The Grand Tour

[Jacob]

Money is no object. Within reason. I won't tip however.

The insult will be lost on the poor Euros, alas

Anyways, rent a chateau somewhere in the South of France and go gambling in Monte Carlo.

[PDH]

None of the above. Nuka Hiva, Marquesas. If you really like it you could change your name to Davout and retire there.

[Tonitrus]

They stay home. the second set of twins should be okay with nannies and in-laws. Or I'll just leave them at the kennel.

I'd pick Southern France then.  You going upscale, what with you being a member of the managerial class and all?

Money is no object. Within reason. I won't tip however.

Having just come back from Japan, I'd highly recommend it.  It's an awesome place.

A bit pricey, but also tipping is verboten there.

[Jacob]

Having just come back from Japan, I'd highly recommend it.  It's an awesome place.

Post an AAR somewhere.

[Alatriste]

The Med.  Go in September, after the eurothrongs have receded.  That applies to any European vacation BTW.

Wise words. Temperatures in September are more comfortable and the Horde has returned to the steppes, so to speak.

Of the options I would say Paris. Weather can be rainy, but Paris is über romantic when it rains. Laconia, on the other hand, is a bad, bad idea with any weather, but in Summer it gets unbearably hot an dry.

[Lucidor]

How about the Scandinavian nutsack, i.e. Sweden? I know you want to!

[Tonitrus]

Having just come back from Japan, I'd highly recommend it.  It's an awesome place.

Post an AAR somewhere.

Working on it. 

[jimmy olsen]

I owe my wife one(1) vacation. So I decided to poll the biggest collection of know nothings, losers, virgins, and 'tards on the internet for suggestions on a late summer-early fall vacation.

Your suggestions will be noted, then ignored.

Right out: Portugal, aka "Rapeland". The UK. The Nordic wang. Eastern Europe. The Middle East. India. Enemies of the Republic.

Rapeland?

[MadImmortalMan]

Of the options provided, I like Provence. But throw in some Rhineland too.

[Sophie Scholl]

Germania.  Reenact some of your favorite "Hitler reacts to..." scenes.  Also, you can give your child bride a castle to explore and indulge in Oktoberfest if timed correctly.

[Razgovory]

Anyways, I vote for Italy.  Yes, it is full of eggplants, but it was also the home of Sulla.

I'd be open to Tuscany and the north. Except Venice. bleh.

Good choice.  Venice stinks in the summer but Tuscany is nice.  They even have a mental disorder associated with it.  People see so much cool stuff they go nuts.  I'd avoid going south of Rome though.  The further south you go the more you get the feeling you are in the Mexico of Europe.

My brother went to Europe last year.  French and Germans were clean, friendly, and helpful.  Dutch were creepy pushers and the British were assholes.

[Pedrito]

Come to Italy: I can apply as your translator/road king/proscription list executioner

L.

[Syt]

Vienna.

Visit the corwn jewels of the HRE, Mexico and Habsburg Austria and see the car/uniform that Franz Ferdinand was killed in. Also: SCHNITZEL!

[Josquius]

Barcelona looks awesome but enough for a trans-atlantic voyage on its own?
That and then France or Italy?

[Alatriste]

Barcelona looks awesome but enough for a trans-atlantic voyage on its own?
That and then France or Italy?

One full week is indeed too much for Barcelona, in my humble opinion.

I found Italy lovely, and Venice specially so but it was November... actually we dined at Cassino one night and the fog was so dense our bus literally crawled at 10-15 km/h for two hours until we reached our destination; I didn't see a damned thing but got a very exact idea of the difficulties soldiers had to deal with in 1943-44.