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Forum: Europe May 14th, 2013, 08:16 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 27
Views: 4,940
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
New 5 Euro notes

On Mon, 13 May 2013 23:05:07 +0200, Martin wrote:

On 13 May 2013 17:11:11 GMT, "Erick T. Barkhuis"
wrote:

tim......:

Hands up who knew...
Forum: USA & Canada July 10th, 2012, 10:06 AM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Replies: 5
Views: 1,863
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
USA car rental: insurance 'extras'.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:59:53 +0100, Terry Pinnell
wrote:

On my last USA trip in Feb 2010 I hired a car for a week from
Enterprise in Encinitas, California. At the last...
Forum: Europe June 5th, 2012, 02:05 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,uk.food+drink.misc
Replies: 138
Views: 6,226
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
I recently had the worst moules-frites in the world...

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:37:49 +0200, Martin wrote:


Nowadays you can eat them at any time of the year.

Correct, but quality varies throughout the year. The reason that you
can...
Forum: Europe June 5th, 2012, 01:31 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,uk.food+drink.misc
Replies: 138
Views: 6,226
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
I recently had the worst moules-frites in the world...

On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:00:47 +0100, (David Horne)
wrote:


That was no excuse to have presented them the way they did though.

That's right, they shouldn't offer mussels is the...
Forum: Europe June 5th, 2012, 10:49 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe,uk.food+drink.misc
Replies: 138
Views: 6,226
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
I recently had the worst moules-frites in the world...

On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 10:36:00 +0100, (David Horne)
wrote:

I don't know where they were from, except they were disgusting. It was a
first for me... just glad we didn't pay.

It's...
Forum: Europe September 2nd, 2011, 09:44 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 149
Views: 17,791
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
body scanners in European airports

On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:53:01 +0200, Martin wrote:


or a success rate of 46%. If other countries adopt them Germany will
become the terrorists favourite.

Statistics are not...
Forum: Europe August 17th, 2011, 03:25 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 22
Views: 1,228
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Citibank chip-and-pin cards

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:55:39 -0400, James Silverton
wrote:

On 8/17/2011 8:39 AM, Giovanni Drogo wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011, Johannes Kleese wrote:

Well, I do...
Forum: USA & Canada June 10th, 2011, 04:55 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Replies: 6
Views: 1,436
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
dollars and credit cards

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:06:33 -0500, VOLTS
wrote:


hi sirs, i'm steve. as a tourist of 2, how much dollar bills can we
bring in the US for a 17 day stay? i...
Forum: Europe May 19th, 2010, 04:47 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 24
Views: 1,485
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
The Euro

On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:59:07 -0700, Hatunen wrote:


Uh, no. On 4 Jan 1999 it took about $1.18 to buy a euro.

We didn't have Euros at that time, it was still "virtual money"...
Forum: Europe May 19th, 2010, 04:16 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 24
Views: 1,485
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
The Euro

On Tue, 18 May 2010 17:52:26 -0400, "James Silverton"
wrote:


According to Oanda.com today, the Euro was within 4 cents of its
starting value on 1/4/99, relative...
Forum: Asia January 2nd, 2010, 09:02 AM Posted to rec.travel.asia
Replies: 5
Views: 1,037
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Locating a restaurant in Shinjuku

On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:58:06 +1300, Spencer wrote:

On a previous visit to Tokyo I ate at a Tengu restaurant in East
Shinjuku. It had excellent food at a good price and I would...
Forum: Europe December 20th, 2009, 05:39 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 32
Views: 1,616
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Channel Tunnel potential disaster

On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:26:47 -0000, "tim...."
wrote:


I saw the interviews and what they did was *complain* repeatedly about being
left stuck on the train for hours. ...
Forum: Europe December 5th, 2009, 05:31 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe,uk.politics.misc
Replies: 5
Views: 737
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Belgians ban smoking at last (probably)

On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 13:39:42 +0100, "Lou Ravi"
wrote:


Sadly, it is freezing outside far too often in Belgium for my liking so

Fortunatelly you don't live in Scandinavia,...
Forum: Australia & New Zealand November 8th, 2009, 01:27 PM Posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
Replies: 2
Views: 1,613
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
off road in WA and NT?

Hi,

We're starting to prepare next years vacation and are looking into
Australia. We are thinking to make a trip along the western coast
starting in Perth up to Coral Bay (and back to Perth) and...
Forum: Europe November 7th, 2009, 09:19 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 13
Views: 1,194
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
New Years 2010 Brussels

On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:40:35 -0600, (Mark Brader) wrote:

Evelyn Vogt Gamble:
Why do you assume it's "spam"?

"Maurice":
Because this group has been spammed by Vietnam travel...
Forum: Europe November 6th, 2009, 08:38 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 13
Views: 1,194
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
New Years 2010 Brussels

On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:05:03 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:


Why do you assume it's "spam"? Sounds like a perfectly reasonable

Because this group has been...
Forum: Europe September 30th, 2009, 03:49 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 20
Views: 1,078
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
OT but amusing I think.

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:58:16 -0400, "James Silverton"
wrote:


Alexander McColl Smith, in a book of the "44 Scotland Street" series,
mentioned a parlor game, to...
Forum: Europe May 11th, 2009, 04:48 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 5
Views: 717
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Smoking on Costa Cruises

On Mon, 11 May 2009 06:55:38 -0700, Walt Bilofsky
wrote:


Occasional smoking isn't a problem, but if there is a lot of smoking
(as in restaurants in Holland and Belgium),...
Forum: USA & Canada April 27th, 2009, 07:42 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
Replies: 8
Views: 460
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
hawaii again

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:35:03 +0200, "to"
wrote:

Dear friends.
The next August I will be in the U.S. and travel to Oahu one week and two
weeks in the South West.
Have...
Forum: Europe January 30th, 2009, 06:27 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 17
Views: 1,102
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Number of traffic fatalities in Belgium dropped spectacularly last year

On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:15:21 -0800 (PST), Lord Taylor of Blackburn
wrote:


starting to drive slower because of the presence of more unmanned
cameras and more people are...
Forum: Europe December 16th, 2008, 08:12 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 94
Views: 3,762
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Mistaken Spanish speeding ticket

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:40:01 -0000, "tim....."
wrote:


2) Even if you do, How do the get your address (and know that you had a car
whilst there)?


a: phonebook?
b:...
Forum: Europe October 22nd, 2008, 02:37 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 8
Views: 544
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
flandersnews.vla???

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:01:07 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis
-o-m wrote:


One problem is: the file extension ".fla" is well known, and could lead
denizens to believe that the...
Forum: Asia September 23rd, 2008, 05:19 PM Posted to rec.travel.asia
Replies: 10
Views: 1,145
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Japan travel info?

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:43:22 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:

In article , Maurice ON4BAM
says...

We are in the very early...
Forum: Asia September 22nd, 2008, 07:29 PM Posted to rec.travel.asia
Replies: 10
Views: 1,145
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Japan travel info?

Hi,

We are in the very early stages of planning a first trip to Japan next
summer. We think we'll have time to visit the part of Honshu south of
Tokyo.
We think that the best way to get around will...
Forum: Europe September 19th, 2008, 03:21 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 88
Views: 1,865
Posted By Maurice ON4BAM
Update on cell phone in Europe (cross-posted)

On 18 Sep 2008 20:37:31 GMT, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:


Where in Europe would this be? There is no country in Europe where you
can walk up to a doctor and be treated for free. I...
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