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From: LMWHITE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Lois White)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Request for information: France at X-mas/New Years
Date: 23 Aug 92 21:19:25 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

I can only answer your question about weather, as I was in Paris in
December and January 84/85 and all my price info is sorely out of date.
In Paris at that time it snows/rains/sleets fairly often.  So take your
down coat, snow boots, umbrella--you'll need them.  On the other hand, the
Louvre and other sites aren't packed to the rafters with other tourists,
which can make for a VERY pleasant visit.  Don't forget the Marche aux
Puces(flea market) if you're into that sort of thing...it's big and
has a wide variety of goods offered.  It's very easy to find--at the end
of one of the Metro lines a few steps from the Metro station entrance.
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From: boerp@midget.saar.de (John Boerp)
Subject: Hotels in Prag?!
Organization: Yoyodyne Posting Systems, Midget HQ
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 13:51:02 GMT
Summary: Looking for a Hotel/Motel in Prag.
Keywords: prag hotel

Hi

  I am looking for suggestions on Hotels / Motels (Boat-Hotels) in Prag. 
  
  We want to travel there from the third of october to the sixt of october 91
  and we are looking for rooms which are not too expensive!

  Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

thanx

  A r n d
From: morton@ceres.fccc.edu (Dan Morton)
Subject: Swiss ATM's
Originator: morton@ceres
Keywords: Swiss, Cirrus
Organization: Fox Chase Cancer Center
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 00:33:02 GMT


Does anyone know if there are Swiss ATM's that are
members of the Cirrus network?  My (old) location
directory does not indicate any Swiss locations...

	Dan


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From: walker@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Scott Walker)
Subject: Submarine base tour in Connecticut
Organization: DuPont Central Research & Development
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:01:15 GMT

Does anyone know if it is possible to get a tour of the submarine base
in New London, Connecticut (or is it Groton, CT?)?  If so, please send
any details you might have.  A phone number would even suffice.

Thanks! :-)
   Scott
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"What's settled down?  Settled down is you get married and then you buy a
house.  You can get a wood house, a plaster house or a stucco house.  
Oh, how you can get stucco!"  - David Lee Roth, on Rockline
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From: tjensen@unlinfo.unl.edu (theresa jensen)
Subject: Costa Rica
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:57:49 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: acube.eecg.toronto.edu
Subject: Need ride (Toronto-Detroit & return)
Organization: University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: 26 Aug 92 03:48:00 GMT


Hi!
   I am a graduate student here at the U of T & I have to be
   in Detroit on FRIDAY. 
   
   Could some kind soul give me a ride, on THURSDAY, to Detroit or Windsor. 
   I'll be returning to Toronto on Saturday afternoon (in case somebody
   could bring me back).
   
   Of course, we'll split the rent, gas and other sundries. If you like,
   I'll supply the laughs and jokes free of charge :)
  
  Call  416 351 1590 or email asap.

   Thanx
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From: haynes@cats.ucsc.edu (Jim Haynes)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: The naming of the transit system in the Bay Area.
Date: 1 Sep 92 21:59:34 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: hobbes.ucsc.edu


In article <la5g3tINNnkc@aludra.usc.edu> fishkin@aludra.usc.edu (Stephanie Fishkin) writes:
>BART = Bay Area Rapid Transit
>
>Does Fremont really have FART?  I think that this must be a joke, right?
>
And in San Luis Obispo the bus system is called "SLO Transit"

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        Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle
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From: amt@linus.mitre.org (Anne Tallant)
Subject: Info on Newfoundland
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:13:37 GMT



My husband and I will be vacationing in Newfoundland during the first
two weeks of October.  We are flying into Deer Lake and plan on hiking
in Gros Morne National Park.  While we are familiar with New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, and PEI, we have never been to Newfoundland.  We also
hope to visit the coast of Labrador along the strait.

I would appreciate information (esp. personal experiences) that anyone
might like to share about this area.  We are most interested in learning
about the people and culture, as well as experiencing the beauty of the land.

