[BobS]

Your preferred way to travel is by car there? I prefer First Class overnight sleeper trains through those little countries. Get a map and plan that. It's worth it. Britrail too. Do 1st Class on the Sealink ships. Those are very big ships that they call ferries in Holland.

Just kiss a nice Spanish woman on the Med before catching the train at Alicante. End up kissing another nice one in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Have fun!

[Ditter]

We traveled by train in Europe once and we saw nothing! The train was either in a ditch , behind a wall or a hedge. Nope, rent a car, get a map and see the country, stay at small hotels in small towns and you meet people. Ask those people where to eat and what to see and you have an adventure not just a guide book experience.