Our trip to Europe began on May 17, 1989 when we took a Pan Am flight from Tampa to Miami, Florida and on to Frankfurt, Germany. Because of the terrible Pan Am disaster at Lockerby, Scotland prior to this trip, the cost of our roundtrip tickets was an unheard of $642 for two. As is usually the case on our vacations, we did not take a tour, but planned the entire trip ourselves. Thanks to such books as: Frommer's "EUROPE on $30 a Day" and "Let's Go Europe" and help from our ... (more)