Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / April 2007

Is there someone in the group that happened to hike mount olympus in
greece. I am trying to find a good topo-guide giving directions and
level of difficulties, but it seems it does not exist as such...
I have read there are 2 roads to go there, with different places to

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Why use toilet paper at all?!  Water works much better.  That's why
the French invented the bidet.  Or better yet, do like the Asians,
just splash a lot of water down there with your own hands after
squating down over a whole in the ground.  Nature's solution.

An earthquake hit England yesterday. Perhaps we can expect tsunamis and
volcanic eruptions taking place there in short notice.

To all,
I have been reading some posts here about travel to Greece. It seems
like you all dispense some good advice and I need some.
First of all, I am a photographer and so most of MY travel decisions

I've been doing some legwork for my parents on setting an itinerary
for a trip they're taking and wanted to check on something.
They will be driving around France and hopefully into Italy a bit.
The current tentative itinerary has part of the trip going south (on

Where's the best place to get a SIM card for my US phone that will give me
the best local Parisian rates?
Many thanks!

Anyone with recent experience of overnight rail travel from
London->Paris->Munich (or ->Hamburg, or ->Berlin) want to
comment on how good or bad an experience it was?
The schedules are convenient; the cost of a single sleeping

today  euro reached a new record
1.3666
it is the highest value of the euro against the US Dollar

Can you tell me the approximate time and fare required for a taxi from
Victoria train station to the Boston Court Hotel, about 2 blocks from Hyde
Park. We'll arrive at Victoria on a Friday morning between 9:00 and 10:00
a.m. Many thanks.

It is currently pouring, and thundering and the plants are a bit
happier.  `
Current intensity
24.0mm/hr à 19:31

Our trip is not until 2008, but I am hoping to get some advice from
those who have gone, or are going this year. I've checked the official
site, and understand the advance ticket reservation policy, and I see
that there are a number of ticket agencies offering them as well. We