(This link is under revision--Back Soon)  Karen Tooley's Primer on Money for Traveling in Europe  Karen--yes, we are related!--has made many trips to Europe over the years and has managed a lot of different currencies and transactions.  And she knows how to spend the money once she gets it, too!

International Currency Converter   Western Europe is mostly on the Euro now, which is worth about a US dollar. But you still need to convert to British pounds stirling and to the currencies of all non-Union countries.  Those on AOL will find an excellent converter using the keyword "currency converter," but the one given here is excellent.

Foreign Languages for Travelers   If you need to brush up on some basics, this site will help.

Rick Steves's Europe Through the Back Door   Rick Steves has great, if sometimes unorthodox, travel advice for those who don't want the usual packaged tourist information.  This site helps make you a more informed traveler.

French Travel Gallery   Beaucoups de links about France.  Check out the regions, the food, and whatever else you want.

Rough Guides   This is the website of the famous alternative and student travel guides.  The site doesn't give you everything you might get if you go to a bookstore and get the Rough Guide to whatever, but it is searchable and has some good quick info for principle places in Europe.

About.com  For quick information on about various countries or about traveling in them.

Via Michelin  This is great distance finder/map site which covers Europe in great detail, by the famous Michelin folks who make both the tourist guidebooks and very good tires on which to drive to these places.

The Italian Tourist Board Travel Site  Excellent maps, good suggestions.  Up-to-date info. 

Finally, there are so many travel links on the Web that it is easy to get confused.  A good way to start searching for some travel subject you want to know about is to go to www.about.com, which has human editors for thousands of categories, such Travel:  Germany.  You can go to the site and do a quick search with some assurance that the editor has checked the given links out.  This is very handy.
 

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