Renata

crazy mina,<BR>I will be contacting you soon via email for some good recommendations that you have on budget travel- especially hostels and such in some of the cities you mentioned!)<BR>Thanks,<BR>Renata

Powell

Quebec,<BR><BR>Oh, to have that much time. The longest vacation I have ever had was three weeks but still believe that it would depend on how you like to travel. I call it either vertical or horizontal travel, that is, really explore one country or area in depth or move about and across Europe. Chaque a chaque.<BR><BR>I agree with the advice to break up the trip. What I would do would be to spend two weeks in France and two weeks in Ireland. Assuming one of these areas met my fancy I would go back there for the remaining four weeks. I choose France and Ireland because they are my personal preferences. You could substitute other countries.<BR><BR>We go to Provence each year and each year we find new things to see and do. In addition, we have made friends and contacts that are fun to see each year. I read a lot about the places I travel to and I rent films of the areas during the winter. <BR><BR>Since I am a francophile I am reading DeGaulle's memoirs and &quot;From Here Yyou Can't See Paris&quot;. I have read Flaubert, de Maupassant et al, and much of the literature about WW II and France.<BR><BR>Regardless of where you go and for how long do not program every minute. Let the country (ies) come to you.<BR><BR>You are lucky person to be allotted the generous time. Good luck!