Hello all,

I'll be traveling to Europe for a few weeks in Aug-Sep 2011 and was curious how easy it is for a tourist to get around language wise. I can read Spanish decently but can't speak it for my life (hoping to go to Barcelona). I've been to Paris before and it seemed that I could make do speaking English (I tried to speak French when I could). What about places like Rome and Amsterdam? Is not speaking the native language going to be a problem for me?