Hi,

I'll hopefully be visiting a friend in the south of france in middle
to late august or early to mid september. Not sure what town he lives
in, but will the weather be much different between the two times?

I figure it'll be nicer in august, but will it really be very much
better compared to september, when it will be easier for me to go?

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

There should be a [sic] in there BTW.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7482551.stm

The last drink proved one to many for a 78-year-old Swede who fell
asleep while trying to row home - from Denmark.

[etc.]

Are they sure he's a Swede? The Finnish turnip hasn't posted for a
while...

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"James Silverton" wrote in message
news:JhQ9k.120$K%%2.38@trnddc02...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7481034.stm

Parched Cyprus awaits water ships
By Tabitha Morgan
BBC News, Cyprus

A water pipeline installed in Cyprus
A pipeline has been installed to carry water from the ships inland

Ships containing drinking water are expected to start arriving in
Cyprus in an effort to relieve the island's chronic water shortage.

The water is being supplied by Greece, in a project costing the
Cypriot government more than 38m euros (£30m).

Every day for the next six months two tankers will leave the port of
Elefsina near Athens, bound for Cyprus.

After four years with no substantial winter rainfall, Cypriot water
reserves are at their lowest since 1908.

Desperate times

The ships will dock on Monday at an offshore pumping station near the
port of Limassol.

An undersea pipeline will then transport the water as far as the
island's distribution network.

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, James Silverton wrote:

I used to travel a lot in sleepers some 20 years ago, specially when I
was living in Germany and coming back home to Italy every few months. At
the time there was a card which the attendant filled at every sleeper
trip. When 9 trips were recorded you got the 10th for free, and I
believe I got a free trip at least twice.

I used to do Darmstadt-Milan and vv., but also did (for work)
Milan-Rome, Milan-Munich and Milan-Paris, and once Milan-Amsterdam. I
also did for tourism London-Edinburgh, London-Penzance,
Hamburg-Copenhagen, Stockholm-Narvik, Goteborg-Luebeck and Milano-Bari
(I also did Moscow-Minsk and Minsk-Leningrad, but that was part of an
organized tour).

Next year I am going to take off several months and tour around Europe.

Part of my plan is to drive the coast of Norway, figuring it to be
spectacular in a Wester Ross sort of way.

I see from Google Maps that the road goes all the way to Nordkapp:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=70.866291,25.72998&spn=2.1904,6.789551&z...

And

in satellite view, I see a building there:

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=71.169998,25.783753&spn=0.004211,0.013261&t...

soo..

is that a hotel? :-) The wikipedia page says lots of tourists come
here, soo.. being so remote, where do THEY stay?

Also, is there a bridge or ferry to the island this place is on? I
cannot tell from the map.

Thanks, pls post

"James Silverton" writes:

I've taken a few sleepers; Basel to Hamburg, Berlin to Munich and
Amsterdam to Munich. It's a good way to travel without wasting a day, but
other than that, it's just a cramped hotel on wheels.

Couchettes are usually four or six beds to a room. You're given a blanket,
and generally you're meant to just sleep in your clothes (given that you're
sharing the room with a bunch of people you don't know).

It's definitely much better than trying to sit in a seat and sleep, but far
less comfortable than a sleeper.

Since Velib stations in Paris will not accept US credit cards, is
there any way that Americans can use Velib bicycles while in Paris? I
understand that an American might be able to use a "Navigo pass" but
the website:

https://www.navigo.fr/pages/accueil.html

is entirely in French so I can't be sure that I can obtain such a pass
or even if it's affordable.

Many thanks.