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26-Jun-2008 20:01
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Welcome to the Western Europe branch!
Welcome to the Thorn Tree's Western Europe branch.
We hope you find plenty of useful information about travelling to Western Europe here. It is highly recommended that new users check out the Western Europe FAQ thread before posting a new thread as you may find many of the answers you seek there. It also contains helpful information about how to search the forum, advice for how to post your questions, and obsolete information was deleted as recently as June 2008! If you are a returning user or a Europe guru, please help us keep the FAQ thread up-to-date by adding important information which is absent, or pointing out information which is no longer being represented accurately.
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07-Jun-2003 05:22
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This branch covers: Western Europe.
I've made a start with a load of links. Please add to this if you've got some useful information that'll answer questions that come up again and again and again.
Here are some simple tips about looking for information:
1. Research before asking a question. It will help you get better, more detailed and useful answers from the community if you've already done some homework. It's also polite. The community is here to help, but we're not your personal search engine. Invest some preliminary time and we'll help you fill in the gaps.
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3. Have a good look around the Thorn Tree before asking your question - quite often your question (or one very similar to it) will have been asked and answered many times al...
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I’ve been a lurker here for a while and greatly enjoy the forum.
Please help me win the popular vote for at least one of the photos I just entered into the European Vacation photo contest. I don’t think I’ll win grand prize (three nights at the FS in Prague) but I’d like to win something).
These are my two photos that I have entered into the Car and Travel category.
Thank you all in advance for your votes.
I think clicking on the links below will take you to the photo’s page where you can vote.
Driving in Czech Republic
Driving in Northern Italy
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01-Aug-2010 13:25
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01-Aug-2010 13:25
jiangyjas
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I will be arriving Vienna airport at around 11.00 pm late Sep, too late to catch even the last train to Graz, neither bus available, any suggestion apart from sleeping on the bench in Vienna airport till dawn for the earliest train to Graz?
Thanks,
Jiang from Shanghai China
01-Aug-2010 10:32
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01-Aug-2010 10:32
olivertwistands...
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Hello everyone, this is my first time posting so go easy on me. I will be going to spain from the beginning of september to around the beginning of december. i am a spanish major and have been studying the language for many years, although this will be my first experience in cultural immersion. I have a general plan for the cities i will visit and the sites I will see. I'd like to stay in hostels as im trying to keep the cost of the trip down. does anyone know of any good, cheap hostels in:
barcelona
valencia
ibiza
alicante
granada
malaga
madrid
or
bilbao?
or...are paradores the way to go? ive heard a lot about them but im unsure as to the pricing, etc. also, as for transportation, is it best to get a railpass? individual bus trips? rent a car or carswap? im fairly good at innercity travel, ie: subways, taxis, etc. but as for getting from city to city, what do you all ...
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Hi,
I live in Portugal.I went to switzerland for holidays and I was injured in a train crash.I broke my thumb, have many stitches in my hand,I'll be able to work again in a month or two( Thanks god).
I had a Travel Insurance covered in My Visa card.I booked all of the train tickets, flight tickets and hotels by the card.
When I asked what can I get out of the insurance, my insurer said - ' Nothing!!!!' I am not able to get anything out of the travel insurance because I did not fell off the train but the whole train flipped over. So Train company would cover your injuries, loses and tickets. Is it so??????
The train company doesn't answer my emails. And it says on their website - passengers have to get their own travel insurance.And they won't refund tickets in case of accident. I went to Zurich station for refund of the train tickets atleast, but they didn't refund anything.
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Hi, I'm thinking of flying to Germany for about a week to visit a couple Christkindlmarkts. I would be traveling over Thanksgiving week (my only break from college).
So far, thinking of flying to Frankfurt and spend first night there to rest up. Following morning catch a train to Nuremberg - stay here for about 3 days/2 nights. Then train to Wurzburg and stay for about 2-3 days. Train back to Frankfurt for overnight before flying home.
A second option might be to fly to Munich. But I don't know if there are any Christmas markets in Munich. Can anyone tell me if there are any? Or any Christmas markets within an easy day-trip? Thanks for any input. Greg
01-Aug-2010 07:36
jeffblomstrand
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01-Aug-2010 12:07
ansh_jain_97
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France
Would anyone be able to recommend a nice hotel (roughly $200 US/ngt??) that is close to all the usual tourist stops? I have a one night layover in Paris and would love to simply jump in a cab from the airport, take it directly to a close/convenient hotel, and be able to just walk out the hotel's doors and see the big tourist traps? And then the next morning get a quick and easy cab back to the airport. Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated!!
