Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / June 2007

There is a new type of fare for Italian trains that gives a pretty
good discount if you reserve the day before your departure. The fare
is called "Amica". There is a limited number of seats at this
discounted rate. I have a feeling that this new fare is accompanied by

Considering the enormity of what it commemorates, the Memorial to the
Victims of Communism, dedicated by President Bush yesterday, is
striking for its modest proportions: a 10-foot female figure raising a
torch at a busy intersection in Washington, D.C. That's a fitting

Associated Press
June 10, 2007 12:15 p.m.
TIRANA, Albania -- President Bush, getting a hero's welcome as the
first American president to visit this Balkan nation, said Sunday

I was just wondering how smoking in Europe compares with smoking in
the U.S.  I'd like to find a European country with almost no smoking.
Thank you.

In a couple of weeks I will be passing through Helsinki airport on the
way back from Vilnius to Milan. Time between flights will be from 1245
(arrival from Vilnius) to 1605 (departure to Milan). I hope to have all
luggage through-checked to Milan.

.....to download from http://www.ardennenwandelen.nl
Both in the neighbourhood of Francorchamps!
Joson

This is one thing I never understood. Going on holiday and spending it
in a hostel? blaah, not really a holiday I'd love to be on, is it. If
I go on holiday I rather treat myself and spend it in a 4* or even 5*
hotel than being in a cheap hotel sharing room with everyone....

I just tried booking tickets online at the official site and it says:
"Following instructions issued by THE ALAMBRA AND GENERALIFE'S BOARD OF
TRUSTEES, and due to the forthcoming termination of the convention, THE
EARLY SALE OF TICKETS FOR VISITS LATER THAN 31 JULY 2007 IS ...

beware of pickpockets in nice old town area, i came back from there
yesterday having learnt the hard way, my back trouser pocket had a velcro
tab on it but i felt nothing

Here is a way to take a trip back in time (sort of) to visit ancient
Rome as it was in the days of Emperor Constantine the First. The site
includes fly-overs of the city and walk-throughouts of the Colosseum,
the Forum, and elsewhere. The recreation project, called Rome Reborn

perhaps the wrong group but i thought that someone here would know,
is there a site that will give me the name and address of a telephone
subscriber for free if all i know is the telephone number

Overweight cats and dogs
http://www.hotalways.com/groups/redirect.php?fid=12&tid=54&goto=nextoldset

I was wondering for people living within the EU, (Paris for me) what
countrys do you go to when you are trying to renew the 89 day allowed
stay? Morocco? Tunisia?
Which country is closest and still considered "Leaving the Eu"?

President Bush received a hero's welcome in Albania on Sunday, and our
guess is that very few Americans know why. The reason is U.S. support
for Kosovo, which was a flash point in the 1990s and is emerging as
another potential problem thanks to Vladimir Putin.

Doing a little research for a future trip, I came across this gem on a
website about the Isola Giglio, in the Tuscan archipelago:
" its mild climate favors to the visitors a vacation full of surprises
in all the seasons, to narrow contact with a genuine and