Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / January 2007

I can't vote Socialist this time around. Segolène Royal's ideas are as
dead as Joe Stalin. The only reason the Party rolled her out is because
of her youth. Segolène hasn't got a chance, if elected she would be
the only head of state who lives with a man to whom she is not married.

I have a laptop here in Britain and can buy a Data Card from Orange or
Vodafone to access the internet from anywhere. I am going to France for
about 3 months and would like to have the same internet access using my
laptop anywhere. Do they have a similar system and what is it ...

Hello, I am new to this forum!!
Does anyone have any must-sees during the drive between Munich and
Salzburg?  Even if there was a really great city to stop at for a
night in between.....

My travel friends have lost their contact in Budapest and now we
must decide on good accommodation when we go this Fall. Any good
suggestions (excluding expensive hotels) for location,
cleanliness, service? Thank you a lot.

when I travelled to Istanbul, a good place to go was always to Sheraton
Hotel near Taksim square. From the bar on the top floor of the building
you had a great view over the Bosporus and the old part of Istanbul.
As I have not been to Istanbul for nearly 10 years, I wonder if this ...

Where, in Europe, is the summer weather nice? Not too hot, not too
humid, perhaps a sea breeze in the evening?
I will be in a camper-van. When the tourists come in July and
August, might there be a clean, quiet town that might have camping

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/28/
AR2007012801048.html
Winning Hearts and Stomachs
Hostility to America, but Lines at McDonald's

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/Flanders%2BToday/what
%2527s%2Bon/070129_whisky
Whisky galore in Ghent
Mon 29/01/07 - The International Malt Whisky Festival is to be held in

Jeb Bush Rallies Conservatives at Summit
Non-Candidate Shows Ability to Excite the Party
By Zachary A. Goldfarb
Special to The Washington Post

I would appreciate experience about 3* or 4* hotels in Alassio, Italy.
We plan to be there mid-June.
Many thanks
Daisy

Long-time posters to/readers of rec.travel.europe may remember Robert
Buxbaum, who posted here for a number of years on food, wine, and
travel, and had a travel and food website at <http://www.worldtable.com/>.
He died on Thursday.

My dad, my son (11 years old) and I am all travelling to London and
then to Paris over spring break this year.  What's a good option for a
nice yet decently priced hotel in London - near to the best visiting
spots, i.e. Buckingham Palace, etc. etc.  (Not that familiar with the

Is this correct that hotel rooms in Europe are no smoking?
Can you tell me if Rome, Paris and London hotel rooms are no smoking?

Al Gore is traveling around the world telling us how we must
fundamentally change our civilization due to the threat of global
warming. Today he is in Denmark to disseminate this message. But if we
are to embark on the costliest political project ever, maybe we should

Krauthammer vs. Dowd on Rumsfeld
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Charles Krauthammer on Rumsfeld's legacy from last night's roundtable
on FOX's Special Report with Brit Hume: