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Travel to Berlin LOCAL SERVICES Luggage Storage: In Bahnhof Zoo. Lockers ‚0.50-2 per day, depending on size. 72hr. max. If lockers are full, try Gepackaufbewahrung (‚2 per piece per …
ENGLAND B&BS AND HOTELS Si Jenkins Hotel, 45 Cartwright Gdns. (a 7387 2067; www.jenkinshotel.demon.co.uk), enter on Barton PI. Tube: Euston. Bright, airy, non-smoking rooms with antique-style furniture, phone, fridge, …
MECHELEN (MALINES) OF BRUSSEL Just north of Brussels, Mechelen (pop. 78,000), once the ecclesiastical capital of Belgium, is best known today for its abundance of treasure- filled churches and …
HIKING AND SKIING AUSTRIA A HClub Innsbruck membership (see Accommodations, above) lets you in on one of the best deals in Austria. The club’s excellent and very popular hiking …
Travel to London SOHO LONDON Soho’s first settlers were French Huguenots fleeing religious persecution in the 17th century. These days, a concentration of gay-owned restaurants and bars has turned …
VIENNA HISTORICAL MUSEUM HISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER STADT WIEN (VIENNA HISTORICAL MUSEUM) This collection of historical artifacts and paintings documents Vienna’s evolution from a Roman encampment, through the Turkish siege, …
WHEN TO GO BRITAIN Shakespeare impresario Laurence Olivier worked both sides of the camera in Henry V (1944); his Hamlet (1948) is still the hallmark Dane. Master of suspense …
Lyon Subway Map OTHER FLEURS DES LYON IS Chez Mounier, 3 r. des Marronniers, 2eme ( 04 78 37 79 26). This tiny place satisfies a discriminating local clientele …