Traveling with meds?

Am I okay to travel with prescription meds if its in the pharmacist%26#39;s bottle or do I need a written prescrip from my doc? I don%26#39;t think its anything too racey - allergy meds mostly.

Thanks

Jess %26quot;first time anywhere%26quot; D.

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Hi, I just returned from my first trip to Europe (solo, no less). And I had medication (guess you could say %26quot;racier%26quot; then allergy meds) ;-) and I had no problems. It was in its container.. no questions. I was actually more concerned with the liquid herbal medicine I brought (it was in a glass bottle w/ a %26quot;dropper%26quot; top).. I was afraid it would look suspicious.. but no questions with that (nor w/ the glass cough medicine bottle I brought back from Paris).

You should be fine. I have heard NOT to take your pills out of their bottle and put them in a plastic bag (in an effort to save space).

Hope you enjoy your trip! I%26#39;ve actually already bought tickets to go back in a couple months!! I%26#39;m hooked! Thank goodness for income tax checks, eh?

-Holly

campanile de roissy- how do i get there?

hello

what is the best way to reach from CDG to hotel campanile de roissy during late night hour?

thank you

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Hi there,

Did u figure out the travelling options? If yes could you share the same with me. Thanks in advance.

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no body still answered me.

we are going on the beginning of april%26#39;, probably by taxi

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It appears they have a shuttle based on their website. Here is the hotel email address if you would like to confirm: roissy@campanile.fr

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thank you all again- i hope to enjoy the stay

avi

Caen Memorial Museum

I%26#39;d like to hear some feedback regarding the Caen Memorial Museum. I%26#39;ve read good reviews. But the gentleman at the Inn I am staying at has tried to discourage me saying there is more information in the Normandy Museum and in the areas of the D Day beaches. Opinions please...

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Hi travel,

While I have heard good stuff about the Caen war museum too, I have never stopped there. Dont especially care for the city and it was mostly destroyed during the war. The whole Normandy coast is filled with museums and the actual sites of the D Day landings and the many small towns liberated. There are a couple of routes marked out to follow if you are driving. You can get booklets and read about what happened as you proceed. It is a very interesting adventure and I would suggest it to anyone. You might want to get the old movie %26quot;The Longest Day%26quot;....found it to be quite factual. It is amazing to see the beaches and remember what happened and how many young men died taking them.

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I%26#39;ve never been there. My time was spent along the American Beaches. There are any number of museums in the area and they all have a unique spin. I especially the museum with the objects recovered from the sea. There are a couple of Double Drive tanks from the 741st Tank Battalion there.

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I went to the Caen museum about 8 years ago and found it very informative, however I would not substitute it for going to the beaches as well. The museum should take you half a day, at most, so I would definitely check it out.

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TravelBuddy, are you going to be in London any time soon? Because my suggestion would be to go to the Imperial War Museum%26#39;s holocaust exhibit instead. IWM has the best of the three (Caen, Holocaust Museum in DC included) that we%26#39;ve visited.

The museum in Caen is rather tucked in the far reaches of the city and a little hard to find. Entry is expensive. The museum is set up so that one descends down a circular walkway, while looking at historical photos and reading about world history that led up to the two world wars and holocaust. We found this part of the museum most informative and very interesting. After the initial descent, exhibits about the holocaust and subsequent world events lead finally to a %26quot;peace%26quot; exhibit.

When all was said and done, we would have preferred using our time differently, but we had also had the advantage of seeing the IWM exhibit just a week and a half before.

This next visit we%26#39;re definitely visiting the museum at Arromanches instead. I%26#39;ve heard lots of good things about it.

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Of course the beaches are THE THING. It%26#39;s like standing on %26quot;holy ground%26quot;. After all D Day is all about the Normandy beaches......

But I would agree with SweetMer26. If you are in Caen and you can afford the time, why not? I went there in 2001 and enjoyed it, and will be going back again this June. It%26#39;s not cheap, though....you can actually get a pass that allows you to enter the other museums as well.... I can%26#39;t remember if it was a day pass or 3 day pass or a 3 museum type pass though. But go and check that out.

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In 2002 I made a journey to Normandy - the beaches,

Arromanches (including it%26#39;s museum), the American

Cemetery and the WWII Museum in Caen.

The Museum in Caen was very informative and

they have an excellent bookstore. I made the journey

in one day. If you have the time I think it is well

wothwhile visiting.

