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Forum: Europe March 5th, 2012, 04:50 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 106
Views: 4,976
Trains vs Planes and Automobiles

5.3.2012 18:42, bill kirjoitti:onably 650€.

My personal experience is that the cost of air travel for long distances
has just about doubled in the past five years.

Mainly because of huge...
Forum: Europe March 5th, 2012, 03:54 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 106
Views: 4,976
Trains vs Planes and Automobiles

5.3.2012 16:44, bill kirjoitti:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:55:45 +0100, Tom P wrote:

I think the luggage situation is the main reason for NOT traveling by
train. There seems to be a trend among...
Forum: Europe March 4th, 2012, 07:47 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 106
Views: 4,976
Trains vs Planes and Automobiles

4.3.2012 0:07, Tom P kirjoitti:
On 03/03/2012 10:34 PM, Erilar wrote:
Tom wrote:
On 03/03/2012 09:58 AM, bill wrote:

(I may have clipped too many...
Forum: Europe March 1st, 2012, 05:11 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 106
Views: 4,976
Trains vs Planes and Automobiles

1.3.2012 1:28, Dave Smith kirjoitti:
On 29/02/2012 11:33 AM, Markku Grönroos wrote:
29.2.2012 17:02, Dave Smith kirjoitti:

Train travel is much better in Europe than in North America....
Forum: Europe February 29th, 2012, 04:33 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 106
Views: 4,976
Trains vs Planes and Automobiles

29.2.2012 17:02, Dave Smith kirjoitti:

Train travel is much better in Europe than in North America. We had a
great time travelling around Europe on a rail pass. We had lots of
options for...
Forum: Europe January 1st, 2012, 07:26 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 47
Views: 5,842
When is the best time to exchange currency?

1.1.2012 3:27, Erilar kirjoitti:

I've been avoiding French airports for years now 8-)

CDG was a paradise for thieves for several decades. They just
infiltrated to luggage handling lines and...
Forum: Europe November 20th, 2011, 07:52 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 174
Views: 13,472
British driving and Imperial units of measure

20.11.2011 5:41, David Hatunen kirjoitti:tandards based on caliber.

At one time the advantage of the American/Imperial system was that most
units were halves. Not the foot, of course, not some...
Forum: Europe October 15th, 2011, 05:23 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 155
Views: 5,403
Istanbul - Turkish Lira

15.10.2011 1:29, Ken Blake kirjoitti:

Not in my experience. Exchanging cash has always, for me, been more cost
effective than using interbank rates combined with foreign usage ATM
...
Forum: Europe October 10th, 2011, 04:48 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 155
Views: 5,403
Istanbul - Turkish Lira

10.10.2011 18:30, Jesper Lauridsen kirjoitti:
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:31:56 +0300, Markku
wrote:
Nonsense. For instance in Finland it is euros and in Sweden...
Forum: Europe October 10th, 2011, 04:38 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 155
Views: 5,403
Istanbul - Turkish Lira

10.10.2011 18:33, Jesper Lauridsen kirjoitti:
On 09 Oct 2011 21:16:02 -0700, Doug Anderson
wrote:
What you are really wrong about is the idea that it makes...
Forum: Europe September 22nd, 2011, 03:40 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 19
Views: 771
Helsinki

22.9.2011 2:04, David Hatunen kirjoitti:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:27:27 -0700, Ke

The 3B tram can be sued for direct transit to the harbor market. But I
highly recommend the stroll to the...
Forum: Europe August 28th, 2011, 06:03 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 334
Views: 12,991
French actor urinates on airplane floor

28.8.2011 17:23, Erilar kirjoitti:
Does anyone else receive unreadably-arranged text from Magda and normal
text from everyone else?

