Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / May 2008

hmmm....what a great idea.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7321500.stm
Oregon's healthcare lottery
By Rajesh Mirchandani

I am trying to work out whether my wife's UK passport (expiry October)
will be OK for a holiday in France in August.
Several sites say that France require a passport with three months'
validity beyond the end of the stay.

Okay, I'm cluesless about this.  Is there no such thing as a roundtrip
on European rail?  I'm planning roundtrips from Rome to Pompeii and
Rome to Assisi in August but cannot reserve these trains until 2
months prior.  Since I also plan a one-way from Venice to Florence and

....Kafka is alive and living in Texas....
British pilot who 'buzzed' Bush ranch to be deported
By James Macintyre
Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Anyone know of some shops in Paris (prefereably  in southern
arrondissements such as Montparnasse or Orly) which sell camping and
related outdoor equipment ?
I did a couple of Google searches along these lines but since my

I have various rail ticket reservations for an upcoming trip. Is there
anywhere I can go online to see the routes these trains take (I have
the train number and dates)? I like to research a little bit about the
towns and villages I go through.

Boeing 747 splits in two on take off
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- A large cargo plane crashed at the end of a runway
and split in two while trying to take off Sunday at Brussels airport,
authorities said.

Europeans are not an automobile society. Their love for their
cities, the way their cities are designed, and their culture just
don't allow for it. It's not their nature and their cities will soon
be car-free. Same with other countries as well. The USA is the only

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7383786.stm
Price per bag up to 8 GBP plus cost to check in at desk 4 GBP so that 24
Pounds per return trip to check in a single bag (OK I exaggerated in the
headline!).

f.ck YOU ALL, YOU BUNCH OF c.nts.

The lucky bastard lived my dream!

morrow the moron, vogtgamble the Duh ! granny, evleth the sick poster, horny
martin's alter ego, irwell the monthly useless contributor, etc etc
Why did hatunen and russel have to condone this bunch of 10 bored oldies
????

Recently I was in Europe and as recommended on this ng, used my ATM
card to get cash.  Here is what I got:
5/8    0.9475  (US to Swiss Franc)
5/11  1.5476  (US to Euro)

My question is not an easy one, as it mostly relies on experience &
advice being sought after, in regards to a specific age and associated
romanticism level ... so here it goes: I am trying to determine the best
place for a a couple in their mid-40s, having decided to spend their ...

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=65022
I would never set foot in a nazi, has-been police state pile of sh.t
like Norway, if you paid me. Norway is a backward, dying, psychotic
obsolete state and culture, that will no longer exist within 50 years.