Eurotrip 2007 Whoohoo!

[Hagbard Celine]

My girl and I are taking a two-week trip to Europe at the end of the month. We're departing on Friday, the 25th and getting back on June 7. We're flying into London, Heathrow (1.5 days in UK), taking the chunnel to Paris (5 days) then going up to Amsterdam (2 days), Brugges (1.5 days) and ending in and departing from Brussels.

The itinerary is tentatively set. The cities we're going to are set in stone.

We're backpacking alone, not with a tour group. We'll be meeting her cousin in Amsterdam--he'll be coming from Oxford.

I'm a huge tennis fan so we're definately going to the French Open while in Paris. We'll do the Eiffel Tower, Arch de Triomph, Notre Dame, etc.

Any of you old-timers got any suggestions or advice? Restaurant/hostel recommendations, etc? Her birthday will coincide with our stint in Paris. I need a good, doable on a student's budget, hotel to stay in that night. No hostels for the birthday girl.