Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / December 2006

I will have a few days before Christmas in Paris and also New Year's Eve
and around. Are there firework displays or similar on New Year's Eve in
Paris? Where to see them? Anything particular sights to see in Paris at
this time? I have visited Paris before a few times over the ...

This is going to be a little embarassing - but as I have no better
ideas...
This week (Tuesday (5th of December) evening to be exact), in an
airplain from London (Stansted) to Frankfurt (Hahn)  (after having had

I was rushing to return a rental and catch the ferry to Southampton
after visiting a mate whose in taule at Clairvaux. I was doing about
210 k/ph on the motorway and I'm pretty sure I got caught in a radar
trap. Will the car hire company send me a bill? Whats a fine like that

Vous qui venez d'ailleurs :oubliez de manger à Avignon !
Les resto sont fermés dès l'apparition du Mistral ,les rues sont
désertées ...Plus personne ne sort ! Ils attendent tous le printemps
voire l'été ,c'est à mourir de rire .A croire que dans cette ville

Jacob McManix had been absent for weeks if not months. There was no
doubt about that. Nobody in the world of RTE had seen him post for a
considerable period of time. He had been missed at first, but not by
many, and gradually he had been forgotten.

Has anybody been on a river cruise on the M/S Repin in Russia?  Any comments
on cabins, itinerary, etc.?

An AMAZING story...a methodology that could work for anyone.
Go to:
http://tinylink.com/?IbZUMIf2sn
Or,

Can anyone recommend a shop in Mannheim/Germany where I can rent a
bicycle for three days?
- Peter

Hello, I've submitted a visa application for living in Spain, it has
already been 4 months...does anyone know how long generally before I
will receive my visa approvel??
Thanks

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By Dr. Earl Evleth PhD
December 13, 2006
How did we go from winning the war in Iraq to losing overnight? Was
this decided by the same committee that changed "Peking" to "Beijing"?

Hey group,
The first week of April we have booked a vacation house in Tuscany, between
Firenze & Siena (Castelfiorentino). I have visited that area a few times
before, but the major part of our group (12 people) haven't.

I am trying to send a letter to a friend who is in Offenbach am Main,
Germany. Does anyone know the PLZ/Postal Code for the main post office
in Offenbach? I had trouble finding it on the Deutsche Post website. I
know she checks for her mail there every few days.

My wife and I are travelling to Europe from Oregon in July.  We're
spending 7 nights in Prague then by train to Austria, Italy and
Switzerland.  We fly home from Zurich.  We consider ourselves pretty
average about sightseeing, museums, art, etc.  Please comment on our

 This is my first time posting to this news group. Today, while in the grip
of my annual attack of wanderlust, I began weighing the pros and cons of
visiting various European locations.
 Edinburgh Scotland was the destination that weighed most heavily in the