Good grief! This is a usenet conference! Does anyone...
Forum: Europe August 14th, 2011, 06:46 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 17
Views: 1,033
Fifty years ago today -

14.8.2011 20:26, David Hatunen kirjoitti:

When I watched the TV and saw the people on the top of The Wall, knocking
off chunks, and people passing freely through it, I got tears in my eyes.
...
Forum: Europe August 13th, 2011, 05:20 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 17
Views: 1,033
Fifty years ago today -

13.8.2011 19:02, David Hatunen kirjoitti:
On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 14:58:38 +0200, Tom P wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14514916

I was in the US Army when the wall started going...
Forum: Europe August 12th, 2011, 07:52 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 52
Views: 1,944
Muenster

12.8.2011 20:42, Ken Blake kirjoitti:
On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:00:25 +0000 (UTC), Erilar
wrote:

I have one way up in my laptop's top menu that I can open with a...
Forum: Europe August 11th, 2011, 06:39 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 52
Views: 1,944
Muenster

11.8.2011 18:25, James Silverton kirjoitti:
On 8/11/2011 10:30 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/10/2011 10:19 PM, Erilar wrote:
S wrote:
On 8/10/2011...
Forum: Europe August 1st, 2011, 07:19 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 117
Views: 4,332
Getting lost while walking in Europe

1.8.2011 20:18, Dave Smith kirjoitti:
On 01/08/2011 11:34 AM, Erilar wrote:

Except when the batteries run out.
Ignoring the endless zooming in and out to get the area/details you
...
Forum: Europe July 18th, 2011, 02:58 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 25
Views: 1,438
A German Canoe Trip

18.7.2011 16:31, Erilar kirjoitti:
"Tim wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:39:05 +0200, Tom P wrote in post :
:

...
Forum: Europe July 15th, 2011, 04:31 PM Posted to misc.transport.rail.europe,rec.travel.europe,ee.bullshit
Replies: 8
Views: 1,282
Public transport of estonia (Eesti ühistransport)

15.7.2011 8:05, David Hatunen kirjoitti:

The last time I checked, a few years ago, passenger train travel in
Estonia seemed to be virtually non-existent. This has puzzled me. Perhaps
it's a...
Forum: Europe May 15th, 2011, 05:39 AM Posted to alt.activism.death-penalty,uk.politics.misc,soc.retirement,rec.travel.europe,aus.politics
Replies: 62
Views: 2,476
Poll: Some still question Obama's birthplace - Keep Kunta Kinteaway from rte

15.5.2011 7:32, David Hatunen kirjoitti:

You might want to check your facts before spouting off what someone else
apparently told you.

You might want to check the relevant groups before you...
Forum: Europe April 3rd, 2011, 07:27 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 151
Views: 7,383
GPS unit recommendation?

3.4.2011 8:50, Erick T. Barkhuis kirjoitti:

On "extended tours", you will probably either need a pile of disposable
batteries, OR one set of Eneloop batteries and a small charger.

To supply...
Forum: Europe April 2nd, 2011, 07:25 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 151
Views: 7,383
GPS unit recommendation?

2.4.2011 1:12, Erilar kirjoitti:

I have all that kind of info on my iPad when I have internet access, but
it's not something I can stick in a pants pocket as I can my etrex and a
paper map. ...
Forum: Europe April 1st, 2011, 04:32 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 151
Views: 7,383
GPS unit recommendation?

1.4.2011 16:49, Erilar kirjoitti:
its uses, for instance.
I didn't want a fancy one with maps, because I want a real map as well; it
can't run out of battery power and shows both detail and a...
Forum: Europe April 1st, 2011, 03:45 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 29
Views: 1,545
If You Travel to Europe....

1.4.2011 16:49, Erilar kirjoitti:
"N. Trope wrote:
wrote in message ...

...
Forum: Europe March 12th, 2011, 05:51 AM Posted to rec.travel.europe
Replies: 66
Views: 3,199
Day out in Kent, UK

12.3.2011 3:37, Erilar kirjoitti:
wrote

Most American cities, for example. There are only a few cities in the
US that you could even visit without renting a...
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