>Great idea. I was wondering if it would be doable to fly into Edinburgh and out of Paris. I'll be checking with a travel agent on those rates. It just seemed like a better plan to start in the north and finish in the south, and not have to make a return drive.

It should work. When we made the trip four years ago, we flew Philly to Paris, then took the train to London, then on up to Oxford. We drove north, and flew home from Glasgow.

My recent experience is that so-called open jaw tickets are not significantly more expensive than standard round-trips. Sometimes they're even cheaper.

Tamar