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On 2013-04-03, Dan Stephenson wrote:
On 2013-04-02 18:20:53 -0500, Jesper Lauridsen said: Stelvio should be crossed from the north - that's where the hairpins are. You mean, to descend along the hairpins, or ascend? It's more west-east in orientation. Ascend. Descend is a necessary evil you go through so you can ascend again. The pass is west-east, but the road it's on is mainly north-south. So that how I think of it. In your (and everyone else's) terms I meant from the east. |
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Mark Brader:
the expressway (freeway, autoroute, autobahn, whatever) system in Jesper Lauridsen: Why not "motorway"? Why not? Also "superhighway", "limited-access highway", "controlled-access highway", and to some in the US, "interstate" or even simply "highway". -- Mark Brader "It's simply a matter of style, and while there Toronto are many wrong styles, there really isn't any one right style." -- Ray Butterworth |
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On 04/08/2013 10:51 PM, Jesper Lauridsen wrote:
On 2013-04-06, Tom P wrote: On 04/04/2013 11:14 AM, Jesper Lauridsen wrote: Because then you would be returning a Swiss car in Italy and get the hefty one-way fee. The one-way fees seem to be highly unpredictable. From what I have heard, you may be in luck and the car rental station just happens to have a car standing there which is registered in the country where you are going to - in other words, you are transporting the car back home for them. What are the odds of that? It's seem highly unlikely to me. I should think it depends very much on which rental station. At Düsseldorf airport I've seen cars with Dutch licence plates standing in the car rental parking area, but the airport is only 100km from the border. |
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Mark Brader:
the expressway (freeway, autoroute, autobahn, whatever) system in Jesper Lauridsen: Why not "motorway"? Mark Brader: Why not? Also "superhighway", "limited-access highway", "controlled-access highway", and to some in the US, "interstate" or even simply "highway". "Martin": The context was UK, where they are called motorways. The context was Switzerland, where they are called Autobahnen in German, autoroutes in French, etc. -- Mark Brader | "The race is not always to the swift, Toronto | nor the battle to the strong -- | but that is the way to bet it." --Damon Runyon |
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On 04/09/2013 11:16 PM, Martin wrote:
On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:27:46 -0500, (Mark Brader) wrote: Mark Brader: the expressway (freeway, autoroute, autobahn, whatever) system in Jesper Lauridsen: Why not "motorway"? Mark Brader: Why not? Also "superhighway", "limited-access highway", "controlled-access highway", and to some in the US, "interstate" or even simply "highway". "Martin": The context was UK, where they are called motorways. The context was Switzerland, where they are called Autobahnen in German, autoroutes in French, etc. The context was UK he was talking about driving from Heathrow to Bath. I thought we'd moved on to the Paris-Davos route. It is just feasible to drive through Switzerland without a vignette for the highway, but it could make a big hole in his time schedule. Otherwise he'll be forking out for a vignette as well as the snow chains that he may or may not need in practice. One thing you can guarantee, if you drive just one inch of highway in Switzerland without the sticker, it'll cost you a pile of money. The Swiss highway police are not stupid. |
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Mark Brader:
the expressway (freeway, autoroute, autobahn, whatever) system in "Martin": The context was UK, where they are called motorways. Mark Brader: The context was Switzerland, where they are called Autobahnen in German, autoroutes in French, etc. "Martin": The context was UK he was talking about driving from Heathrow to Bath. Or maybe I know what I myself was talking about? If you actually check instead of guessing, you will find that the very next word after "in" was "Switzerland", which I think establishes the context pretty clearly as Switzerland. No big deal, though. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "Mark is probably right about something, | but I forget what" -- Rayan Zachariassen My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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On 2013-04-07 04:05:09 -0500, Martin said:
If OP goes to Avebury then there are several things to visit besides the stone circle and avenue. o To the south of the A4 on a hill overlooking Silbury Hill, The West Kennet Long Barrow, which one can see into. o Silbury Hill o Avebury Manor House recently restored o Avebury Tithe Barn o The village pub. I've not visited the last three, thanks for the lead. -- Dan Stephenson http://stepheda.com Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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On 2013-04-04 04:14:20 -0500, Jesper Lauridsen said:
Dan was looking to go to Davos. Anyway, with the time saved he would have the opportunity to drive all over Switzerland and other alp parts. Key was to fly to some place in Italy close to the Alps. On second thought, I'm afraid the Alps and Venice are just too much to fit into the time available, especially since March is the timeframe and the passes will be closed to some extent. I think I'll instead fly from Paris to Athens, and rent a car from there, and fly home to the USA via Frankfurt. -- Dan Stephenson http://stepheda.com Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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On 2013-04-03 19:46:16 -0500, Mark Brader said:
Dan Stephenson: Friday - flight to Frankfurt, flight to USA Sunday - arrive home Jesper Lauridsen: Saturday, surely. Dan Stephenson: Given departure time and time zone shifts, it's Sunday. As I said, most westbound transatlantic flights are daylight trips, leaving and arriving the same day thanks to the time zones. I'm curious about the specifics in your case. Do you have a long trip after reaching your US airport or what? Oops, I got the gain-day versus loss-day swapped. -- Dan Stephenson http://stepheda.com Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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On 2013-04-04 12:32:39 -0500, tim...... said:
"Dan Stephenson" wrote in message news:20130403182141188-stephedanospam@maccom... From my recollection travelling through that area before, it's ALL beautimous. So I would ask if there are any glaciers that one can drive to and walk someone close to the face? That would definitely shape my route. Any ideas? Not aware of any worthwhile glacier faces on mainland Europe (even in Norway). You have to go to the far north islands (Iceland/Greenland/Svalbard) for that tim That depends on your definition of "worthwhile". Norway is the most beautiful places I've driven, the whole length of it is. It's a tour a person should take once in their lives. And the Lofoten penninsula in particular... it's Land Of The Lost. -- Dan Stephenson http://stepheda.com Travel pages for Europe and the U.S.A. (and New Zealand too) |
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