Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / December 2006

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spilt animal parts and a Tomahawk missile that
tumbled out of a lorry caused some of the worst traffic nightmares of
2006, according to a report on roadway incidents.
A meatpacking lorry carrying cow body parts was involved in an accident

Or is it one of those things made for none Europeans and only available
through some outfit like raileurope.com?

By Dr. Earl Evleth. PhD
Many data, historical and analytical, are being thrust at us, following
the pronouncement of the death sentence on Saddam Hussein. What one
might loosely call "the prosecution," anxious to defend this mite of

1. Martin: for all his spam postings and so called 'funny answers'- He
is the champion spammer of this year
2. Gregory Morrow: a  master in posting non-topic subjects and very
woman unfriendly 'sexual tinted' postings

We got back from Tescos just now, I checked my mail and discovered i'd
lost all my mail and newsgroup settings. Wiped clean. Luckily I had
backed up my address book. Can you reply to this so I can check mail
receipts please?

by Dr. Earl Evleth, PhD
December 26, 2006; Page A12
The latest reports on wages and income have been rolling in, and with
them we can discount one more canard about the current economic

by Dr. Earl Evleth PhD Posted Dec 28, 2005
President Bush's 2005 Kwanzaa message began with the patently absurd
statement: "African-Americans and people around the world reflect on
African heritage during Kwanzaa."

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=economy&alt=&trh=20061223&hn=39440
November Tourism down 3.1 % from Last Year
By Cihan News Agency
Saturday, December 23, 2006

Along the Mediterranean sea --- are there any quiet, clean places where
a campervan might stay, in or out of a campground, for a few months
during the winter?
For instance --- I really enjoyed the nice little towns in Austria.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/18338034-95ec-11db-9976-0000779e2340.html
Euro notes cash in to overtake dollar
By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt
Published: December 27 2006 22:07 | Last updated: December 27 2006

by Dr. Earl Evleth PhD
Stories about AIDS and malaria don't typically carry good news, but
2006 was a year of progress on both fronts thanks to some new thinking
about how foreign aid can best be spent.

The best wishes for all who did post on topic and valuable postings to
this EUROPE TRAVEL group! And may we get lost of Martin, Gregory
Morrow (our two master spammers, who don't understand the word spam)
and all their slaves (like Magda) in 2007!!

by Dr. Earl Evleth PhD - Economics & Science Editor
Oil prices settled above $61 a barrel Friday to finish 2006 roughly
where they began, marking another tough year for energy consumers and
another stellar one for the petroleum industry. It was the fifth