I and my Hubby Renting car at Gatwick and driving round trip London to Rome last week of February for 10 days. Tips? Points of interest? places to stay ? US citizens.

If you plan on driving round trip from London to Rome in ten days you'll see no points of interest, simply whiz by them. You're talking about slightly more than 2000 miles in ten days, hardly conducive to sightseeing. If you're planning to rent a car in England and driving it on the continent, you'll be driving a car with the steering wheel on the "wrong" side of the car and headlights focusing in the wrong direction. Consider, too, that February weather in parts of Europe that you'll be driving through may be impacted by snow and icy road conditions. Think train or low cost airline instead.

She's gotta be a troll.

Poor troll or pooor plan. Either way ... <BR> <BR>Time too short. Bad timing to be driving around the Alps. Although one could probably route via the Sahara to avoid the snow.

Not a troll. What is that anyway? <BR>Just on a tight budget. and we want to get the most out our buck. Will rent car in Paris instead.

Sheila - assuming you are not a troll -- It will probably be much cheaper (in both time and money) to fly from London to Rome than to rent a car. All the low cost European airlines have really brought down intra-Europe airfares. Rental cars in Europe - especially for the automatics most Americans seem to need - are very high. <BR> <BR>And traveling from London to Paris to rent a car to drive to Rome makes no sense at all. <BR> <BR>If you are not a troll - please post more info about what you wish to see/where you want to go and we can give you some sound advice. As it is now your itinerary doen't make much sense.

spending 3 daysi london and 2 days in paris My husband doesn't do museums! likes to see the countryside and meet the common man has never met a stranger. <BR>Was told by a few aquaintances that live in england and also, in france that the trains are unreliable and that the car trip we would enjoy also , my husband is disabled and the car trip would be easier on him.

Please re-think this. A train from Paris to Rome would be MUCH easier on your husband than driving. I am sure your friends in the UK were commenting about the train service in England - they do have a lot of problems and delays. But on the Continent the trains are great and much, much easier than driving - especially in Paris and Rome. <BR> <BR>For a disabled person, the logistics are just much simpler by train since you can go city-center to city-center. And have a leisurely ride on which you will have plenty of time to meet people - which you certainly can't do while driving and worrying about the road signs in different languages.

Not to throw a monkey wrench into your plans, but why February? The weather is not going to be that great unless you are going to be going to inside venues? London is fine in February, it's cold and wet (but that's to be expected), but it's going to be cold and dreary in the other cities, and the sun will be setting early. Wait until April.

Folks, this is either a put on, or shelia (odd spelling, that)shelia's deck may be missing a suit or two. <BR> <BR>Let's see, three days in London. Two days in Paris. Total of ten days for the trip. So that leaves 5 days in February weather to drive between Paris and Rome and back, all the while chatting amiably with the natives. <BR> <BR>Methinks Thorn Tree has been out longer than I thought. <BR> <BR>shelia ... on the odd chance that you're on the up and up, please listen to these folks. Your trip plans are a disaster in the making. <BR> <BR>More likley, shelia is enjoying her little prank. School will be back in session on Monday.

Oh come on...10 days is plenty of time if you drive your imaginary rocket car! Also, good luck out there in the fields chattting up the common man--hope you have a common language (the French will tend to speak French, the Italians will tend to speak Italina, etc.). <BR> <BR>Shelia--if you are for real, listen to the sound advice above to look into flying--will save you money and still plenty of opportunity to make some new friends. (Last week of February they are probably giving Intra-Euro plane seats away!)