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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:59:03 +0100, "JohnT" wrote: "RAK" wrote in message ... "Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:30:54 +0100, "RAK" wrote: "Philip Meech" wrote in message news_0Wh.11991$uF1.2021@trndny04... Any suggestions to augment the Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul) ? In case Magda and Martin's suggestions are not enough for you.... try www.seat61.com especially the Europe page http://www.seat61.com/Europe.htm and this on what's left of the Orient Express http://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htm A travel expert! How and where do you obtain an Oyster Card? Can they be obtained at City Airport and Euston? Answer needed by two people in the next hour. -- You can buy them at all railway stations I think, also many newspaper shops etc, ones with a blue Oyster sign in the window. Probably somewhere in the airport too. £3 I think for an empty card, plus whatever you put on for travel. Works well for buses and tube but not yet for surface trains (which are mostly in South London) Hope I made the 1 hour limit! Free Oyster Card for UK residents: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/oy...ne/freeoyster/ It gives me an almost blank screen, zero information. There should be a "Click Here to Sign Up". JohnT |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:46:57 +0100, "JohnT" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:59:03 +0100, "JohnT" wrote: "RAK" wrote in message om... "Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:30:54 +0100, "RAK" wrote: "Philip Meech" wrote in message news_0Wh.11991$uF1.2021@trndny04... Any suggestions to augment the Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul) ? In case Magda and Martin's suggestions are not enough for you.... try www.seat61.com especially the Europe page http://www.seat61.com/Europe.htm and this on what's left of the Orient Express http://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htm A travel expert! How and where do you obtain an Oyster Card? Can they be obtained at City Airport and Euston? Answer needed by two people in the next hour. -- You can buy them at all railway stations I think, also many newspaper shops etc, ones with a blue Oyster sign in the window. Probably somewhere in the airport too. £3 I think for an empty card, plus whatever you put on for travel. Works well for buses and tube but not yet for surface trains (which are mostly in South London) Hope I made the 1 hour limit! Free Oyster Card for UK residents: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/oy...ne/freeoyster/ It gives me an almost blank screen, zero information. There should be a "Click Here to Sign Up". Not with Firefox. -- I did it with Firefox 2 today, it worked OK here. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:46:57 +0100, "JohnT" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:59:03 +0100, "JohnT" wrote: "RAK" wrote in message om... "Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:30:54 +0100, "RAK" wrote: "Philip Meech" wrote in message news_0Wh.11991$uF1.2021@trndny04... Any suggestions to augment the Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul) ? In case Magda and Martin's suggestions are not enough for you.... try www.seat61.com especially the Europe page http://www.seat61.com/Europe.htm and this on what's left of the Orient Express http://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htm A travel expert! How and where do you obtain an Oyster Card? Can they be obtained at City Airport and Euston? Answer needed by two people in the next hour. -- You can buy them at all railway stations I think, also many newspaper shops etc, ones with a blue Oyster sign in the window. Probably somewhere in the airport too. £3 I think for an empty card, plus whatever you put on for travel. Works well for buses and tube but not yet for surface trains (which are mostly in South London) Hope I made the 1 hour limit! Free Oyster Card for UK residents: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/oy...ne/freeoyster/ It gives me an almost blank screen, zero information. There should be a "Click Here to Sign Up". Not with Firefox. -- Maybe you were trying from outside the UK? The website now seems retricted to the new offer of free cards which is restricted to UK residents. Maybe they are blocking access to that page from non UK ISPs. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:30:43 +0100, "RAK" wrote: "Martin" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:30:54 +0100, "RAK" wrote: "Philip Meech" wrote in message news_0Wh.11991$uF1.2021@trndny04... Any suggestions to augment the Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul) ? In case Magda and Martin's suggestions are not enough for you.... try www.seat61.com especially the Europe page http://www.seat61.com/Europe.htm and this on what's left of the Orient Express http://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htm A travel expert! How and where do you obtain an Oyster Card? Can they be obtained at City Airport and Euston? Answer needed by two people in the next hour. -- You can buy them at all railway stations I think, According to the website, for what it's worth some stations, which don't include Paddington. I meant to say tube stations not railway stations, sorry. The website says: a.. At the Oyster website b.. At most Tube station ticket offices c.. At over 2,200 Oyster Ticket Stops across London d.. At some National Rail ticket offices e.. At eight London Travel Information Centres f.. By phone on 0845 330 9876* Getting them from the website may now be blocked to UK ISPs only. I got mine from a local shop, just a local newspaper shop in a small shopping street. I think most shopping area have at least one shop selling TFL tickets & Oyster cards with a machine to recharge Oyster cards. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:51:24 +0100, "RAK"
wrote: Free Oyster Card for UK residents: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/oy...ne/freeoyster/ It gives me an almost blank screen, zero information. There should be a "Click Here to Sign Up". Not with Firefox. -- Maybe you were trying from outside the UK? The website now seems retricted to the new offer of free cards which is restricted to UK residents. Maybe they are blocking access to that page from non UK ISPs. It came up fine here in Aerizona a few minutes ago. Firefox 2.0.0.3 -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN ) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |
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Gregory Morrow wrote:
Magda wrote: On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:55:31 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, Philip Meech arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: ... Any suggestions to augment the Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul) ? Add more carriages? Or the old Soviet - era Aeroflot advert slogan: "Fly By Air" A smile, a prayer Fly Krasnoyarsk Air T. |
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On 2007-04-20 05:55:31 -0500, Philip Meech said:
Any suggestions to augment the Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul) ? Well I just came from two weeks in Istanbul and I think my web page from my trip could be really helpful in figuring out what to do there. http://homepage.mac.com/stepheda/Ist...7/Menu282.html -- Dan Stephenson Photos, movies, panos from the Europe, USA, plus N.Z.: http://homepage.mac.com/stepheda (remove nospam from email address to reply via email) |
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