A few questions.
Hope to travel by ferry from Sorrento to Positano and short trips from Positano to Amalphi and return. Have tried the Metro del Mare site. Nothing comes up. Any suggestions please.
Has anyone been to the Positano cooking school? Do you know of any others worth looking into for a day or session?
Can you recommend a company who provide a 'good value day trip' to Capri from Positano?
Appreciate your help.
We'll be in Paris for a conference my wife is attending, which ends mid-day on Sept. 16. Thinking of taking the train(s) to Zermatt or Charmonix for some spectacular mountain scenery before heading back to Brazil. I understand this is still a fairly high season, even if not the absolute peak. Should I buy tickets in advance of our trip (we'd arrive in Paris Sept. 10)? I'm finding a wide variance in prices for sites selling French rail tickets overseas. We live in Brazil but I'd use a U.S. credit card. Only need one-way train (we'd fly back to Brazil out of Zurich or Geneva). Thanks!
01-Aug-2010 05:16
wellhello_10
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01-Aug-2010 07:58
arizona
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Hi all,
I am new to this Eurail thing and I have 10 days to get from Barcelona (or Tarragona - haven't decided) to Châtellerault. Where should I stop off and have a look around? I will have just finished 3 weeks of learning SPanish (so I suspect I will know very little!) so prob want to spend most of that time in Spain.
I would love:
place ideas with "to do" list :)
places to stay...
I'd prefer to incorporate as many overnight trains as possible to cut accommodation costs ;)
Anyway muchos gracias for any ideas you give me!
Cheers,
Lisa
What are your opinions? Basically, I'm looking for a place that's going to be very fun and welcoming for an American to study the local language and meet people. Obviously if the city is pretty that's a plus too. Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg are probably my preferred countries.
Thanks!
01-Aug-2010 02:54
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01-Aug-2010 08:13
arizona
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Italy
I am in San Sebastian and want to head to east towards Italy on train? Anyone heading that way? I am a budget traveler ...Just a buddy to travel with this leg and explore. I am 24 and from California. Any body out there from Cal Poly SLO, San Francisco Bay Area, or N. Hollywood/beverly hills? Left the states on Jube 17th and having a wonderful time meeting people. August 1st - 3rd
Hi all, I'm looking for a hostel work, in the winter from august / September on wards, It doesn't matter where in Spain it is located. I can stay for Any period from one month to a year. I am in my mid thirty's and am well educated with two trades, therefore maintenance is of no problem to me. I speak, write, read basic / intermediate spanish.
I really want to work in a hostel and improve my spanish. I believe i have enough money for my Food and etc so in return I would require a bed and standard working conditions. I want to be based in a town, city or village. I have The Telf cert and can teach English also . Any helpful information or links would be most grateful,
01-Aug-2010 02:39
Smallmasterr
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01-Aug-2010 05:15
tony_b
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France
Howdy -
What are the nicest / most pittoresque beaches in the Cote d"Azur? Probably between St Tropez and Marseilles, but I would like to have a concrete name of a village/area.
Doubting between Bandoil, La Croix Valmer, Le Pradet, Tamaris, La Cadiere, Six Fours les Plages, Hyeres,....
Would prefer a sandy one.
Are there any nice beaches in the Calanques actually?
01-Aug-2010 02:24
yasu_yasu
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01-Aug-2010 02:24
yasu_yasu
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Spain
we plan to visit Barcelona , from the 26 - of August
any one knows some cheap lodgings there ?
may be some which is run by the College or some not expensive dormitory style hostel ?
01-Aug-2010 02:12
videkissa
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01-Aug-2010 02:12
videkissa
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Spain
I'd appreciate feedback / input for our traveling plans to Galicia this coming September.
We = my parents who are in their mid-sixties, me and my boyfriend (in our late thirties). My boyfriend is Spanish so language/communication is not a problem, he has just never been to Galicia.
We all love food and the outdoors. My dad's knees are not what they used to be so we will have to rely on a car. Two of us will do the driving, my dad and myself. Neither one of us has ever driven in Spain.
We will be arriving by plane to A Coruña late Wednesday the 22nd of September. We were supposed to arrive in the early afternoon but our flight got changed costing as half a day in Coruna :-( The late arrival together with our car rental agency operating from the airport has made me opt for accommodation close to the airport in Oleiros.
Day 1
Explore A Coruna. Night in the hotel in Oleiros.
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