Well Sevilla is an excellent choice, a beautiful Spanish town with great Moorish architecture ( the tappas is superb in Andalusia). In Spain it's easy to rent a Hostel, that's much cheaper than hotels and the quality can be quite good. Downtown Sevilla you will see 3 hostels in every street.......

........You better forget Lisbon this summer because the European Championship football (soccer) starts 12 June 2004 till 4 July 2004. The regular prices will be higher and every hotel will be packed with soccer fans and believe me you don't need that on your holiday :) ....

.......check out www.easyjet.com for cheep European airplane tickets, don't except any service on this flights........

....a cruise you're kidding right? wait 50 years for doing that!.........

......the Black Forest is not on the Dutch border but in the South of Germany, if you like traveling/ cycling it's nice but beware: it's an attractive area for gray hairy people.......

Don't forget Paris Amsterdam and Barcelona!

Enjoy your stay in Europe!

Hi Erica - I just joined Tribe and saw your post. I wanted to let you know that Air Europa is another great way to buy online air travel while you are in Europe and they have great fares. You could take the train from Seville to Madrid and fly to just about any other major city in Europe. Be sure to check it out!

Lisa

Hi Erica,

I totally second your plan to go to Seville. Seville is a bewildering city with a *fantastic* night life. The only cons I see are: 1) you're gonna swelter to death if you go there around July (temperatures usually reach well over 40ºC). 2) Everything is gonna be damn packed up with tourists, so make sure you book your hotel or whatever well in advance. Also, beware of the cons that regent the typical "tapas" bars around the most touristic areas. They will rip you off with a broad smile and serve you substandard-quality food. As a rule of thumb, just avoid everything near the river for stops longer than it takes to gulp down a superchilled beer.

Also, please, make sure you visit Granada, some 70 Km away from Sevilla. You won't regret, trust me on this one. The same disclaimer applies, nevertheless.

As for cheap and convenient travel around Europe, I will suggest that you give a try to Frankfurt-based www.lastminute.com. You will find some of the cheapest air fares there, and I've been told the service is pretty reliable. Also, if you're considering to go to Europe for a whole month, you might as well want to check out the EuroRail passes, which allow you unlimited freedom of movement around several European zones for about Eur 400.

Hello,
Flights check out.....the bible
www.cheapflights.co.uk/low-co...ut.html

You can book cheap car hire through, easyjet car hire.

If you go into some travel agencies they can do a deal. Soem have specific deals with hotels where you pay 50 euros to buy a room voucher off them and they check you into a 3/4 star hotel for a night, or you can go for Hostales, or pensiones which are probably better and more or less the same.

Go to Granada and see the Alhambra, well worth it. I drove from Madrid to Caceres,Seville and then to Granada and on to the Alpujaras next to the Sierra Nevada. Very good roads, Madrid to Caceres is 2 and a half hours or so and the same from there to Seville.

The highway from Italy to Barcelona is the business. Very good.

If in doubt avoid touristy spots , unless its to do some recon for info........Best deals and prices are generally not in a resort.

Suerte y pasatelo bien...