[cDnStealth]

Man, you could easily spend 4 weeks just touring around Great Britain, Scotland or Ireland. If you provide some of the places you're thinking of going it would be easier to make some recommendations.

From London you could easily go up to Edinburgh and Glasgow then take a ferry over to Ireland and visit Dublin. You could also check out Belfast and the Giant's Causeway if that interests you.

When I flew into Paris I spent a couple days there. Took a bus up to Normandy to see Juno then hopped on a train from Paris to Venice. I really enjoyed Italy. Went from Venice to Rome, Rome to Cinque Terra (highly recommend if you decide to go to Italy), then to Florence and Milan before heading over to Barcelona.

Years before that I did a trip that went through Berlin, Munich, Prague, Vienna and Lucerne.

I went to Poland back in November. Just an awesome country. The train ride in was a little sketchy but I really enjoyed my time in Wroclaw, Warsaw and Krakow. Visiting Auschwitz was a sobering experience. I've seen other concentration camps but they simply don't compare.

Don't bother booking trains/hotels before hand. You want the flexibility to either leave a city you don't like early or stay longer in one that you do. It's easy enough to book a place to stay the night before or even the day of. I had no problem booking rooms when I was traveling with one other person. With 4 people you can get into some nice hostels and have a 4 person room to yourselves.

The one thing you might want to consider is to buy certain train tickets a couple days before you plan on leaving that particular city. If you're looking at taking a night train and want a bed it's a good idea to get a ticket ahead of time.

The nice thing is your trip is before the main vacation season in Europe so you'll miss all those crowds.