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Train
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The most comprehensive train schedule in Europe, by Deutsche Bahn: | http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en |
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For fares or purchases of a ticket on-line for Italy: | www.trenitalia.com |
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For fares or purchases of a ticket on-line for France or for most international connections with France: | www.sncf.fr |
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For fares or purchases of a ticket on-line for Spain: | www.renfe.es |
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For fares or purchases of a ticket on-line on the Eurostar between France and the UK, and Belgium and the UK: | www.eurostar.com |
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For fares or purchases of a ticket on-line on the Thalys on the Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam-Köln network: | www.thalys.com |
Car
| The most comprehensive road maps and itinerary calculator: |
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Cheap rentals in Europe
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www.easycar.com |
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Cheap rentals in Spain
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www.pepecar.com |
Airplane
| Probably the best fare-finder on-line (at the moment available only for flights from the U.S.): | www.sidestep.com |
| Some no-frills airlines: |
> Software
| To keep your contacts always easily updated (highly recommended): | www.plaxo.com |
| To recover deleted pictures from your memory stick or flash memory: | www.winutils.net |
| To download almost any kind of application for your PC: | www.tucows.com |
| To download articles or travel itineraries on your Palm: | www.avantgo.com |
| To check where your closest Wi-Fi hotspot is in Europe: | www.nodedb.com |
| To fully enjoy a telephone like conversation on the web (and save on your bills!): | www.skype.com |
| To carry out your surveys and get in real time their results: | www.zoomerang.com |
| To eliminate pop-up ads: | www.ad-aware.com |
| To eliminate spam messages, here an excellent programme: | http://spambayes.sourceforge.net |
| To register your domain: | www.godaddy.com |
| To host your domain: | www.daianahost.com |
| Perhaps the best on-line dictionary from English to Spanish, Italian, French and German, and English-to-English: | www.wordreference.com |
| To listen to German radio and get local FM frequencies, Deutsche Welle: | www.dw-world.de |
| To conjugate almost any German verb, in any tense: | www.verbix.com/languages/german.shtml |
| A comprehensive on-line dictionary: | dict.leo.org/ |
| For German courses, worldwide: | www.goethe.de |
| ... and a cheaper alternative in Germany: | www.tandem.de |
| Bartolomeo Bellati, my Undergraduatate classmate and life-long friend, an expert of Internet Design: | www.bellati.com | |
| Spencer Low, a friend from Ivey MBA, a formidable interlocutor and Management Consultant: | www.spencerlow.com | |
| Cristiano Piccinelli, a "out-of-the-box" biologist and sculptor | www.cristianopiccinelli.it | |
| Marcus Schütz, my MBA classmate, a master of chess and IT Consultant. A website with great pictures! | www.rizzla.de | |
| Mark Wetzels, my MBA classmate, a person with a rich experience in Private Equity: | www.wetzels.nl | |
| Rebecca Straus, an artist who interprets jewellery with a Mayan perspective: | www.strausdesigns.com | |
| Wanna see very fine pictures? Check the website of Giacomo... | www.giacomogiargia.com | |
| Cedric and Jason, two pals from ESADE, have started up this educational website in France: | www.classip.com | |
| A nice website to compare prices for your on-line purchases in the U.S.: | www.mysimon.com | |
| ...and this is for purchases in European countries: | www.kelkoo.com | |
| The future of paper books will pass through here? | E-ink |
| Forget LCDs and other rigid displays, one day you'll be able to roll over your mobile phone in your pocket! | Polymervision |
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| Useful information to donate blood in Italy: |
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| If you are interested in getting some information about bone marrow donation, ADMO (Associazione Donatori Midollo Osseo) website is the right place for you. Info available in English too: |
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| This link gives you relevant information about giving blood in Belgium: |
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WARNING: if you are European, you have to be aware that you CANNOT donate blood in the U.S.A. because of the "mad cow" problems of five years ago. |
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| Kiva is a microfinance organization which easily allows you to make a small loan to an entrepeneur in a developping country: you are not making a gift, but a LOAN!!! | http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=about | |
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