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Eisriesenwelt ice caves
The Eisriesenwelt is a vast underground series of caves with some 42 km (26 miles) of tunnels and chambers. The caverns near the entrance are lined with ice that reaches a thickness of 20 meters (65 feet). Smooth walls, stalactites, stalagmites, domes, frozen waterfalls, and other ice formations have shaped a crystalline world that deserves a 5-star rating on any list of natural tourist attractions. The caves were officially discovered in 1879 by Anton Posselt, but they were ignored by most scientists and the public until Alexander von Mörk--a noted speleologist of the Salzburg region--explored the caverns in 1912. Von Mörk died in World War I, and his ashes were later interred in the Mörk-Dom, or "Mörk's Cathedral," a chamber of ice that rises 35m (115 ft) above the cave floor...

Booking Hotel Rooms in Europe
Hotels, like any other commodity, are subject to the rules of supply and demand. The more flexible you are about where to stay (and when to stay), the more money you can expect to save... You might be able to match such rates by showing up at the last minute and negotiating your own price for a vacant room, but you can't count on doing so--and you might not find a room at all.

Trip to Brussels
My first trip to London was supposed to last two months. Then I was asked to stay an extra month. Then I was asked if I would go to Brussels for six weeks to help a customer. When that finished I decided to stop back in London before heading out to California. (This was all part of a transfer and I was anxious to actually unpack my boxes and get on with life.) But as long as I would be in London, how would I like to help out for a couple of weeks? Those two weeks turned into two more months, at which point I was asked to go back to Brussels for two more months. So my two month trip turned into eight and a half. (By now I'm sure you're all in tears over my plight.) All of which is an introduction to a few pictures I took while I was there. I don't remember where they were taken or why they seemed worth capturing. But then it was such a long time ago...

Travel to Eastern Europe 1994
For 23 days I traveled alone in Eastern Europe via train September 26-October 18, 1994 -- two overnight trains and 14 other trains in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and passing through Hungary and Yugoslavia. I know not one word of any language but English. Here's how it went... Trains: Trains were on time, windows and toilets were dirty, trains were full of neat college kids in Slovakia going back to school and then going home for the weekend. Sleeper from Sofia to Bucharest cost $15 (in addition to Bulgarian rail pass cost) In overnight trains, car official takes your passport and keeps it with him until you are ready to get off, then he returns it. Train views were fabulous especially in Slovakia where the mountains provided the most exquisite background for the setting sun. Saw farmers doing final harvesting -- backbreaking work done by hand.

Copenhagen on a budget
Budget travel doesn't have to mean cramped journeys on no frills flights. Travelling as a foot passenger on a ferry is an affordable alternative, and although it takes more time, sailing slows the mind to a pace where you truly begin to anticipate your destination. At the Harwich ferry terminal, I immediately noticed the change of pace. There was none of the clamour of an overcrowded airport. I boarded with no more than 20 fellow foot passengers; no queues and no stress...

Bucharest Romania Guides
The Athénée Palace Hilton (Str Episcopiei 1-3, +303 37 77, hilton.com) and the Inter-Continental (B-dul Nicolae Balcescu 2-4, +310 20 20, intercontinental.com) are both familiar landmarks in Bucharest and are both first-rate hotels. The Hilton has the wonderfully atmospheric English Bar, made famous by Olivia Manning's Balkan Trilogy, while the Inter-Continental provided foreign journalists with a grandstand view of the last hours of Ceausescu's reign in 1989. Neither hotel is cheap; doubles supposedly start at around £185, but prices are invariably negotiable by phone or fax prior to arrival. (Incidentally, English newspapers are usually available at the Hilton from 4pm on day of publication.)...

A Walking Tour of London
I often find visitors only venture into the City to see the Tower and St Paul's, yet it is my favorite part of London. I take all of my guests along this route, as it provides a good feel for the "City" (the financial centre and oldest part of London) with a taste of the Docklands. The City is the oldest part of London. It was founded by the Romans and was the entirety of London until the great fire of 1666. After the fire people spread westwards (hence what many people would think is central London is called the West End), although the City remains the business and financial centre. Nearly 20% of the nation's GDP is earned in the City, but it has almost no residential population (the little there is in the Barbican Centre). This means that it is virtually deserted evenings and weekends and that this walking tour is best done on a weekday. A tour of the City takes a good half day, especially if you visit all the attractions along the way. It's good to do in the morning and then spend the afternoon at the Tower.

Irish Day Tours & Destinations
Fancy an even longer trip? Several companies offer various budget packages that will take you around as many of the sights of Ireland as you care to see, with other independent travelers. All companies offer similar services at similar prices (transport is often by minibus); check out each and decide which best fits your travel plans and desires (for most services, however, you will need to go to Dublin). Booking 01 856 1211, M-Sa, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; at Dublin hostels; or at office, 2 Preston Street, Dublin, M-Sa, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. A 3-day, 2-night tour for.. (includes hostel accommodation) that will take you around the southwest of Ireland. While the service doesn't go into Galway, you can get off just outside of town, at the Oranmore roundabout, and catch a local bus to the city centre.

REYKJAVIK Deals and Discounts
REYKJAVIK ON THE CHEAP -- A three-day midweek trip to Reykjavik costs $299 with a Midweek Madness package offered by Icelandair Holidays. The price is per person, double occupancy, and includes round-trip flights leaving the United States on Sunday night and returning on Wednesday night, or departing Monday night and returning Thursday night; two nights' hotel with Scandinavian buffet breakfast, and airport-hotel transfers

Rome travel destination
OUR first family trip to Italy was a big success. We had gone to Venice, where the sunny disposition of our son, Mitchell, charmed all we met. Mitchell sat patiently through long days and leisurely meals. We never felt claustrophobic in our little hotel room. Of course, he was 7 months old... A Web search led us first to a service that wanted a third of the rental fee wired to a bank in Luxembourg, with the rest to be paid in cash upon arrival, a scenario about which we had more than a few doubts. We looked further, and found a California-based rental agency, Rentvillas.com. We were assigned a ''travel consultant'' named Amy who sent cheerful and helpful e-mail messages. When we had narrowed our choice down to two one-bedrooms by looking at photos on the Web site, she informed us that one of them got a musty smell when it rained. So we went with Cesare (all the apartments from all the services have a name, like pets), a few blocks west of the Piazza Navona. It would cost $2,484 for nine nights. As it was just a month away, we had to pay the whole amount -- but it was by credit card.

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