early June. I drove from Dublin to Clare hugging

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November 15, 2006
Singing Cyprus's Praises
By SHELLEY EMLING

More expensive than Florence on average.  This is for the 3rd week in
May.
Plus you don't get the niceties like Internet access.  Some apartments
or B&B claim anti-terrorism law precludes their offering it.

All,
My wife and I will be visiting Rome for the first time next week.  Our
flight arrives early (8:30AM).  Since check-in is not until 2PM, we
were thinking of leaving our bags with the hotel front desk while we

Does anyone have a clue about the weather in Valencia-Spain?