Tom, less than 2 weeks out and haven't settled on an itinerary yet! We are still looking at Primary locales as Cinque Terre, since it has 5 charming seaside towns nearby and Interlaken for the mountain experience.

My daughter and her friends have been taking advantage of their study abroad opportunity by traveling all over, Munich last weekend for Oktoberfest opening ceremonies, Rome and Florence this weekend. They are using www.AirBnB.com to find lodging and have been very happy with the site. We are looking at this option instead of standard hotels to get a better local experience.

Thanks for the helpful link JP, we are looking forward to traveling a lot by train!

My wife has had a busy business travel month and I've been swamped lately, so hopefully we'll get our travel plans somewhat finalized in the next week. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Cheers.gif" alt="" />