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Hi folks-- I"m relatively new to the newsgroup, and I'm starting to plan my first extended backpacking trip to Europe next spring and summer. I'm female,...

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Police gun down worker in London subway: another tragic consequence of Blair's war policy The public state execution of Jean Charles de Menezes in a...

Hi all, I'm just wanting to get a rough idea of how expensive things are going to be when i'm travelling in the US next year. Basically, I'll be looking at...

We are going to be in Germany and the UK in Oct. (traveling from USA) and it looks as if the best for a short trip (a little over 2 weeks) is to rent a phone...

Bulgaria and Romania have signed accession treaties and are set to join in 2007 or 2008. Croatia and Turkey are official candidates. Accession talks with...

Shameless plug: For anyone traveling to German-speaking countries there's a new book out called, "German English Words: A Popular Dictionary of German...

It is nice to see an airline in healthy financial condition. *** Air France-KLM's profit triples The Associated Press, Bloomberg News

Why does the government get to decide when a store owner can sell inventory at a discounted price ? Does the government then buy up any unsold inventory the...

Greetings, Just interested in whether anyone has used a Eurail Pass this spring and what their experiences were like? Thanks

Conversational Italian now... The older language tapes suggest that "Ciao" is only for use between friends of if you're talking to children. The more modern...

A quick hi to all the regulars out there. I promise to come back in the following months to make trouble, and offer blunt advice where I can. OK, so I have a...

I will be flying out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on too Brussels then want to travel to Paris. This is my first time to Europe. I have about a week and a...

What's better? I've seen some pretty cheap airfares especially on RyanAir flights booked far in advance. A friend and I are going to Europe for 5 weeks of...

I am thinking of renting a car to drive around Europe this summer, especially France and Italy, spontaneously booking overnight accommodation at the end of...

Can someone tell me how I use my GSM cell phone in France? Do I need to buy a special SIM card or can I just walk off the plane in Paris and call...

On 23 Nov 2004 23:28:07 -0800, (Sanjay Punjab) wrote: I will be traveling oversees and plan on using woolite packets to wash clothes in...

As eating in London tends to be quite pricey and the kids quite picky about what they eat, I guess that this time my visit to London won't be a culinary one....

I'm leaving for Europe in just two weeks, and I just picked up my passport off my desk and discovered some mild water damage. It is not so bad; the page with...

Sugar farming is a vital business in many of the world's poorer nations A reduction in subsidies for Europe's sugar farmers has been agreed by European Union...