It looks like we'll get back into a rental car for our next trip although the economics and the enviornmental aspects of this approach disappoint us a little. Southern France and northern Italy and Slovenia are, I guess, best explored by car. I hate spending the money for a car and tend to see hours spent driving as hours deducted from my life.

Next question: Although I'm prepared to drive out of Orly Airport, I wonder if it might be possible to go south on public transport and then pick up a car in Normandy or somewhere else in a place where timid drivers like myself wouldn't risk ruining our trip with an accident within a few miles of the airport.

Thanks again...

John Brandt Stayton, Oregon