Advice for Traveling

[jazz1m]

The Euro is worth quite a bit more nowadays, 1.38 dollars for a single euro (so, 18 euro would be around 25 dollars)

Ah, thanks for the correction, I had gone to Europe sometime ago, and the exchange rate was a bit lower.

Other places to see

Stuttgart in Germany (quite nice, I enjoyed it) - there's also a bunch of castle ruins, if only I could remember the names...

Paris is ok, it is such a tourist trap, I hear southern France is quite nice however.

Portugal - lovely.

5 days is not enough to see a lot of stuff, I suggest staying in one area and explore around there.