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...countries that switched to the euro. True, the cost of some everyday items has gone up, at times quite sharply. The German statistics office, for example, has calculated that, since 2000, the price of a man's haircut has risen 7%, a breakfast roll is up 13% while tram tickets are 17% more costly. In France, a cup of coffee in a café has risen 45%, and a baguette is up 40%, according to the French statistics office. Yet these and other visible price increases were easily offset by the drop in prices of goods that people...
...some late-night flirting and dancing. Should Tyche, goddess of Fortune, hitch you up with a new acquaintance, head up to Kaisariani hill where you can lie under the pine trees in the courtyard of a Byzantine monastery, gazing at the stars. NIKOS DIMOU, author Take the new tram (it's slow but delightful) from the center of Athens to the Phaliron coast. Once there, you have two choices: steer left for the Paralia - a strip of seaside nightclubs and famous bouzoukia (clubs with live Greek music). Or veer right, as I would, toward the Peace and Friendship Stadium. From...
...take in some of the sights. But you're not so keen on shelling out for an expensive tourist bus to be assailed by a loud commentary. So why not try public transport? It's cheap, it's fun to sit among the locals, and certain bus and tram routes are so scenic they could have been set specifically with sightseers in mind. Here's a roundup of the best routes: Berlin: Journey through recent German history on the No. 100 double-decker bus as it crosses from the former West Berlin to what was once East Berlin. Catch...
...bored with Prague's overwhelming period-film beauty? Just a 15-minute tram ride from the city center lies Zizkov, a district for those who fancy an atmosphere better suited to an indie film. Slightly seedy, bohemian and proud, Zizkov is a dynamic neighborhood with a blue-collar past and a middle-class, cosmopolitan future...
...bored with Prague's overwhelming period-film beauty? Just a 15-minute tram ride from the city center lies Zizkov, a district for those who fancy an atmosphere better suited to an indie film. Slightly seedy, bohemian and proud, Zizkov is a dynamic neighborhood with a blue-collar past and a middle-class, cosmopolitan future. If Zizkov was an organism, beer would be its blood and Borivojova Street its main artery - it's home to about two dozen bars and pubs. The sounds of live rock, punk, blues, country and Old Prague accordion pour from open windows on summer nights...