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The Caen Memorial Museum is a nicely done %26#39;modern%26#39; museum. Not much to show, but what they have, is presented well. I walked it rapidly and spent most of my time in the gift shop. Photo:

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Not to be missed is the much smaller museum at Arromanches. Lots of neat stuff in an older type museum. Photo:

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How to get to Nice from Venice?

I%26#39;m am stopping in Nice for 2 days before heading off to Barcelona.

Are there trains that go from Venice to Nice? And from Nice to Barcelona?

Or, should I stop at another city instead of Nice on my way to Barcelona from Venice?

Thanks.

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These trains can be slow, expensive, and unscenic. You can typically take discount flights for a fraction of the time and money: http://www.whichbudget.com/

Expand your concept of a stopover. Besides flying direct, you may be able to work in for instance Sweden or Scotland while still saving time and money. Or if you must use rail, train to Genoa and take easycruise.com to Cannes, then train onward.

Ideas for Lyon region

My girlfriend and I are flying into Lyon at the end of May and will be staying for eight nights - we%26#39;re booked into a hotel in Lyon itself for the first two nights and then we%26#39;re getting a car and are planning on exploring the region - were thinking beaujolais area and then possibly heading across to the alps for a day or two - any ideas would be gratefully recevied....thanks!

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I%26#39;d say do a trip to Chamonix. From Lyon, I%26#39;d say it would take maybe 2 hours (you can pretty much drive as fast as you want). THere are plenty of B%26amp;Bs there as well as hotels (although I%26#39;ve never stayed there, was based in Geneva). Taking the gondola to L%26#39;Aguille du Midi is unbelievable, assuming good weather. The views are incredible. There is a stop between Chamonix and the top, I suggest you get off here and have a picnic lunch at the base of the mountain, very pretty.

Annecy is also very nice with a beautiful lake. And then there is Switzerland, but I%26#39;m not sure if you want to cross the border.

Nice or Cannes in June

My husband, 1 year old child and I are planning to spend three weeks in either Cannes or Nice in June. We have already found rentals in both places but want to choose one as our hub for the entire 3 weeks. Both rentals are about a 5 min walk to the beach. We will likely rent a car to do day trips along the coast., but will also be spending a lot of time in whichever city we end up staying. Would you choose Cannes or Nice and why?

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Nice hands down. I live in southern Provence and know both areas well. There is far more to do and see in Nice, and you%26#39;re more centrally located for excursions east to Italy, Monaco, and elsewhere out of Nice. There are 10 times the museums, activities, and I like the rock beach (I know, call me weird) better in Nice. Cannes, quite frankly, aside from the film festival in May, has little to do there. (I know, I%26#39;ll be there for the festival). If it were my money and vacation, I%26#39;d be in Nice. Bon voyage!

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I agree with FF. Nice is the fifth largest city in France, with all of the vitality and life of a regional capital, while Cannes is simply an up market seaside resort.

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Totaly agree with the 2 previous posts. I go to Nice every year and still find new things to see. Love this town. Lively but calm, old and modern areas, best of both worlds. Nice is closer to monaco, Italy, Villefranche. Good restaurants both expensive and mid-price. Lots of museums and less crowded than Cannes.

Hotel Relais Saint Honore

Can someone please tell me if they have seen the rooms at this hotel? How large are they? Thanks

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You can and should send an email to the hotel and ask how large their rooms are. I%26#39;m serious. It%26#39;s not a stupid thing to request. The staff at all the hotels I%26#39;ve contacted gladly informed me of the room size I was interested in.

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I booked this hotel for August. I called them and they were very nice and spoke English. I didn%26#39;t ask the size of the room because I was told most Paris hotel rooms were small.

Let me know what you find out. mef6@psu.edu

thanks

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The web site does list the room size and it is in metro . Can someone please convert this to feet ? They list their rooms as 12m2. On thier wee site everything looks lovely , however there is now a photo show on Trip Advisors page and the room appears to be tiny. We will be two women in one room for almost two weeks and we don%26#39;t want to be falling over each other. All of the writeups are wonderful but if the rooms are tiny we might be unhappy. I have stayed in 4 other Paris hotels and never had a small room. Also no one has mentioned if they have an elevator. Thanks

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Sorry for errors ........ typing with the other hand as typing hand is in a cast.