TASK DEFINITION: Given a travel related situation, and given a specific question about the situation, summarize the question into a title
PROBLEM: I am allergic to dairy, and have soy milk instead. Is it something that's easy to buy in Western Europe, or should I look into bringing some with me?

The countries we are visiting are: England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.


SOLUTION: Is soy milk easy to get in Western Europe?

PROBLEM: I am moving to Poland this summer and would like to take my two HEPA air filters with me (it really helps with my breathing, especially when the air is so polluted in the region). However, they are rated for 120V at 60Hz while the only reasonably priced transformers change the voltage to ~120V, 50Hz. I am not sure what else to do because I have have severe breathing issues and even my skin reacts to something there (hard to figure out what this is). A 50 to 60Hz transformer would be more expensive than ordering a new filter from the UK (I can't seem to find these filters anywhere in Europe except on amazon.co.uk), which I would like to avoid doing. 


  Will a ~50W motor (120V, 60Hz) accept 120V, 50Hz power without issue, especially since this is in a fan, which ought to keep it cool? 



SOLUTION: Can a 60Hz fan motor run on 50Hz?

PROBLEM: In September 2012, I travelled by speedboat from Gásluokta/Kjøpsvik to Vuodnabahta/Hellemobotn in Divtasvuona/Tysfjord, Norway.  One of the timetabled stops along the way is Tjierrekluokta/Nordbukta.  To my surprise, the boat at one point stopped seemingly in the middle of the fjord, in the pitch black darkness of a late September evening.  After half a minute or so, a small boat came rowing from the void, took one passenger and his luggage, and rowed back.  I asked other passengers, and they said that since there is no pier in Tjierrekluokta/Nordbukta, travellers have to do the last bit my themselves, rowing.

Well, this information was not at all reported in the timetable.  Fortunately the place where we were starting our hike (Vuodnabahta/Hellemobotn) did have a pier and we could simply get there.  Is there any resource from where I can tell whether I need to make special arrangements to reach a particular timetabled stop for a boat?  Or does the company operating the boats take care of this if people cannot arrange it by themselves?  Is the situation I describe rather unique, or does this more commonly occur in rural boat routes in Norway?


SOLUTION:
Pierless ferry stops in Norway, might one have to arrange own transportation for the final meters?