They were going to 9 countries in 18 days. There were scenes in England, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. And they mentioned going through Lichtenstein. That's 8-- did I miss one? France perhaps?
Also, how did they get the bus to mainland Europe? Ferry?
they were also in Luxembourg. It was that scene in the restaurant where they're all ordering hamburgers.
shareFrance was pointedly NOT on this movie's itinerary, for reasons related to contemporary geopolitics. In the 1960s French President Charles de Gaulle became a thorn in America's side by pulling his country out of NATO and SEATO, and insisting that the United States remove all its troops from France and close its military bases. As with the "freedom fries" controversy years later, some politicians urged Americans to retaliate by boycotting French exports and not traveling to France as tourists.
shareThat's an interesting point about France. I remember the time, but it never occurred to me why they ignored it. So, there is an unnamed ninth country. The possibilities are France that they visited without naming it, or they took the long road from Germany to Lichtenstein through Austria. The latter seems more likely based on your statement. Either way, they left the ninth country unnamed as well as not filmed.
Comedians in the Sixties made a lot of jokes about De Gaulle and his ego. Unfortunately, the only one I remember is "Did you hear what the French are planning? They're going to annex the Rock of Gibraltar and rename it De Gaulle Stone."
sharelol - If you can only remember one, it's good that you remember a funny one.
I think the 9th country was Vatican City - there's a scene of the tourist group at St. Peter's.
How they went from England to Holland is not shown, but ferry is the only realistic option.
Not so. Since at least the '60s, the usual way to make the journey between England and Holland (or any part of The Netherlands) has been an airplane flight. I did so myself when I went on such a tour through Europe (though only visiting seven countries) in nearly as short number of days.
I will add a possible caveat. Since the 1994 opening of the Channel Tunnel, railway and automobile may be rivaling or overtaking airplane flight as the most usually used mode of making that journey.