Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / April 2007

I created my first web page in English: http://contentm.googlepages.com/travel
It has extensive selection of links (my favorites) and couple of ads
also. Please send me some comments or ideas that I can make my page
better.

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/070421_pills
Belgians buy pills over the border
Sat 21/04/07 - Six coaches carrying a total of 260 passengers left
Belgium for the small town of Hulst just across the border in the

see photo n video at http://mycuti.blogspot.com

Is it possible to purchase a sim at the Fiumicino Airport?
I seem to recall reading that you had to be a resident of Italy to
purchase one.
Thanks

Looking for something cheap, cheerful and central for a couple of nights at
the end of this month ...
Thanks in advance
Flynn

Two friends and I will be driving into Paris from Belgium next Friday
night.
What is the best way to park the car outside the city for 3 days and
taxi or Metro in late at night to our hotel?

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2469268.ece
Toxic secret of Italy's 'unspoilt' region
By Peter Popham in Rome
Published: 21 April 2007

I have a suitable mobile phone (have used it in Italy before) but only
for text messaging).  Now I have been lent a new Italian sim card to
use whilst there.   Before I arrive I would like to load in the
numbers I will need to call, but am not sure of the exact procedure.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/20/nbeach20.xml
Litter louts leave Britain's beaches twice as dirty
By Tim Hall
Last Updated: 1:37am BST 20/04/2007

I use one of those nylon zip-up shaving kit bags, but always seem to
have trouble packing that big lump, especially since it usually goes
in toward the end, with last-minute stuff.  Do you have a toiletry kit
you really like, that's easy to pack?

Hello! I'm from Hong Kong,
Can I ask where rent a helicoeter in Singapore.

in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
No cars later.

A friend has offered to lend me a spare quad-band unlocked GSM phone to
use in Norway next month.
I've found a few places selling Nortel cards with KR 150 credit for about
US$60. Several of them seem to actually point back to the same place,

where do I get my Roubles ?
is there a black market for them, or just go to a bank / exchange
office ?
use Dollars or Euros ?