As on previous trips to the Maritimes, we have made no definite plans or
reservations.  I know many things will be closed because it is off-season,
but we are in the mood to explore.

It would be helpful to hear from others who have visited this area
about what they found to be worthwhile to explore.

Please email or post.  Thanks in advance.

Anne
amt@linus.mitre.org

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MITRE Corporation

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From: 21329KAD@MSU (Kim Dyer)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Bumping
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:13:53 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University

I won't go into details, because I want the airline to have a chance to
respond before I declare open war.  My situation could easily have been
the result of one brain dead person at the gate desk, and the airline
involved MAY be as upset about it as I am once they are told about it.

I would like to know if what other people's opinion of the situation is.

In a nutshell, I was bumped from a flight leaving Miami on Sunday.  Yes,
this was the day half of south Florida decided to get the H*** out of
there.  I was on a connecting hopper from Key West, and had all my
boarding passes in hand.  I arrived in Miami slightly behind schedule
due to weather, but we were told that Maimi had been informed we were
arriving.  I moved through the airport quickly, got to the gate several
minutes before scheduled departure ... and was told that my boarding
passes were no good, and my seats had been reassigned to stand bys.
The plane did not leave the gate for a good half hour after I got
there, and several standbys were called after I had already arrived
and attempted to present myself at the gate desk.  No compensation
was offered to me, and the main gate agent was extremely rude.

My tickets had been purchased in May.

My question is ... am I right to be angry?  What sort of response
do you think I can expect from the airline?  I intend on presenting
them with specifics as best I can.
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From: proberts@disk.uucp (Phil Roberts)
Subject: What's there to do in Columbia, Sc.
Keywords: Columbia, SC
Organization: Digital Information Systems of KY
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:42:21 GMT

I'll be travelling to Columbia, SC in September, specifically 14-18.
What is there to do there after 5pm?  Any special events going on then?

Thanks in advance for your replys.

                          ___________________________________
Phil Roberts             |   proberts@disk.uucp
Louisville, KY           |   proberts@ky-ngnet.army.mil
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From: smezias@wissel.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Reg. India, Nepal, Kashmir Travel Suggestions
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:46:25 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: NYU Stern School of Business

In article <1992Sep4.152550.1117@bnr.ca> chucker@bnr.ca (Ron Mcewen) writes:

>I had no problems at all with the food along the Annapurna circuit, in
>fact I (and my fellow trekkers) liked it alot. The less travelled eastern
>part has less fancy food (the western section had Burritos, Pizza, etc)
>but it was all very good. The Nepalese staple, Dal Bot (sp), is basic but
>exactly what you need when hiking all day - some vegetables, a curry type
>sauce (dal) and lots of (generally unlimited) rice. Occasionally some places
>were smokey, but I never found it a problem. 

I went from Pokhara to Ghorepani and back in 1987.  My complaint was
not with the style of food, I like vegetables, dal, rice, as much as
the next guy, but with its quality and sanitaryness.  I don't know
when you went (perhaps more recently) but virtually everyone I met
thought the quality of the food was pretty basic.  I didn't say
inedible, just not very good.  I met many people who got sick from it;
I did not.

>I, however, did
>meet other people with organized expeditions (paying $3000 for 3 weeks, yow!)
>who were sleeping in tents and said, especially at the higher atlitudes,
>that they'd rather be inside - the sun sets real early, it gets cold
>very quickly, and there's nowhere to go but a cramped tent.

I priced expeditions at $25 per day that included a cook, a guide,
firewood, and all supplies including tents in Kathmandu.  That's why I
recommended booking in Nepal.  I also did the hike eating and staying
at rest houses and really enjoyed.  I didn't mean to come across as if
I thought the only way to do it was to book a tour.  I do believe,
however, that those with sensitive stomachs and sensitive respiratory
systems might have problems that I did not have.

>In general, the whole Nepalese hiking experience is just fantastic. Have
>fun.

Agreed.  I didn't mean to make it sound horrible -- It was a wonderful
experience.  

