Places to go??? 2009 Europe trip

[maxwell123455]

I was planning on taking 2 months off to do africa in summer 2009 with my brother but plans changed and he cant go so i was thinking more now on the idea of doing europe but only taking 1 month.

I would be travelling with a friend who is hopefully gonna get the finger out this summer and get his test and get a bigger bike than a 125. Havent figured out what yet but probably a 250-400cc bike. At the moment ive a Yamaha XT660R which will do the trip i plan easily also my friend doesnt might doing high milage days as long as he gets feed.

O yes and both of us are students so everything will be cheap as possible, staying in a tent nearly all the time during the trip. Luggage is soft luggage, we will be carrying petrol containers just incase but we dont mind stopping ever 100miles for petrol, breaks up the jounerys and allows us to eat/snack. We dont mind travelling on motorways but would like to try and avoid them as most will understand they are just a means of getting my A to B and not really that exciting.

The main plan so far is to go from Northern Ireland to England and stay with a few relatives for free. Get some form of transport over to France then head down to the Milliau Bridge in the south. Head east towards Monaco just to say we've been there then further east towards the Stelvio pass in Italy. Finanlly are last port of call so far is the Nurburgring, ive been there once and want to visit again. Then from here travel back home to Northern Ireland again (possibly from bordeaux to Rosslare)

What i would like to know is are there any places along this route any of you advise us to visit? We both are construction minded so like building/structures/good roads etc not really into the musem stuff or arty scene. Also i like to visit places of natural beauty like large lakes, mountains etc etc.

Any information very welcome, thank you