Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / March 2008

I need advice...are flying into Heathrow on US Airways in May - upon
arrival, we need to fly to Belgium.  There's a flight leaving 1 hour
and 30 minutes after we are scheduled to land.  The flight is on
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I read that the starting rate for a gondolier was
80 Euro for 40 minutes before 7pm and
100 Euro for 40 minutes after 7 pm
and that during high tourist season,

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Any suggestions for where we could stay? We would be there in either June or
September for 3 or 4 weeks.
JJ

In May we'll be in Zurich and then from Zurich to Basel.  We have a
group of about 12 traveling together.  Our original thinking is to
take the train to Basel.  But from the train station we still have to
go to where the river cruise ships are docked to begin our river

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i'm thinking of building a tandem recumbent, (i have just seen the one
at www.steppebysteppe.com.au) they use a "sociable" version, but i was
actually thinking of building on in series (two bikes end to end). how
do sociable as opposed to in series tandems compare in offroad

Like many of you I have found ATMs the best way by far to access
local currency in Europe, the middle east and Mexico, but found some
difficulty in China. This May I will be on a river cruise from St. Pete
to Moscow. Can I rely on my usual VISA debit card to do the trick there?

exacvations made  recentrly have discovered a bronze age village that was
destroyed by  an eruption of Vesuvio
at  least 1500 years before it destroyed Pompei
Huts have been found and pottery  and a few small statues.

We're thinking of 2 weeks in Sicily around September.
Mainly for archaeology sites and Etna.
But starting at pretty zero knowledge pro tem!
Any tips for base and sights?

We will be in Barcelona pre-cruise early in November and would like some
suggestions for hotels in which to stay.
TIA,
--Jean

Any feedback about living in Montpellier, France for 3-4 months out of the
year?  I speak a moderate amount of French.
 How vital of a city is it?  Is there much night life or does it close up
early?

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