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I'm planning my route down for a months visit in July.

Mon, 06/04/2012 - 08:13

I logged on this morning to my local webcam, to look at the snow on the ski slopes.

Thu, 01/05/2012 - 04:47

Loved the note about changing the locks!

Wed, 09/21/2011 - 09:20

I have just got back from my latest trip to Italy, and thought some of you might be interested to hear about a Swiss hotel that we stayed in on the way down.It is the Hotel Engel in Stans [near to Lake Lucerne, a few minutes from the motorway

Mon, 07/25/2011 - 05:21

For many years now I have used the likes of 'mappy', 'via michelin' etc for calculating different routes down to Italy - for us its a part of our holiday, so we don't always want to take the quickest/shortest route down.  We prefer to vary the rou

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 09:25

Today I received an email from the Swiss Travel Centre.  The relevant portion is;- "The GBP price for a Vignette will increase from 01 June 2011 and we wanted to give you the opportunity to purchase this years’ Vignette before the pric

Mon, 05/23/2011 - 09:45

I've just driven down and back for a [much too] short holiday, and feel that an update on how fuel prices look on the way down would be useful to fellow travellers The following is a good site for seeing what prices have been like  

Mon, 04/04/2011 - 05:02

P&O have introduced a new ferry on the Dover - Calais route - its called the Spirit of Britain. They seem to have a special offer on at the moment [on this ship only] I've just booked a return crossing [car + 2] for £60 - significantly less th

Sat, 01/29/2011 - 06:08

Does Tomato soup exist in Italy? We were feeling a bit under the weather when we went out to Italy 2 weeks ago.  As part of the R&R process, I fancied some soup, and looked around the supermarket.  There were lots of different soups, but I rea

Mon, 01/24/2011 - 08:29

The route/timings for next years Giro d'Italia have been posted   My son rang me up to inform me that the route passes about 100m away from

Sat, 11/06/2010 - 07:04

Comments posted

Mon, 06/21/2010 - 18:31

Talk to a geomtra about any permissions required

Wed, 06/16/2010 - 18:13

I PM'ed Ronald and Valentina about this shortly before your post - hopefully something will be done.

Sun, 06/13/2010 - 05:23

Try this site for ferries

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 07:21

"They .......... have a pasta party for every ½ûÂþÌìÌà game" What happens after the first round is finished?

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 07:19

But I have a suspicion that when the Spanish, Portuguese and possibly ½ûÂþÌìÌà economies got 't*ts up', the Euro could drop further against the pound [although both will probably plummet against the dollar]

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 07:19

But I have a suspicion that when the Spanish, Portuguese and possibly ½ûÂþÌìÌà economies got 't*ts up', the Euro could drop further against the pound [although both will probably plummet against the dollar]

Answer to: Baby equipment
Tue, 06/08/2010 - 04:53

½ûÂþÌìÌà ebay.  ---------- I found this [for the Umbria region - Childrens articles]

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 17:42

To PM someone - just double click on their name at the top of their post, where it says "Submitted by on", and on the page that appears, double click on "Send this user a message"

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 17:34

"Every time we sit on a ryanair  plane my wife looks at me and says we promised we wouldn't do this and here we are again....."   Try sitting in it next time  [a lot less draughty]