If we decide to drive the whole way, which I'm leaning against, we would definitely stop for a night somewhere in between. I hate to say it, but I'm not that eager to see more of Germany than what quickly passes by, likely on a high-speed autobahn. We've been throughout Germany a number of times. It does have many lovely places, but I'm hyperfocused on France.

My original idea was to just explore parts of Normandy and Bretagne. Then Hubby wanted to also head down the western coast a bit as far as Bordeaux. Then he suddenly got both of us interested in maybe Alsace. We've been to Alsace and it's wonderful. We've never been to Normandy, Bretagne or Bordeaux areas. The problem is that the latter three regions are in very different parts of France. Alsace is on the eastern border, not even that far from Basel, Switzerland. So that's the conundrum.

Rather than do an extreme amount of driving, I want to explore flying to maybe Basel, Switzerland, round trip, and rent a car there. For both of us, with luggage fees, that would be about $250 total (combined), plus maybe some tax and other fees. That non-stop flight only takes 90 mins from Prague.