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Re: Geneva for the summer
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Mar 19, 2013
Try www.airbnb.com We'll be in Basel for 5 wks this summer and found a lovely flat able to fit ou...

RE: Swiss Saver pass question
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
Thank you. As long as the family card is still valid past the one month (I think it is but I've s...

RE: Swiss Saver pass question
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
Thanks Neckervd. I think the $300 discount will be worth hubbie having to pay for the tram if he ...

RE: Lac Leman/Lake Geneva - help me choose where to stay
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
Thanks Neckervd. You've been a great help in planning this trip. I had a look at both Caux and Gl...

Lac Leman/Lake Geneva - help me choose where to stay
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
I'm seriously driving myself nuts here. I need to choose a place and I'm finding it terribly hard...

RE: applying for ei while out of the country?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Canada, Jan 3, 2013
actually, if you don't apply within a certain period of time from being laid off they can deny al...

RE: Loire Valley
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Jan 5, 2013
This is such a wealth of information. I can't thank you enough. I'm going to ask another question...

RE: Loire Valley
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Jan 5, 2013
Thanks LouisXIV. I've been very hesitant to take the metro (not really familiar with subway syste...

RE: Loire Valley
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Jan 4, 2013
Thank you. Its not the answer I wanted but its the one I expected. I knew this was just too much,...

Loire Valley
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Jan 4, 2013
I need some advice. We'll be in Switzerland for a month in July/August 2013. Its a working vacati...

RE: Question re transfer times with trains
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
He'll be very happy to hear that! Thank you!

RE: Rail question for Switzerland and Europe in general
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
Wow! Information overload :-). There are some very cool ideas here though. I think I might add a ...

RE: Question re transfer times with trains
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
ah, good point. I hadn't thought about the ability for the kids to move around. My oldest gets a ...

RE: Question re transfer times with trains
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
Thanks Neckervd. I thought I replied to this a few days ago but it either got lost in cyberspace ...

Re: Question re transfer times with trains
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
+If you want to do some legs by boat (for example: Basel - Rheinfelden, Eglisau - Neuhausen, Scha...

RE: Question re transfer times with trains
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Feb 28, 2013
Ok. I'm back. I've had a chance to look at the train sites. I didn't realize that Basel Bad and B...

RE: Question re transfer times with trains
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Mar 1, 2013
Thanks so much Neckervd! I swear, one of these days the train set up is going to sink in for me. ...

Question re transfer times with trains
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Mar 1, 2013
We'll be travelling in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and France. Still debating getting a pass fo...

RE: Rail question for Switzerland and Europe in general
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Mar 1, 2013
I've tried to run the numbers for the global pass (available to US, Canada and Australia only I t...

RE: Rail question for Switzerland and Europe in general
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Western Europe, Mar 1, 2013
Thanks! I'm still in planning mode. Trying to figure out if we need a rail pass or if we're bette...