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Travelers Tips

If you are going to the U.S.

Bringing Food, Plant and Animal Products into the U.S.
(http://www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/travel.html)

Taking Your Pet to the U.S.
(http://www.customs.gov/travel/pet.htm)

Animal Importation Rules of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/animal.htm)

Our Travel USA Page
(http://www.usembassy.at/travelUSA.html)

If you are coming to central Europe:
We field general questions about our countries of responsibility and since we travel a lot are also often asked general tourism information.
You can find most of it right here, on these web pages. If you are planning a trip to the region, you'd be wise to check out these pages.

Austrian Farm Holidays
(http://www.farmholidays.com/uab/e/index.html) an alternative to traditional hotels, more like a bed and breakfast with the cows thrown in at no additional charge

Austria National Tourism Office
(http://www.anto.com/) official web site

Budapest Week On-Line
(http://www.budapestweek.hu/) glitzy and slow to load, but up-to-date information on what's happening in the Hungarian capital

Budget Travel's General Europe Travel Information Website
(http://www.budgettravel.com/europe.htm) lots of links to other sources of information, highly recommended

Croatian Tourist Information Service
(http://www.htz.hr/) the Croatian Tourism Information Service's official web site, many nice features and links

Croatian Tourism Line
(http://www.hina.hr/CTL/frames.html) good links and information

Czech Info Center
(http://www.muselik.com/czech/frame.html) not restricted to travel information


Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(http://www.czech.cz/) includes tourist information

Domovina Net
(http://www.domovina.net/Menu/english_ba.html) news and information from Bosnia, some interesting links

Hungarian National Tourist Office
(http://www.hungarytourism.hu/) official tourism board

Hungary Info
(http://www.hungary-info.com/) business-oriented, includes on-line Hungarian-English dictionary

Slovak Tourist Board
(http://www.sacr.sk/) official site

Slovenia Tourist Board
(http://www.slovenia-tourism.si/) nice site for information on visiting Slovenia--be sure to ask for the "Catalogue of Touristic Farms", as a farm stay is a pleasant and inexpensive alternative to tourist hotels

Travel Library
(http://travel-library.com/) awfully close to a one-stop information shop for travellers

Vienna Tourism Board
(http://wtv.magwien.gv.at/e/index.htm) upcoming events and how to get tickets to them, museums, accommodations, places to eat, and more--don't miss this page if you are planning to visit Vienna

City Net Pages: Very good links to information about your next travel destination, places to stay, things
to see, what to wear, what to watch out for.

CityNet Austrian Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/austria/#cities)

CityNet Bosnian Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/bosnia_and_herzegovina/#cities)

CityNet Croatian Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/croatia/#cities)

CityNet Czech Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/czech_republic/#cities)

CityNet Hungarian Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/hungary/#cities)

CityNet Slovak Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/slovakia/#cities)

CityNet Slovene Cities Page
(http://www.city.net/countries/slovenia/#cities)

Lycos City Pages: In addition to giving basic background about the cities, these pages contain many good links to on-line information about the countries and cities in them, and include links to newspapers, radio stations, and other news sources.

Lycos Austria Hungary City Page
(http://cityguide.lycos.com/europe/austriahungary/) several cities and places in Austria and Hungary

Lycos North Central Europe City Page
(http://cityguide.lycos.com/europe/nocentral/) several cities and places in the Czech and Slovak Republics (Poland, too)

Lycos East Adriatic City Page
(http://cityguide.lycos.com/europe/eastadriatic/) capital cities of Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia, as well as Serbia and Albania

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Airline, Ferry and Train Schedules in the Region:

General train schedules
(http://www.budgettravel.com/eurorail.htm)

General ferry schedules
(http://www.budgettravel.com/eurofery.htm)

Austrian Airlines
(http://www.aua.com/)

Austrian Railways
(http://www.oebb.at/)

Croatia Airlines
(http://www.ctn.tel.hr/ctn/index-en.html)

Croatia Ferry Schedules
(http://www.jadrolinija.tel.hr/jadrolinija/info/english/menu.htm)

Croatian Railways
(http://www.tel.hr/hz/hengl.htm)

Czech Railways
(http://www.cdrail.cz/default.htm)

German Railways
(http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/detect.exe/bin/query.exe/e?)

Hungarian Railways
(http://elvira.mavinformatika.hu/index2.htm)

Italian Railways
(http://www.fs-on-line.com/eng/index.html)

Vienna International Airport
(http://www.vie.co.at/englisch/airport.asp)

On-Line Telephone Directories:

Austria White Pages
(http://www.etb.at/) in German only

Austria Yellow Pages
(http://www.gelbeseiten.at/english/index_e.htm) now in English, too!

Croatia
(http://imenik.hinet.hr/) in your choice of eight languages including English

Czech Republic White Pages
(http://www.iol.cz/TLF/index.htm) in Czech only

Czech Republic Yellow Pages
(http://www.zlatestranky.cz/e_alpha9.html) now in English, too!

Hungary
(http://www.matav.hu/tudakozo/istart_e.html) in English and Hungarian

Slovakia White Pages
(http://www.zoznamst.sk) in Slovak only; VERY slow connection

Slovakia Yellow Pages
(http://www.yellowpages.sk/) available in English and Slovak

Slovenia
(http://tis.telekom.si/cgi/ptis.exe?DOC=advanced_e.html&LANG=ENG&PAGE=WHITE&CP=1250)

Exporter Assistance:

Organic Foods
(update) (http://www.useu.be/agri/organic.html)

Food Irradiation
(update) (http://www.useu.be/agri/irradiation.html)

Pesticides & Other Contaminants
(update) (http://www.useu.be/agri/pesticdes.html)

High Quality Beef Quota
(update) (http://www.useu.be/agri/beefquotas.html)

U.S. Establishments
(new Equine Semen List) (http://www.useu.be/agri/estab.html)

USEU Reports:

Poultry report
(semi-annual) (http://www.useu.be/agri/poultry.html)

Livestock report
(semi-annual) (http://www.useu.be/agri/livestock.html)

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