Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / January 2008

If Mountains had a Home, it would be Switzerland!
With 48 peaks soaring over 4000 meters high, Switzerland enjoys top
position in the European high summit league. Hasn't alpine tourism
been invented in Switzerland? Country of the mountains - Switzerland

A bunch of lions attacked a man in South Africa and ate him.

We (Married couple in 60's) have the opportunity to spend 2 weeks in Greece
in May 08.  If it were you, what Islands would you visit and why?  We
already are planning to spend several days based in Athens.
We are not big on night parties but enjoy meeting local people and seeing

The newest issue of the National Geographic blows the news: the population
of polar bears in Finland is deminishing. This revelation has been a big
news around the world not least in Finland. Thus far we have believed that
the only three beasts of this sort have lived at the ...

Swedish girl molested in Kochi on New Year's eve:
An angry Kriston says, "If you want people to come and see your
beautiful country then such things have to be prevented. Now I have to
think twice or thrice before I can bring my children here."

70% of restaurants and bars in the Netherlands will become no smoking from
1-1-08

We've just spent New Year in Ostend, Belgium, and it turns out that the
hotel bed was the best I've ever slept on. I've got a bad back after an
injury and find it difficult to get a good night's sleep but this bed was so
comfortable I had no problems at all - although that could ...

Happy New Year!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7166159.stm
I can't say how much of the article is accurate. For a start, Spain most
certainly does _not_ have a similar ban to Britain, Ireland and Italy,

We are searching for an inexpensive hotel in the gothic quarter north
of Las Ramblas in Barcelona that we can reserve online prior to
arriving late at night.  Any suggestions?

Anyone used the RyanAir shuttle bus from Bratislava to Vienna? The bus
service is now operated by Terravision.
My RyanAir flight arrives in Brat. at 9PM. So, if we have to wait for
all passengers to get their luggage and board the bus, I can't see the

Hello, where is biggest place to do salat.

I am Jayraj from Kerala.I have put up a website about Kerala. You can
find a small description about my land and people at this site.
 My site www.101malayalamhits.com
  Regards,

....I should give up my day job.....
http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/N_080102leefloon
Minimum subsistence benefit rises
Wed 02/01/08 - There is good news for people on the breadline.

through the years and several changes of computers I've lost my
addressbook that had "Jack"'s email address.
the Jack of Jack-Travel.com
if you know him he's a real Friend...

Don't put luggage locks on you bags unless you have valuables in the bag
worth more than the repair or  possible replacement of the bag. My wife put
a lock on her bag, it got caught on something and ripped out the zipper. It
will cost more to repair than the  old bag is worth ...