"Joe" wrote in message news:...
    > Hello,
    >
    > I have plans to travel to Europe (I'm from the US) on March 24 to arrive
    > back April 17. I'm somewhat worried about how this potential war with Iraq
    > can affect plans. How are many of the rest of you planning around this or
    > are you still going ahead and travelling?
    >
    > Joe

i also have tickets within that time frame (and again 6 weeks later)
and have no intention of changing anything. I also traveled to Europe
very shortly after 9/11. Living in a major city, I can see 747's and
777's departing towards Europe every 15 minutes and returning without
incident. This has helped give me the perspective to see the chances
of catastrophy to be a numbers game with extraordinary odds safely in
your favor; and this is from only one city out of hundreds
(thousands?) with arriving and departing flights to major cities in
Europe. I encourage you to go and not worry about it. There's more
people than ever looking after your safety.

Joe wrote:
    >
    > Hello,
    >
    > I have plans to travel to Europe (I'm from the US) on March 24 to arrive
    > back April 17. I'm somewhat worried about how this potential war with Iraq
    > can affect plans. How are many of the rest of you planning around this or
    > are you still going ahead and travelling?

If my work had allowed (I'm employed by a tax accountant) I'd be packing
for a trip to Belgium right now (for the world premiere of a new opera
in Brussels at La Monnaie, next week). Believe me, if there'd been any
way to take the time off and still have a job to return to, no potential
war would have kept me away!


    >
    > Joe

Charles Hawtrey wrote:
    >
    > On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 08:18:04 -0500, "Joe" wrote:
    >
    > >Hello,
    > >
    > >I have plans to travel to Europe (I'm from the US) on March 24 to arrive
    > >back April 17. I'm somewhat worried about how this potential war with Iraq
    > >can affect plans. How are many of the rest of you planning around this or
    > >are you still going ahead and travelling?
    >
    > There was an extensive article on this subject in the fourth section
    > of yesterday's (Feb 28) Wall Street Journal. I used to be one of the
    > first to tell people "don't be silly, go on your trip and have fun."
    > But now I'm hearing so many disturbing stories from reasonably
    > credible media sources that I'm beginning to wonder.

Life is too short to postpone things you really WANT to do, "just in
case" something bad MAY happen! (It just as well may NOT, and you'll
have denied yourself a pleasant experience for no reason.)

Ryan B wrote:
    >
    > It seems a lot of Americans confuse vacationing in Europe with enlisting in
    > the infantry and volunteering for hand to hand combat.

Comes from the total ignorance of geography "instilled" by our schools!

rg wrote:
    >
    > "Joe" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > I have plans to travel to Europe (I'm from the US) on March 24 to arrive
    > > back April 17. I'm somewhat worried about how this potential war with
    > Iraq
    > > can affect plans. How are many of the rest of you planning around this or
    > > are you still going ahead and travelling?
    > >
    > > Joe
    >
    > We had plans to travel to Germany. We cancelled them. Not because of a
    > terroist, but for political reasons. We do not support with our dollars
    > those countries that oppose the US when we agree with what the US is doing
    > and what the UN ought to be doing.

Good! (It's narrow-minded bigots like you who give Americans a bad
name, abroad.)

    >
    > rg

On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 18:05:20 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "rg"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :


... We had plans to travel to Germany. We cancelled them. Not because of a
... terroist, but for political reasons. We do not support with our dollars
... those countries that oppose the US when we agree with what the US is doing
... and what the UN ought to be doing.

The Germans will be very happy to know it, I'm sure.

======
Due to a lack of interest, tomorrow has been cancelled.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


    > Good! (It's narrow-minded bigots like you who give Americans a bad
    > name, abroad.)


Be NICE now, Evelyn.....

--
Best
Greg

jobbahut wrote:

    >We had plans to travel to Germany. We
    > cancelled them. Not because of a terroist, but
    > for political reasons. We do not support with
    > our dollars those countries that oppose the
    > US when we agree with what the US is doing
    > and what the UN ought to be doing.


We feel we are good Americans, but we strongly oppose the war. We plan
to go ahead with the vacation we scheduled--which includes both France
and Germany. We find both the countries and people beautiful.

We hope and pray our dollars support peace, not war. Perhaps the
Germans and French know first hand something about war that you do not
know.

