Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / May 2008

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These whiners buying package tours are a most hilarious lot indeed. A
Swedish family claimed about rainy weather on Samui, Thailand and the travel
agency paid back some money as a compensation. Similarly a British family
was crying because they were the only English speaking ...

In unexpected ways, on the telly. Ernie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oss1di3D-Lg

Does anyone know if the Carte Orange is still available for
use on Paris Metro and bus systems?  I have a vague recollection
of hearing that it was to be replaced by a new transit pass (for
tourists or for locals, or both?) but I haven't been following

http://www.hotelclub.net/
Anyone vouch for their reliability?
Gummo

I've heard about a secret tour of the Doge's Palace.  In googling for
reservations, however, I am blind-sided by the plethora of probable
rip-offs.  Is there an official website at which to obtain
reservations?  Has anyone ever taken this tour and could you let me

We (two adults) are travelling to France and Spain for a month of
touring in a car. We are wondering what is the best option for
accommodation in October - November 2008. Likely to be November.
We want something better than backpackers and not as expensive as

Want a new house?  Rent a helicopter and drop in on rich people's
gardens!
Brangelina splash out £35m on French chateau complete with vineyard
and ponies for their expanding brood

They are building 11 hotels and 7 golf courses around Navarino Bay. That's
another Greek unspoilt area ruined.

Silly question- has the smoking ban started in NL yet? I thought it was
this July...

I've just uploaded pictures from my last trip to Paris.
Enjoy!
Found also nice quotation so which depicts the spirit of the city very well:
"Every city has a sex and an age which have nothing to do with

Waiting at a red light near the Zoo station, I noticed that the pedestrian
lights had been converted to the Ampelmann design. That's just plain wrong.
It belongs in the east, and shouldn't be found in the west.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/26/news/Italy-American-Killed.php
I tend to befriend (or at least be-acquaint) locals in Italy. It's usually
that kind of place.
Cheers,

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/de.redactie.english/news/0805527_chips
Belgians dump chip fat down the loo
(Belga)
Tue 27/05/08 12:23 - Without a doubt chips or french fries are

I am new to this board, so I hope you'll bear with me as a "newbie,"
while I find my feet, so to speak.  I visited Paris for ten days in
the fall of '04.  I stayed at a superior tourist class hotel in the
1st arondissement while made Toulierres Gardens and the Louvre right