A new strike by Berlin public transport workers has been canceled at the last minute.
In a high-level meeting just after midnight early morning April 2 Berlin transportation leaders (BVG) and public worker’s union Verdi agreed to talk in a long-running wage dispute and agreed there would be no strikes during this round of negotiation.
BVG, which [...]

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The Berlin strike has entered its eighth day on Wednesday, March 12th as the Ver.di labor union warns that the stoppage could last through Easter, March 23rd. To those not used to European strikes the mere thought of a transport shutdown in a city that you are about to visit can create a freak [...]

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Hello Travelers!
One of our friends in Rome, Italy turned us on to Kris Mole, self-professed slacker now turned fund raiser, from England who is traveling to each European capital to raise money for cancer in the memory of his late aunty, Susan Proto.  Here is the catch, on November 1st Kris turned up in Stockholm, Sweden [...]

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[ September 22, 2007 12:00 pm to October 7, 2007 11:00 pm. ]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            We have to give props to one of Mike’s Bike Tour guides, Jason, who describes the annual Munich Oktoberfest as, “your drunk uncle’s Disneyland”.  Just imagine carnival rides, obscene amounts of brew that starts flowing at 10:00 am, 1000s of friendly Bavarians in traditional attire, Bavarian bands in lederhosen singing Justin Timberlake covers and then there are the bumper [...]

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Virgin Travel Insurance has interviewed 1,267 holidaymakers about what their most disappointing sights are abroad and in Britain. 
Listed in order from 1st to 10th most disappointing:
The Eiffel Tower, Paris; Mona Lisa at the Louvre, Paris; Times Square, New York; Las Ramblas, Barcelona; Statue of Liberty, New York; Spanish Steps, Rome; The White House, Washington DC; The Pyramids, Egypt; The Brandenburg [...]

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Guten Tag Travelers,
We surveyed some tour guides about common questions that they get and learned that a many travelers are curious as to the whereabouts of Raphael’s little angels; the same cherubs that are commonly on t-shirts, prints, post cards and numerious other little knickknacks found in tourist shops throughout Europe. We heard that tourists [...]

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