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== Europe == | == Europe == | ||
==== Trains ==== | |||
*[http://www.bahn.de/p/view/international/englisch/international_guests.shtml Deutsche Bahn Timetables] | |||
*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/euraide/pricestr.htm Sleeper/Couchette Prices between major cities] | |||
*[http://www.raileurope.com/index.html Rail Europe], fares and schedules | *[http://www.raileurope.com/index.html Rail Europe], fares and schedules | ||
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*[http://www.homeaway.com/index.cfm/fa/find.squery?keywords=salzburg Great link for Salzberg apartments] | *[http://www.homeaway.com/index.cfm/fa/find.squery?keywords=salzburg Great link for Salzberg apartments] | ||
*> [http://www.kolpinghaus-salzburg.at/index.php?id=4&L=2 Kolpinghaus student dorm/hotel] (recommended by Harald Roeck, student of Christoph Kirsch CS University of Salzburg) | *> [http://www.kolpinghaus-salzburg.at/index.php?id=4&L=2 Kolpinghaus student dorm/hotel] (recommended by Harald Roeck, student of Christoph Kirsch CS University of Salzburg) | ||
=== Russia === | === Russia === | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 20 September 2010
- Virtual Tourist Map
- Orbitz
- Tripadvisor.com (search multiple engines to compare prices)
- Venere lodging/flight search (worked better than Orbitz to find room in Salzburg)
Tourism for Engineers
Arctic
Europe
Trains
- Deutsche Bahn Timetables
- Sleeper/Couchette Prices between major cities
- Rail Europe, fares and schedules
Germany
France
Grenoble
- Geneva to Grenoble by train, $72 for two travellers, 2hr 15min
Vence
Baltic
- ExpressToRussia.com Reserve St. Petersburg-Tallinn train tickets
- Euroline, bus service, Tallinn -> Riga
Austria
- Great looking dorm style hostel in Salzberg
- Great link for Salzberg apartments
- > Kolpinghaus student dorm/hotel (recommended by Harald Roeck, student of Christoph Kirsch CS University of Salzburg)
Russia
- Visa application
- A Briggs Russian Tourist Visa, site recommended by Orbitz, $55 fee on top of $131 Russian Consular fee
- East-West Tours, Bothell, WA
- Visit Russia, sent application for Airport to Hotel transfer on 11 June
United States
Arizona
- Nevada Test Site tour schedule
- Sedona
- Prescott
- Jerome
- Nogales
- Mehiho
Texas
South America
- Visitchile.cl
- 11 July 2010, Total solar eclipse at sunset in Chile/Easter Island/Southern Argentina (El Calafate)
- Adventure-life.com
- Southamericanjourneys.com, mostly green and yoga crap
- South America Journeys, less crunchy than the "american" version above
Middle East
- Yemen, mud brick "skyscrapers" in Hadramut
