Archive-Name: travel/europe/faq Posting-Frequency: Monthly Last-Modified: 2003-12-07 URL: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/travel/europe/faq Rec.travel.europe...

as well as the 'new' EU ? Euro report whips up German storm A political storm has broken out in Germany over reports that the government may be distancing...

Sorry if this message is long but I am desperate for some advice on finding shoes that will not hurt or cause blisters. We are leaving in about 3 weeks for a...

I'm tracking the thread "Day Trips" abou England and I'd like to ask the same question about the hole Europe Me and my wife are going to arrive in London in...

I'm itching to go abroad and for the first time post-bambino it can happen. In March we'd like to take our daughter who will be a bit over 2 and a half on a...

After 30 plus yerars of travel throughout Europe I have enjoyed reading Rec Travel Europe daily for better than five years. I have learned much from many great...

I'm sticking to Europe and the Commenwealth here, but: Limey Yank Merkin Kiwi Frog Kraut Dago Wop All are said in a non derogatory fashion.

It will not be safe anymore in Spain. It is a country full of cowards. One terror attack and the Spanish tuck tail and run. Now the sand thugs will enjoy...

My wife (49) and son (14) just returned from a week in Rome this afternoon. Apart from the unbearable heat they have spent the afternoon telling me ... -...

I've been using Free Agent to access newsgroups for years. It's no longer free and I've got 1 day left to use it without paying. Just wondering what...

Hi, I'm getting tired of the bashing of the french. "surrender monkeys" "exc condition french rifles, never fired, only dropped once" etc.

As I was collecting my Euros from the bureau de change yesterday, the cashier showed me a 500 Euro note (in a fetching shade of purple). It occured to me that...

My wife will arrive at Heathrow around 6 a.m. sometime next week and, not having much time, plans to visit either the Tate or the National Gallery that...

Any idea why the French aren't using curfews in affected areas to stem the violence? Their current measures don't seem to be working.

On Friday, November 28, 2003, while in Paris, I tripped and fell down and from the fall, was bleeding at and around the area of my right eye(the most serious...

We are from California. Two of us is travelling from Amsterdam to Brussels next month. We plan to drive from Amsterdam and stay over night at Antwerpen, then,...

We're back from one week in Italy (Rome, Florence). Still licking our wounds. In Rome the cheapest accomodation we could find was a double in a 2 star...

I am going to experiment with doing away with checked luggage and try traveling with just one carry-on. This will be for a few weeks, a few countries,...

http://home.att.net/~hideaway_today/t041/xmas_santa.swf -- Mike Reid "Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity" Don Cupitt (theologian) "Christmas is...

Is it right to have free movement of persons and labor, between countries of vastly different standards of living and economic status? Imagine if Turkey was...

In a continuing series... A little over a month ago I bought a pair of shoes from Minelli - a chain of shoe shops here in Frogland. After 4 weeks of...