Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / June 2007

I have followed several threads on this subject, but I still can't
decide the best way to go.  I thought I would use ATM machines, until
I learned yesterday that my bank's exchange rate (Amsouth/Regions in
southern US) is about ten percent higher than the regular rate.

...that post on this group are unfailingly courteous and helpful and
kind...a very pleasant bunch to read. No cranks or ranters (scRunge, Piggy,
Markku The Hebe Amerikan Faggot, etc.)...even the expats living in Italy
(Barbara Vaughan, DFM...) are simpatico.

Bonjour tout le monde!
Actually living far away from my beloved country, I'm interested in
expanding and broadening my horizons in relation to the ever-growing
French learning community around the world. As a French teacher, I

...only 50 years tooooooo late
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070605/tuk-britain-transport-a7ad41d.html
LONDON (AFP) - Commuters on the London Underground face relief from
hot, stuffy train journeys after Tube bosses revealed plans to use

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/070622_mayors_sentence
Mayor given suspended gaol sentence
Fri 22/06/07 - The Mayor of the West Flemish town of Damme Dirk
Bisschop (Christian democrat) has been given a stiffer sentence by the

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/21062007/325/low-cost-london-flights-arrive-new-york.html
Low-cost London flights arrive in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zoom Airlines, a low-cost Canadian carrier, began
non-stop flights between New York and London on Thursday, challenging

I have the possibility, with my companion, to spend a weekend in
Venice mid-August (my mother will have our kids with her). But I'm a
bit preoccupied: Many Italian cities are half-dead in August, most
restaurants closed, no exhibits, etc. Is it the same in Venice?

I'm looking for cheap prepaid GPRS/EDGE service in France. I've got
already PCMCIA modem without simlock. Which french GSM operator has the
best prices ?
What I need is to stay in touch with my friends, for instance: e-mail

gosh I guess John Kerry was wrong!
In March, Le Quoc Quan returned to his native Vietnam after finishing
a fellowship at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington. He
was promptly arrested and charged with planning to overthrow the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79wU5B6hAEQ
Consider this if you decide to travel there.

I know August is the busiest season for the lake region in Italy.
However, from looking at the different websites I can only find hotels
and B&Bs, but I'm guessing there are plenty of smaller and simpler
B&Bs without a website out there.

 We're traveling to Norway & Sweden from the US and would like to know if
we're better off getting NOKs and SEKs from ATMs or charging on the credit
card?
TIA.

This week the Duke-Nifong drama oozed to its finale, with a payout to
the victims, a confidentiality agreement, the usual salutes to the
healing process, and plans on the part of the principals to begin
putting the case behind them. Missing from these declamations was the