Forum: Europe
June 11th, 2010, 12:17 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,421
Currency exchanges in Budapest
Yes, yes, I know, I know. These days everyone uses ATMs. But my bank
charges such a hefty fee for using foreign ATMs that I have already
determined that I will save money by bringing cash...
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Forum: Europe
November 7th, 2009, 01:40 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 1
Views: 350
A weekend in Edinburgh
Once again Ryanair has fooled me with their bogus sales, and conned me
into paying the princely sum of DKK 286.61 (~38 EUR) for a return
flight to Edinburgh. I'll arrive in the city on a Friday...
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Forum: Europe
November 2nd, 2009, 01:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 50
Views: 1,213
Oberammergau
My wife and I will be hiking in the Dolomites in Sept 2010 and are
thinking of trying to get to Oberammergau to see the pagent. Have you
been? Should we try to drive there or park the car...
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Forum: Europe
October 23rd, 2009, 11:11 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 3
Views: 449
Things to do around Christmas
We will be arriving to Brussels on Dec. 2nd and staying until Dec. 6th.
I was just wondering, other than the huge Christmas Market that begins
in November, are there any other Christmas related...
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Forum: Europe
October 14th, 2009, 12:53 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,173
Ireland Itinerary (LONG)
One scenic view stop was made in Cerne Abbas. It is famed for the Cerne
Giant - a striking, mysterious, 180-foot high figure cut into the chalk
downs overlooking the village
It...
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Forum: Europe
October 12th, 2009, 11:52 AM Posted to alt.travel.uk.air,rec.travel.europe,uk.transport.london
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Replies: 130
Views: 5,603
Heads up - Panorama tonight, BBC1 8.30pm
"Why Hate Ryanair?"
Crossposted to uk.transport.london?
Is Ryanair about to take over the Tube or something?
(Fares 5p for any distance, but 10 pounds a time to
use an escalator).
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Forum: Europe
October 1st, 2009, 10:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,051
Questions
2) no european city of any size is car-free though there are some small
"villages" that are almost kinda sorta "car-free"...
Do islands count? there is Mont St. Michel, 4 km” island,...
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Forum: Europe
September 29th, 2009, 01:02 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,173
Ireland Itinerary (LONG)
One scenic view stop was made in Cerne Abbas. It is famed for the Cerne
Giant - a striking, mysterious, 180-foot high figure cut into the chalk
downs overlooking the village
It might have...
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Forum: Europe
September 22nd, 2009, 09:59 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 51
Views: 1,606
Naples Worthwhile?
Is Naples now a good walking-around city? Worth a couple of days?
Don't buy anything: many fake goods!
Some of us actually WANT to buy fake goods. (Last time I went
to Istanbul, a friend back...
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Forum: Europe
September 21st, 2009, 04:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,uk.politics.misc
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Replies: 6
Views: 567
Malta bird hunt a 'crime scene'
Conservation groups have criticised the Maltese government for failing
to halt illegal hunting of protected birds during the island's autumn
season.
Malta's government has previously said it...
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Forum: Europe
September 9th, 2009, 02:36 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,685
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Forum: Europe
September 9th, 2009, 12:41 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 49
Views: 1,056
Limited walking
I'll be traveling with a friend who has MS and can't walk very far,
maybe a few blocks before she has to sit down and rest. Any
recommendations on where/how to travel with this kind of...
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Forum: Europe
September 9th, 2009, 12:27 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 49
Views: 1,056
Limited walking
I'll be traveling with a friend who has MS and can't walk very far,
maybe a few blocks before she has to sit down and rest. Any
recommendations on where/how to travel with this kind of...
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Forum: Europe
September 7th, 2009, 02:15 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 56
Views: 1,920
Trip Report - Serbia - Montenegro
"tim....." wrote:
So no comments yet. I hope that you're all reading (especially Jack!)
Had to cancel. Anybody want a trip report on the inside of the Edinburgh
Royal...
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Forum: Europe
August 31st, 2009, 10:09 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 74
Views: 5,060
Quick question on accommodations in France
Visa say:
"Some merchants in Europe have mistakenly refused to accept Visa cards
issued by U.S. financial institutions because the cards do not have an
embedded chip that can be read at...
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Forum: Europe
August 26th, 2009, 11:25 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe,uk.railway
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Replies: 24
Views: 932
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Forum: Europe
August 24th, 2009, 12:16 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,424
tripadvisor
Every single review posted by every single traveler is a subjective,
not objective, opinion. I'll shortly be posting several for New
Caledonia, if anyone is headed that way. For the net-cops...
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Forum: Europe
August 18th, 2009, 06:27 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 6
Views: 554
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Forum: Europe
August 17th, 2009, 10:50 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 6
Views: 554
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Forum: Europe
August 14th, 2009, 10:35 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,402
Trip Reports Iceland
Next attraction is the volcano Dimmuborgir. Drive to the car park at the
base and walk up. The sign at the bottom says that it's 3.2 km, but it
doesn't look that far. It also takes less...
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Forum: Europe
August 14th, 2009, 10:22 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 112
Views: 2,684
Trip report - greece
I've never been to Greece, being put off by the language (which
always reminds me of a maths textbook). How good are they at
understanding English?
Depends on where you go. In Rhodes I found...
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Forum: Europe
August 12th, 2009, 10:10 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 56
Views: 1,920
Trip Report - Serbia - Montenegro
Note that you definately cannot do (from an immigration pov) the route
MNE-KOS-SRB-MNE correct passport stamps or no stamps (you can do the reverse
provided that you don't want to go to SRB...
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Forum: Europe
August 12th, 2009, 10:43 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 56
Views: 1,920
Trip Report - Serbia - Montenegro
So no comments yet. I hope that you're all reading (especially Jack!)
These have been extremely helpful. Two things that come to mind:
- you made things unnecessarily difficult for yourself by...
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Forum: Europe
August 10th, 2009, 12:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 4
Views: 506
Cetinje accommodation
A web search for accommodation in Cetinje, Montenegro comes
up with exactly nothing.
Surely the place is big enough and popular enough to have
a hotel and a pension or two?
==== j a c k at c a m...
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Forum: Europe
August 6th, 2009, 07:40 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.air
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Replies: 84
Views: 3,389
thumb on the scale at airport check-in
A post from a well-known Scottish musician on the Footstompin forum:
: I'm off for a fairly long trip in October and i have to take a fair
: amount of luggage with me, i just bought some decent...
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