Travel Forum / Destinations / Europe / July 2008

Berlin links / old trip report
http://www.berlin.de/english/
http://www.berlin.de/english/visitors/index.html
http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/berlin_tipps/index_en.shtml

'Cheap train travel in Europe
(http://www.thetraintravel.net/train-operators-directory/) an Onlin
train directory in Europe
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http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/de.redactie.english/news/080727_police
Gangster gets police job
(Belga)
Sun 27/07/08 11:36 - The daily Het Nieuwsblad op zondag reports that a

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868407,00.html
All's Fair
Monday, Apr. 28, 1958
"The opening of the Brussels World's Fair was only 24 hours away, and,

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25845855/
Paparazzi, guards fight at Jolie chateau
French police say camouflaged paparazzi entered couple's grounds
The Associated Press

A good site to  bookmark http://www.reservation-hotel-pas-cher.fr/en/index.php

Hi, I'll be going to Berlin with a friend in June. We're trying to
decide if we should stay in Traveplatz or in Charlottenburg (near
Savignyplatz). Anyone here can shed some light on these two areas?
What are these places like? We're most concerned about safety and

I just found this website that sells tickets for the Leaning Tower
(apparently 10 tickets for every 20 minute interval at 17 Euro per
person).  Is it important to buy these in advance or can we just buy
them when we arrive?  Is there a risk of losing out?  We'll be in Pisa

I noticed when I did an Internet transfer of money from my Dutch bank to UK that
a window opened giving the options of who paid the cost "You must share costs
between sender and receiver if in EU" was the default. I over rode this. All
costs charged to sender as required. Money ...

http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/Many-Dutch-tourists-denied-entry-to-US.html
"Many Dutch tourists denied entry to US 25/07/2008 00:00
About 60 travellers are denied permission to board their flight to the US at
Schiphol airport every week.

http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/de.redactie.english/flanders_today/080725_Mussels
Fri 25/07/08 13:23 - A new load of Belgian mussels has arrived on the
market. Auctioned this morning, the first crates fetched between 4.5
and 5 euros per kilogram on the Ostend fish market.

It has been raining for a week almost daily here in Munich. How is the
situation in Paris? Any idea/forecast about how the weather will be in
the north of France between end of July and mid August?
We're still pondering on the trip itinerary and I'm starting to wonder

They are small units that can be installed many places such as
watches, backpacks, cars and even cell phones.
http://gadgetupdates.googlepages.com/track_kids_with_gps

a 41 year old man dies after urinating on the live third rail at Vauxhalll
station (London UK)

Thu 17/07/08 16:25 - Since 2003 more children are being born in
Flanders. Life expectancy is growing too.
A boy that is born today has a life expectancy of 78 years. That's 2
and a half years longer than ten years ago.