Well GregL and benzguy80, I'm gonna just miss you both. I'm on the ORD-DFW-MAD flight Fri the 4th! Never been there, so decided to spend a day and a half in Madrid and return on Monday the 7th. Got it for $702 a.i. Has been tough finding a cheap hotel - everybody is booked that weekend - maybe something's going on in the city.

Gamecock - love the Christkindl Markt's in Germany! I usually stay at this dirt cheap hotel next to the Hauptbanhof (Hotel Europa - 40 euro's/day). Easy access to lots of cool german towns. Just decided to go someplace new on this one.