Europe: Look out! The Zechels are about to arrive ...

We are getting are backpacks ready and researching destinations like mad ... we are starting in London for a few days, then off to the Cotswolds in rural England and then flying to Portugal.  Our travel method then changes and the trains will be our mode of transportation for the remainder of our 3-4 months in Europe.  Our route will evolve as we go, but as we land in Portugal, our route will likely take  us from Lisbon to the Algarve (still Portugal) to Africa (Tangiers, Morocco), Spain (Sevilla, Ronda, Granada, Tarifa, Madrid, Toledo, San Sebastian, Barcelona) to France (Carcassone, Provence area, Nice, Monaco, Paris) to Belgium (Bruges) to Germany (Rhine valley, Rothenberg, Munich) to Austria to Prague to Switzerland to Italy (Venice - we have a cruise booked for 7 days from Venice which takes us to Croatia, Greece and Turkey), Florence, Tuscany, Cinque Terre, Rome, Amalfi coast) to Greece (Athens and a small less touristy greek island to end our trip).  We should be back in August ...