I think that FReepers with any interest in traveling to Europe should avoid "Old Europe" and spend their tourist dollars in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia, all of which have proven to be better friends of America than the rest of Europe.
Of course, Britain is an island, and a good ally.
And for Orianna Falacci and Beurlesconi's sake I'll include Italy on the "friend" list.
OK, Spain, too. Their Prime minister is a conservative and has supported Dubya.
The rest have no honor and no sense of their own civilization.