Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / June 2008

Since Velib stations in Paris will not accept US credit cards, is
there any way that Americans can use Velib bicycles while in Paris?  I
understand that an American might be able to use a "Navigo pass" but
the website:

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Greenpeace has now taken to having blogs and websites,
to denounce the anti-environmental policies of the
Alberta government of premier Stelschmuck.
The website is at:

...cue gRunge jokes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4220884.ece
Spain is to become the first country to extend legal rights to apes,
wrongfooting animal rights activists who have long campaigned against

Suppose you are in Helsinki with your car and want to spend a few days
in St Petersburg. What would be the best way of doing that? Take your
car with the ferry to St Petersburg, drive on the road, simply leave the
car in Helsinki and go to St Petersburg by ferry or train?

This is Naples, near Italy:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b97j0EHBNRY

Left luggage at Liverpool Street Station: £6.50 per item. £6.50 for having
a bag on a shelf for 6 hours? They must be joking - my flight actually cost
less than that. I'm used to paying less than half that for a locker with
space for several bags.

We are thinking of a stay in Diano Marina.  Can anyone give us some
insight on the town?  Lively or quiet?  Shops and restaurants?  Night
life?  Upmarket or down?  We never trust the guidebooks!
Many Thanks.

Rome's Domus Aurea has been closed for restoration since August 21,
2007 but somewhere, I believe, I heard that it was supposed to
possibly re-open in the summer of 2008.  Is this true and, if so, how
does one obtain the reservations for tickets that are so "strongly

Road deaths fall to all-time low
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080626/tuk-road-deaths-fall-to-all-time-low-
6323e80.html
Press Assoc. - 19 minutes ago
The number of people killed on British roads last year fell to the

I'm planning a short mid week break at Loch Lomond in Scotland,
staying at Tarbet.   Unfortunately I cannot do a lot of walking at the
moment so I will be looking for some attractions to visit.   Is there
enough in the area or would you recommend trips to, say, Oban or

Can someone tell us the distance and/or driving time from Nice, France
to Spotorno, Italy.
Thanks
Richard

I think that  "France has declared a loss of rabies free status"
Don

So it seems I'm going to be in Murcia for a week in August (I'm told I
can expect it to be hot) and we'll mostly be just chilling out and
doing not very much, but I was just wondering  what the key places to
go and visit would be? Is Cartagena worth a look? Mar Menor? We'll