Sandor

RH wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > >On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 08:18:04 -0500, in rec.travel.europe, "Joe"
arranged
    > >some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > >
    > > ... Hello,
    > > ...
    > > ... I have plans to travel to Europe (I'm from the US) on March 24 to
arrive
    > > ... back April 17. I'm somewhat worried about how this potential war
with Iraq
    > > ... can affect plans. How are many of the rest of you planning around
this or
    > > ... are you still going ahead and travelling?
    > >
    > >Anyone got an automated reply ready ?
    > >
    > >======
    > >Due to a lack of interest, tomorrow has been cancelled.
    > Funny enough, nobody over here in Europe is really worried about it, just
sad thatv once again
    > a war will erupt for reasins that few of us understand (everybody has an
opinion, though).
    > Iraq is a long way from Europe

Ummm... Turkey is right next door!

(I do know what you mean't)
---
DFM

rg wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "Joe" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > I have plans to travel to Europe (I'm from the US) on March 24 to arrive
    > > back April 17. I'm somewhat worried about how this potential war with
    > Iraq
    > > can affect plans. How are many of the rest of you planning around this
or
    > > are you still going ahead and travelling?
    > >
    > > Joe
    > We had plans to travel to Germany. We cancelled them. Not because of a
    > terroist, but for political reasons. We do not support with our dollars
    > those countries that oppose the US when we agree with what the US is doing
    > and what the UN ought to be doing.

Do you own cars? Your government supports a corrupt Saudi Arabia that
tortures confessions from people. Next time you fill up, remember there's a
little bit of torture in every tankful.

Perhaps you should look a little closer to home before you make moral
decisions on what you buy.
---
DFM

Deep Floyd Mars wrote:
    > Do you own cars? Your government supports a corrupt Saudi Arabia that
    > tortures confessions from people. Next time you fill up, remember there's a
    > little bit of torture in every tankful.

The money also goes to the madrassahs where fundamentalism is grown. It's a
pretty direct path from the Texaco station back around the world to the WTC.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu

"Joe" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hello,
    > I have plans to travel to Europe (I'm from the US) on March 24 to arrive
    > back April 17. I'm somewhat worried about how this potential war with
Iraq
    > can affect plans. How are many of the rest of you planning around this or
    > are you still going ahead and travelling?
    > Joe
Don't let fear rule your life buddy, you may get hit by a bus tomorrow. Get
over there and enjoy!

Alex

"Gregory Morrow" wrote in message
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    > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    > > Good! (It's narrow-minded bigots like you who give Americans a bad
    > > name, abroad.)
    > Be NICE now, Evelyn.....
    > --
    > Best
    > Greg
    > Greg;
I thought she was being quite tolerant for the attitude that she was
responding to.

Regards;
Alex

"SÃ¥ndor, the Gypsy Baron" wrote in message
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    > jobbahut wrote:
    > >We had plans to travel to Germany. We
    > > cancelled them. Not because of a terroist, but
    > > for political reasons. We do not support with
    > > our dollars those countries that oppose the
    > > US when we agree with what the US is doing
    > > and what the UN ought to be doing.
    > We feel we are good Americans, but we strongly oppose the war. We plan
    > to go ahead with the vacation we scheduled--which includes both France
    > and Germany. We find both the countries and people beautiful.
    > We hope and pray our dollars support peace, not war. Perhaps the
    > Germans and French know first hand something about war that you do not
    > know.
    > Sandor
Amen to that! Could not agree with you more.
Have a beer fot me in Germany and thumb your nose at Bush. Better yet drink
that beer in Vienna for me. I will be quite jealous.

Regards;
Alex

"devil" wrote in
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    > On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 18:05:20 +0000, rg wrote:
    >
    >>
    >> We had plans to travel to Germany. We cancelled them. Not because
    >> of a terroist, but for political reasons. We do not support with our
    >> dollars those countries that oppose the US when we agree with what
    >> the US is doing and what the UN ought to be doing.
    >
    > Absolutely within your rights.
    >
    > We stopped buying French stuff back while they were doing nuclear
    > testing in the Pacific. We used not to buy anything from South
    > Africa.

Some people do have strange motivations. Why let politics rule your life?
It should be the least important influence on personal decisions.

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