[buwaya]

No, its actual tourists. Half of Europe crowds into Portugal, Spain Italy and Greece in the summer.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Last July, on a train from Bucharest to Budapest, we met a European couple leaving Romania after several weeks traveling around the country on a Romanian rail pass. The mountains to Brasov looked great.

We liked Bucharest. It’s clearly post-Soviet and a bit run down in places, but hardly any tourists. Unfortunately we were there during the unusually hot period when it was 100 degrees. So we spent time by the fountains and in the mall and Carefour. But it was easy to get around on cheap public transportation and very inexpensive.

I can sympathize with these protesters. We’ve been to Barcelona and were unimpressed. Some great historical and Gaudí buildings, but the part by the coast seemed like a place for tourists, especially drunken young party animals.

[Rummyfan]

Half of Europe crowds into Portugal, Spain Italy and Greece in the summer.

The weather and the beaches - those Brits and Scandies and Germans need somewhere to go. Majorca, Ibiza, Corfu, Mykonos... these are all major tourist destinations. I last visited Barcelona in the late 1980s, so I don't know how it has changed. I assume Las Ramblas is still the area to party.

[Churchillspirit]

Do they arrive without lodging reservations?