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Thursday List: Monocle, NL, CH, Andy Hide

Aug 30 1. The September Monocle has a bit of a state-within-a-state theme going on. The issue includes features on Finland’s autonomous Åland Islands, Bolzano, the capital of Italy’s Süd Tirol/Alto Adige region, and an especially fetching multipage feature on Georgia’s Russia-supported breakaway region of Abkhazia. A Monocle dossier on European microstates would be the perfect follow-up. » Read more

Posted in Lists, Netherlands, Switzerland

Thursday List: Jersey, SkyEurope, Maps, Garden Plots

Jun 28 It’s Thursday. Read up. 1. Tourism is on the rise in Jersey. Bookings on the Channel Island in May, 2007 were up 25 percent over May, 2006 bookings. Clearly Jersey Tourism‘s UK television campaign is paying off. 2. SkyEurope is hawking a bunch of €39 all inclusive one-way fares. The fare sale period stretches from » Read more

Posted in Budget Air Travel, Lists, United Kingdom

Four for Wednesday

Jun 27 This and that. 1. Today’s Kazakhstan special report in the FT. Summary: oil, Nazarbayev, grand architecture, and, um, oil. 2. Ryanair extends its “lowest price guarantee” through September 30. The guarantee has 11 stipulations. Best of luck. 3. We like Guardian Unlimited’s Czech “beer experiences” top-ten list. At long last, lads and frat boys have » Read more

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Tuesday List

Jun 26 Here. There. And Elsewhere. 1. Europe A La Carte Blog warns of delays at UK airports. Partially to blame: Spain’s new security rules for air passengers, which seem to us to flirt with violating the spirit of Schengen. 2. Italian somewhat low-cost carrier Volare is hawking a €10 discount on all July flights, if booked » Read more

Posted in Italy, Lists, Spain, United Kingdom

Wednesday: Regional Tourist Sites, Cheap Digs, More

Jun 20 It’s Wednesday, a.k.a. midweek madness freak out day. On our minds: 1. The Tirol tourist site. First of all, there’s no regional tourism logo as timeless as that white-on-red “Tirol, “the dot of the “i” safely lodged in the cross of the “t.” But beyond that, the Tirol tourism site is just so crisp and » Read more

Posted in Austria, Budget Air Travel, Lists, Slovenia

Monday List: Beer Fests, Cheap Fares, & More

Monday List: Beer Fests, Cheap Fares, & More

Jun 18 What’s coming up and closing out? 1. Flycheapo tells us that Spanish low-cost carrier Clickair is set to get rid of check-in altogether. Don’t tell the FAA. 2. The Czech Tourist Authority reminds us that a plethora of beer festivals pop up all over the Czech Republic every summer, most stretching from mid-August through October. » Read more

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List: Friday Four

Jun 15 Some stuff on our minds as this week draws to close. 1. Ryanair’s new routes in and out of Stockholm’s Skavsta. Ryanair is launching another 13 routes to and from Skavsta. Starting in October, routes between Skavsta and Alicante, Basel, Berlin, Bratislava, Eindhoven, Karlsruhe Baden, Liverpool, Malta, Pisa, Porto, Trapani, and Valencia will kick off. » Read more

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Friday List: Some Cool Stuff

May 25 Our Friday three. 1. We just got our hands on Time Out‘s Fly Europe 2007/8 guide, an overview of 222 destinations across Europe—including five Moroccan cities. Top notch. We were pleased to see long lists of Spanish, French, and Italian cities, as well as these surprising inclusions: the Faroe Islands, Lithuania’s Kaunas, the Kosovar capital » Read more

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Our Wednesday Three: Ryanair & French Music

Our Wednesday Three: Ryanair & French Music

May 16 Hmmm. A sleepy Wednesday is upon us. On our radar screens: 1. These ridiculous Champions League Final fares on Ryanair, which start at £299 for one-way fares between Liverpool and Athens and at €399 one-way fares between Dublin and Athens. We repeat: on Ryanair. Really? 2. Simultaneously, Ryanair is offering one million free seats for » Read more

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Friday List: Our Five

May 11 Some tips. Some things we can’t get out of our head. The usual. 1. Eurovision Semi-Final. Congratulations to Dmitry Koldun of Belarus, Macedonia’s Karolina, Slovenia’s Alenka Gotar, Hungary’s Magdi Rúzsa, Georgia’s Sopho, Latvia’s Bonaparti.lv, Serbia’s Marija Šerifovic, Bulgaria’s Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov, Turkey’s Kenan Dogulu, and Moldova’s Natalia Barbu for qualifying for the final » Read more

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