Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / February 2007

I had no responses to me first query about Slovenian holiays, and we
are also interested in Northern Croatia - particularly the small
islands near the Slovenian border.
Some of the Croatian holiday accommodation sites require some payment

I am driving from Venice to western Hungary, via Zagreb. What kind of border
delays can I expect going into Croatia from Italy, and then into Hungary?
rjf

...comes into effect today. Restaurants, cafes etc. have until December
to implement the ban. Apparently the ban has 70% public support,
including the support of half of smokers.
Interesting related article at:

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/070201_racists
Couples refused to be married by black
Thu 01/02/07 - At least three couples from the East Flemish city of
Sint-Niklaas have refused to be married in the local Town Hall because

George McGovern for President 1972 Campaign Brochures 'What President
George McGovern would do' About VIETNAM
......
Senator McGovern has opposed our military intervention in Vietnam

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21170552-661,00.html#
Dry, and getting dryer
Sarah Wotherspoon, environment reporter
February 05, 2007 12:00am

from umtm
"That reminds me; on the l33t-speak subtitles for the DVD of 'The IT
Crowd', Jen's line 'I don't know anything about computers' is
displayed as 'I use Macs'."

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/070204_cancer
4 February is World Cancer Day
Sun 04/02/07 - "Today's children, tomorrow's world" is the title of
the International Union Against Cancer's (UICC) 2007 cancer prevention

Is it a valid assumption that finding a parking place in cetral Brussels
would be difficult?
Is it a better idea to leave the car outside the city and get into town
by metro? Are there any free park&ride facilites? Can one also park

I am currently planning a two week trip to Europe for the beginning of
May.
Among the places we were considering was Greece (Athens and one or two
of the islands).

If you get an Oyster Card for use on London Transport, it can be
changed to provide automatic top-up of the amount on the card, charged
to your credit card.  This has to be arranged online, as far as I
know, but the London Transport computer will not accept any postcodes

Hello All - I'll be travelling a bit outside of Paris this summer -
but I'll need to stay reasonably close to the capital. All travel will
be done by rental car. Can anyone recommend chateaux, tours, and
regions to consider?

We are visiting Paris in the week of May 20.
Can you tell me what day of the week is better to tour the Louvre?
Can you tell me how to buy advance tickets to avoid the long lines?
Any tour info of how best to see the Louvre?

We'll be in Sicily in late October. If possible, we would like to visit
Piazza Armerina and/or Enna, but I'm concerned about the possibility of snow
on the mountain roads that time of year.
We'd be driving from Agrigento there, and from there to Siracusa. Can

Personally, I think it very likely but big storm
formation is a complex issue.  I guess this could
be taken as the consensus view now.  The real problem
is that mankind is unlikely to be able to organize