SJM
From: mueller@pi.fsu.edu (Frank Mueller)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: Help with ATMs in Europe wanted.
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:54:05 GMT
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science

In article <1992Sep4.102957.29154@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, arevalo@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
> 
> Hi,
>   I'm going to England and Spain maybe France in November.
> I would like to know if there are lots of ATMs (on Cirrus network)
> in these countries?
> 
> Bill

Theoretically, yes. But (a) you have to find one and (b) it has to be able
to connected to some computer network to verify you PIN. According to my
experience, this often works in Britain, sometimes in Paris but hardly ever
in sothern France or even Spain. I strongly recommend traveler checks
(AMEX). You can even get new ones upon loss/theft within a short time while
your trip might be at a sudden and when your plastic card is gone.

Frank
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From: terwill@arecibo.aero.org (Bill who?)
Subject: Re: restaurants in New Orleans?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Reply-To: terwill@arecibo.aero.org
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:53:00 GMT

In article <990008@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com>, kinch@hpwrce.mayfield.hp.com (Kinch Malapitan) writes...
>The address of Central Grocery is 923 Decatur St.; phone is (504) 523-1620...
>And yes, the Muffaletta is one of the best sandwiches I've ever had so don't
>forget to try one...
> 

...and, and, all of the local restaurants will be serving fresh seafood
specials in the next day or so.... :)
From: dam@itd.dsto.gov.au
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: National Trust: Stately homes and castles in the U.K.
Date: 4 Sep 92 16:33:30 GMT

Do full-time uni students receive discounts?  Is it still worth their while
to buy a National Trust pass? 

Damian Marriott
Information Technology Division
DSTO, Australia
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: markl@bucket.rain.com (Mark Lilly)
Subject: Bringing munchies to France
Summary: Am wanting to bring snacks to France, OK?
Keywords: France, food
Organization: Rick's Home-Grown Un*x
Date: 29 Aug 92 16:47:12 GMT

Greetings:
I am going to France in three days, and
want to bring granola, nuts, salami, dried
fruit, M&M's so that i don't get totally
pounded trying to buy food with my withered
greenbacks.  Will customs allow me to bring in
ten or so pounds of food?
Are there any prohibited items?
Thanks in advance.
Best,
m

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From: wcsjc@alfred.carleton.ca (John Coughlin)
Subject: Weather in PEI in Sept.
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 16:47:09 GMT

What kind of weather should I expect in Charlottetown the last two
weeks in September ?
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From: js2028@swuts.sbc.com (Jim Stephens)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Israel and surrounding area
Date: 2 Sep 92 12:12:54 GMT
Organization: Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

HELP!  A friend (with no net access) is being considered for an
assignment, approximately 6-9 months in length, to Tel Aviv, Israel.  
It would start in mid-October.  If you have any comments (good or
especially bad) I will pass them along.  Lately there have been
reports of violence, etc. which prompt concerns for safety.
You can post replies to the net or try to mail to me directly.
Thanks!  all replies are greatly appreciated.

Jim Stephens
js2028@swuts.sbc.com
or maybe   uunet!swuts!js2028
if all else fails ... 314-235-3493
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: mit@b30news.ingr.com (Timothy A. Turner)
Subject: Re: Seeking info re shuttle launch
Organization: Intergraph
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:33:58 GMT

In article <2AA3F94F.17051@ics.uci.edu>, cdibble@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Clifford Thomas Dibble) writes:
|> How far away is the viewing area from the shuttle's launch pad?
|> Is it worth going all the way to Florida to view a launch? I'd
|> appreciate any travel tips or advice. I've already contacted
|> KSC and requested a car pass.  Thanks in advance.
|> 
|> Cliff Dibble
|> cdibble@bonnie.ics.uci.edu

You need to send off for a "car pass". There are a limited number of these.
Six hours before the launch certain gates onto Cape Kennedy will open to
holders of this pass. You want to get their early. A line of cars will have
formed prior to the gates opening. You are then led to a causeway approxi-
mately 5 miles from the pad. You park your car, run to the water's edge and
set up your tripod, lay down your blanket and have a big party for the next
six hours. It is a really fun atmosphere. There are loud speakers broadcasting
NASA Communications.

