just found this post again. thanks xinalo for the website info. I actually might be headed back to Le Marche (Macerata) this fall to live again! hope so. Anyway, you are probably right about not having a car there--it is hard to get around. we were able to, though, with the use of busses and trains. if you get a chance, visit Ascoli Piceno--definitely hard to find, but worth the visit! very roman city. beautiful.<BR><BR>http://www.thelongtriphome.com

<BR>Aachen Germany was a great town near the border with Belgium. It's not so much small and quaint, but it was beautiful and full of life. We happened upon a great festival full of all gneres of music and theater that lasted well into the night. A really fun place.