Hello,
I am a Junior at Northeastern University in Boston, MA, and I will be spending the next semester abroad in Dublin, Ireland. I have heard from many people that RyanAir is a cheap Airline for travelling in Europe. I will be spending ten days in Rome, Florence, and Vatican City for an art history class. Do any of you have any suggestions for where I should go?
Do ya mean where in Europe should you go, or do you mean where should you go to look for cheap flights?
I think he means where should he go while in Rome, Florence and Vatican City.
If I were in Rome, Florence, Vatican City, I would go looking to see where they keep the Catholics. 
There must be thousands of art galleries, cathedrals, ancient ruins, and other items of culture to see. Are you interested in seeing paintings, architecture, sculpture, red light districts? Probably a quick scan through some picture books of these cities would give you an idea of what interests you.
djm
I would also just walk through the cities, have a nice cup of expresso (or anything of the like) and just try to get a feel of the city, of the people, because the architecture and everything is so very different from North America (the streets aren’t organized in that square-parallel system - or however that’s called).
But that’s just me, I always prefer to try and see how the people live in that city as opposed to trying to run through as many sights as possible without really “seeing” anything.
(Even though that Cathedral which I don’t know the English name of, you know, the one where Michelangelo painted the ceiling is probabyl worth it 
).
Walk through the streets, follow your heart, or your eyes and let the cities surprise you.
Oh, and do carry your money and passport close to your body - after all, these are huge cities.
By the way, don’t wanna be a smart ass, but you do know that Vatican City is in Rome, right? The way you put Florence in between Rome and Vatican City just made me wonder…
I thought this was going to be a National Lampoon thread…
Really, though, I’m very jealouos! Have fun! It’s great to get outside one’s own country and live and experience other cultures.
Other?
…so we got one?
ok, so I was speaking on behalf of a larger community, not just the 'Merican one 
Yes. I’ve seen the petrie dish.
and a rather sorry bacterial culture we have! It’s just a mix of everyone else’s bacteria from around the world!
For a county with so many…
…we have so many without any!
Do I get extra points for riming? 
Only if you spell rhyming correctly. 
Thank you for those of you giving me advice. Sorry if I lacked clarity in my first post. What I meant was, I am going to be taking advantage of the cheap flights in Europe and hopefully doing a good amount of traveling. I have heard the “go to Paris, London, Amsterdam, and Barcelona,” but I was wondering if any Europeans or experienced travelers could maybe suggest a nice place that is not usually thought of as a popular place to visit. Thanks again in advance.
I hear Prague is beautiful in the spring.
If you’re using Dublin as a base then Ryanair do loads of cheap flights to the 3 largest cities in Scotland. All of which are great to visit for a weekend.
Prague is supposed to be fantastic, but be warned it’s getting a reputation as an ideal stag weekend destination and will likely be full of drunk lads shouting their heads off.
If you want to avoid the crowds try some of the new EU countries like Hungary and Estonia. They’re just emerging and will likely be very cheap and eager to impress.
I was in Greece this summer and that was a blast. Highly recommend it. Just bring plenty of reading material for their Airports.
I love Amsterdam!!!
Berlin is also a very interesting and nice city, very diverse and so much is happening there all the time.
But I think it’s really worthwile to go pretty much anywhere (and I have to agree about Scotland - but I also love southeastern England, and Canterbury Cathedral is absolutely amazing, stunning, increadible, you name it), the architecture, the streets, the cars (my Canadian friends stood very amazed when first seeing a Mercedes Smart http://www.auto.bme.hu/sajtotaj/mercedes/smart/puls_cab-1.jpg).
Try to get into contact with people, I always like it when I can get an impression of what life’s like there instead of ‘just’ visiting the sights (don’t be too afraid, most people, especially the younger ones, in Western Europe are able to speak English - even though the French might be a little reluctant to do so )
Have fun!
Oh, and if you want to see something apart from the pretty ‘old’ European cities - visit the socalled worker’s areas - I hope you understand what I mean, sorry - (I think in England that would be more in the middle? In Germany this would be in the midwestern part, Duisburg, Essen, Bochum - but you could also go to Cologne, I personally really love this city - plus it also has a very nice gothic Cathedral - not as huge as Canterbury but still really nice)