The VIP grandstands, where the big clock is located, is 3.5 miles from the
pad. This is a really cool place to be. My first eyewitness to a shuttle
launch was here. We were in line waiting for the car pass gate to open when
this freelance photographer with a broken down rental car and 2 extra press
passes wandered up. It was 1AM. My friend and I couldn't believe it. We had
been given the car pass just one hour earlier by a compassionate grandmother,
whose own mother was sick and she couldn't go herself. So, she thought she
would make a couple of spring break travellers happy. My mom saw me on Good
Morning America behind David Hartman. I sat on the 10 foot cliff of the
Banana River and handheld a 500mm reflex lens and made a couple of wonderful
shots. But when the sound finally reached where we were, I thought I was going
in that river.

I was hooked. That was Columbia. My Challenger launch was the first night
launch. This can not be described well with words. It was like a mini-sunrise.
We got to the afore-mentioned causeway after sundown (9PM). Then around 3AM,
after watching some of nature's own light show (thunderstorms in the area),
the shuttle took off. For several seconds it was daylight and I could see
everything around me. Then, just as quick, it was the dead of night again.

I also saw Discovery's maiden voyage from the same location. The excitement
never wears off. I just haven't been able to since, I was in school back
then, but I hope to see Atlantis and Enterprise some day. And I'd really
like to see a landing also.

Write to Cape Kennedy's Public Affairs Office and request a car pass. Also,
you might as well consider the launch being scrubbed a day or two. I've been
lucky. Only once in the three launches did I have to wait a second day.
A fourth time I went for the Hubble Mission. It was delayed a week or so.
We went home. I think it is fitting, considering it was the Hubble Mission.

Nice typing to you.

Tim
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From: masonp@physun.physics.mcmaster.ca (Peter Mason)
Subject: Re: Weather in PEI in Sept.
Organization: Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, McMaster University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:28:11 GMT

In article <wcsjc.715366029@cunews> wcsjc@alfred.carleton.ca (John Coughlin) writes:
>What kind of weather should I expect in Charlottetown the last two
>weeks in September ?
>-- 

Normally you would expect very pleasant weather with daily highs anywhere from
18 to 25 degrees.  The average would be around 20.  It's not usually too rainy
at this time of year, but this has been a very wierd year with some terrible
weather in the maritimes.  The evenings will be getting cooler with lows from
5 to 12 degrees.

Peter

-- 
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masonp@nukie.physics.mcmaster.ca
Hamilton, Ontario (ack! pfffthpt!), Canada
-displaced Nova Scotian
Newsgroups: rec.travel,soc.culture.usa
From: labiche@crchh561.BNR.CA (Maurice LaBiche)
Subject: Re: Cigarette butts (was: Loud irritating American tourists.)
Reply-To: labiche@crchh561.BNR.CA (Maurice LaBiche)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:32:36 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.192707.17135@ryn.mro4.dec.com>,
bechtler@asdg.enet.dec.com (Laurie Bechtler) writes:
|>
|>In article <25AUG199212491173@arecibo.aero.org>,
terwill@arecibo.aero.org (Bill who?) writes...
|>> 
|>>Well, as an American visiting one of my favorite local spots last March,
|>>Inspiration Point in Yosemite National Park, I observed a large group of
|>>Germans get off a tour bus, start talking loudly and, almost everyone
over the
|>>age of 15 lit a cigarette. It was obvious that they were glad to be
off the bus
|>>and excited by seeing the valley in all her winter splender. However, before
|>>returning to the bus they all, yes I watched this carefully, crushed their
|>>cigarette butts beneath their shoes and left them at Inspiration Point as a
|>>token of their appreciation. 
|>> 
|>>I have also observed Japanese doing this in Hawaii (but not at Inspiration
|>>Point :).) I believe that not all Germans are litterbugs, nor are all 
|>>Japanese, but conversly, I beleive all people who generalize are fools.
|>> 
|>>Bill
|>
|>Hmm, I'd almost be willing to generalize that all smokers are litterbugs.
|>(Regardless of nationality).  Why is it that cigarette butts can't be
|>thrown in wastecans (after making sure the fire is out, of course)?  
|>I do not smoke, but am not particularly anti-smoking.  But I HATE seeing
|>cigarette butts everywhere.  I wonder if this doesn't enter into the 
|>anti-smoking crusade?  
 
