NIcoleC, Thanks for this thread!!! I love to talk about travel and I have written down Greg's Cumbrian paradise!! Will definately put it on my short list. Travel to Europe can be as cheap as staying stateside if you get a good fare. I have flown to London from Atlanta for $179 for a long theater weekend as it was cheaper than fares to NYC! Usually pay 300-475 for fare to England, no more that $600 for anywhere in Europe. You just have to keep checking fares. We normally like to get off the peaten path and I prefer staying in
Pubs or BandBs as they represent a closer contact with the people.

Favorites, Well A chateau in Normandy for less than $100 couple,an alpine Band B in a Swiss village only accessable by Tram, no roads or motor vehicles, The town of Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic, a town that seems to be awakening from a time warp for 600 years, Rented an apartment in Grassmarket in Edinbourgh owned by Robert Louis Stevenson's grandson several times over. Countless Band Bs in England all over the country, A pub in Winterton-on-Sea north of Great Yarmouth with doorways so low I have to duck my 5 feet 8 in frame to go through,Doolin, County Clare, Ireland, where sessions run in one of the three pubs most all of the time.

Well, I can't wait to hear where you select, and am also anxious to hear more favorites from fellow mudcatters.