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Thanks very much. That does sound viable and cheaper. In the past I've so enjoyed Skansen etc in between planes north.

Thanks for this info. The public transport may be cheap enough but how long would it take? Train + bus leaves me worrying about getting...

What are good value ways to visit Stockholm during a long wait between planes at Arlanda airport? Years ago I used to do this and an...

Thanks very much for posting this. I would not have known that one now needs to be on guard for taxi scams in Sweden. ...

For a 3rd town on the same north-east rail route, consider Berwick-on-Tweed which is beyond Durham & on the border with Scotland. It has...

Here’s my last posting on this thread, which has gone on far longer than I’d ever imagined when I started it....

Lloyds tell me that it's a standard £8 fee for changing & cashing any number of cheques in the same currency & that I can wait, then pay in...

This issue seems to have aroused in you a degree of emotion which I do not understand....

Does anyone know any cheap way, in terms of low commission charge, to change a $140 cheque from US dollars to UK pounds? Either cash or...

No there’s been no reply – and I didn’t expect one & wouldn’t have bothered complaining twice had it not been for the urging of folk like...

All good wishes to the heroic people making their stand in Tahrir Square! May they drive Tantawi and the army from power! People seem so...

In post 14 I've already explained my reasons for not complaining on the spot. And after my time in Luxor, getting a sense of a culture of...

I suspect that many of Egypt's authorities are deeply complicit in the culture of bribes and covert arrangements. And that all the way down...

OK, I've written a detailed complaint to the Embassy. Told them that if they don't reply within 15 days, this will be exposed on the Thorn...

People visiting Luxor might find it useful to know of a helpful taxi driver who took us many trips around the West Bank – that’s the Valley...