Some, or a bunch, of the smokers everywhere don't care where their butts
end up.  This is definitely not a national clique thing.  This happens in
every country I've been to and suspect it would happen anywhere.  This does
not become an anti-smoking thing just a statement of reality, but to be fair
to the smoking public everywhere there's just as much litter from other 
consumables(chocolate bars, potato chips, ....)  as well as cig. butts.  
I think every smoker/litterer should be a little more considerate when 
ridding themselves of their trash.  I don't give a rat's ass if you want
to smoke but keep it out of my face/lungs and keep your trashy butts to 
yourself.
                      

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These statements are mine and mine alone, well i guess my wife 
agrees with some of them?
From: venable@faculty.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu (Wallace Venable)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: Re: National Trust:  Stately homes and castles in the U.K.
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:37:35 GMT
Organization: WVU College of Engineering

>I'm thinking about buying a (membership? pass?) in the National Trust
>for an upcoming trip to tour the English countryside.  Fodor's says it's
>$40 for an individual.

>I realize how much money I save by buying the pass is dependent on what
>I want to see ......

>Has anyone used one of these passes?  ....
	Not recently, but yes.
>did you feel the pass was a good value?
	Almost certainly, if this is your first visit to Britain and you are 
staying more than a week or two.  I think many of the admission fees are in 
the 5 pound range.  i.e. about 4 visits and you are ahead.  You must 
remember that this only covers (the many) National Trust properties, not the 
Royal or National properties.
	I believe that members of the American "National Trust for Historic 
Preservation" get a discount on membership.
Xref: sparky rec.travel:12671 soc.culture.usa:7018
From: masuda@fcs280b.ncifcrf.gov (Michiaki Masuda)
Newsgroups: rec.travel,soc.culture.usa
Subject: Re: Loud irritating obtrusive American tourists.
Date: 31 Aug 92 23:37:03 GMT
Followup-To: rec.travel
Organization: Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center

In article <13820@chalmers.se> d9bertil@dtek.chalmers.se (Bertil Jonell) writes:
>In article <1992Aug29.081247.28321@samba.oit.unc.edu> Nigel.Allen@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Nigel Allen) writes:
>>Canadians travelling outside North America are usually advised to display
>>a Canadian flag prominently on their clothing or backpack so that they
>>won't be mistaken for "loud irritating obtrusive American tourists".
>
>  When I travelled in the US, we had to put a Swedish flag on our car to 
>avoid being mistaken for "loud irritating obtrusive German tourists".

  When Japanese travel abroad, we are told to bring a Japan-made camera
or camcorder to promote export...8-)

--Michiaki
Newsgroups: rec.travel
From: charleen@ADS.COM (Charleen Bunjiovianna)
Subject: National Trust:  Stately homes and castles in the U.K.
Organization: The Original Estrogen-Crazed Lust Bunnies
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 23:58:29 GMT

I'm thinking about buying a (membership? pass?) in the National Trust
for an upcoming trip to tour the English countryside.  Fodor's says it's
$40 for an individual.

I realize how much money I save by buying the pass is dependent on what
I want to see (and no, I'm not begging for recommendations on what to
see, I'll do my homework), but I also don't have a good feel for what
admission prices are to various stately homes, castles and monuments.

Has anyone used one of these passes?  What did you visit, and did you
feel the pass was a good value?

Thanks,
Charleen

--
"I guess we were all guilty, in a way. We all shot him, we all skinned him, and
we all got a complimentary bumber sticker that said 'I Helped Skin Bob'"