Beware of the EURO-man... and other Europe Warning Or Danger Tips

Have a good look for that man with the bicycle

I met him in Gent, but it might have been any other place as well...

He asked me, where I am from and told me to be a collector of the new �uro-coins of the different EU-countries - maybe I would have some foreign coins for his collection...

I had a look and found some nice ones and gave it to him - but got nothing in return, except that he said, " thanks a lot for the nice coins for my collection..."
he turned around and went away just to ask the next victims...

and I guess, when-ever his collection was big enough, he might have changed his " collection " against beer or other liquids...

;-))

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Warnings Or Dangers: Just for your...

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Updated by globetrott

on Apr 17, 2003

hmmm

Just for your information...

Speed - limits Km / hour

...and in NORWAY o,2 Promille alcohol is the maximum, when driving...

I will make new scanning as soon as I find the brochure again.
The pic looked great on the old VT, but now... :-((

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Warnings Or Dangers: ...This was at the end of my...

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Updated by globetrott

on Apr 17, 2003

hmmm

...I will make a new scanning of this again soon

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Warnings Or Dangers: police = police = Police ??

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Written by globetrott

on Mar 5, 2003

In most of the countries all over Europe you may trust a policeman to be at the side of justice in case of a dispute or conflict....

..but in some of the East-european countries problems for you might start in the moment , when you call the police !

In these countries policemen have a total authority and you completely depend on their " judgement ", no matter, what the law is saying...

and there are countries, where it is advisable, to have some cash handy in order to get some influence on the judgement...

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Warnings Or Dangers: NO need to reserve trains & Cablecars

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Written by globetrott

on Nov 30, 2007

Cablecar to Schilthorn

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When I follow the discussions in the VT-forum I see that many tourists have the feeling it is the best to reserve a seat for mountain-trains etc. a long time in advance.
The only one who will be happy about that is your travel-agent, who takes a lot of extra money and you will have to take that train at a certain date and time, no matter how the weather is or how sick you are feeling...
In trains like Jungfraubahn you will always catch a seat, especially when you take the first train in the morning. And for the last train down they always have a 2nd train at the same time, because it is their task and interest not to leave anybody behind in the empty station, where the only hotel will be Moenchshuette in a walking distance of more than 1 hour.
In case that you feel better that way:
Make your reservations after arrival!

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Warnings Or Dangers: No place to show you latest fashion-shoes !

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Written by globetrott

on Nov 30, 2007

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When taking the cablecars or cog-wheel-trains to the mountains of Switzerland take good hiking-shoes instead of your Manolo Blahniks,then you will be able to smile for some of the funny "trafic-signs" like the one on my main picture: Many of the paths are slippery sometimes, you will have to step through alpine pastures, solid rocks and loose gravel - all of that is not really a good place to show your latest fashion-shoes...
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Be careful, when hiking at glaciers in wintertime : For some people it is not always easy to understand, why you would not be allowed to leave the marked paths on top of Jungfraujoch. You may see great crevasses there nearby and plenty of foot-prints of other tourists leading there as well...
I made my pics in a large distance !
Please keep in my mind, that any rescue-activities have to be payed by the incautious tourists, and most of the insurances will not pay anything, when you had left the ordinary mountain-paths !!
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Some chocolate and an extra bottle of water makes always sense, because when hiking you never know how long you will have to wait for help in case of an emergency or when you are forced to get shelter in an empty mountain-hut because it is that foggy or raining outside that you cannot see, where you are going.
Bottles of the light PET-material are the best - you will not feel them, when they are empty, and you may re-fill them at many natural fountains on your way - the quality of the mountain-water is always excellent in Switzerland and the cheapest mineral water you may buy in a vending-machine is 2 sfr., mostly it is even more expensive.

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Warnings Or Dangers: Dont count too much on the shelter-huts

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Written by globetrott

on Nov 30, 2007

a shelterhut with a great view, but

quite windy

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