Kristin, I love London (the landmarks, the tehater, the tube, the Cadbury bars... :) and wish we had gotten as far north as Inverness. You'll have to tell me about it sometime! And, ohh, if you go to France this summer, I'd LOVE to hear all the details!!Marthalynn, thank you for your lovely comments about the book! I hope it's a story you might enjoy. And as for castles, it would be fascinating to see those in England. My husband and I went to a couple of them, but I saw a PBS program once that showed some really cool ones (Conway?) that I'd love to visit, too!Kim, New York is *awesome*!! For the longest time, I was afraid to go there (I think I watched too many movies of "dangerous NYC" back in the '70s/'80s :), but I was just there for a big writing conference this past summer and fell in love with it all over again. Hope you'll get to visit it soon!!Alexa, thank you so much for saying that! I tried very hard to make the story feel like a real European journey for the reader ;). And I love the places you mentioned -- all 4 of them!! Each so different but so fascinating...