in Ellen's dream sequence. Julie Wooldridge as Princess Diana, the wife of Prince Charles who appears in Ellen's dream sequence. Mel Smith as a London hotel manager Robbie Coltrane as a man in the bathroom Maureen Lipman as a lady in the bed Paul McDowell as First English motorist Ballard Berkeley as Second English motorist Eric Idle as The Bike Rider, an unnamed bike rider with whom the Griswalds have several accidental encounters all over Europe Derek Deadman as Taxi Driver Characters in France: Jacques Herlin as a French hotel desk clerk Sylvie Badalati as Rusty's French girl Characters in Germany: Willy Millowitsch as Fritz Spritz, the supposed relative of Clark Erika Wackernagel as Helga Spritz, the wife of Fritz and a supposed relative of Clark Claudia Neidig as Claudia, Rusty's German girl Characters in Italy: Victor Lanoux as The Thief, an unnamed criminal who took over a travel office Massimo Sarchielli as The Other Thief, the unnamed accomplice of the unnamed thief Moon Unit Zappa as Rusty's California girl Production John Hughes received nominal credit for writing and story, due to the use of characters and ideas from the first Vacation film, but was not directly involved with European Vacation. Hughes would later state that Warner Bros had begged him for a sequel to Vacation but he declined at the time. He would eventually agree to return to the franchise by adapting one of his other National Lampoon stories, "Christmas '59," into National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation in 1989. Casting Producer Matty Simmons initially told Dana Barron she would be returning to the role of Audrey. But after Anthony Michael Hall declined to reprise his role and was opting to star in Weird Science, Heckerling requested both children be recast. Locations Famous landmarks and sights appearing as the family tours England, France, West Germany, and Italy include: London's Tower Bridge Lambeth Bridge Roundabout (Clark drives the car into the inner ring and can't get out of the traffic) Buckingham Palace Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex Big Ben (Clark repeatedly announces to the kids on every loop around the Lambeth Bridge roundabout) Palace of Westminster Stonehenge (a scale model of the monument was constructed and Wiltshire was not visited by the crew) Paris's Left Bank Fontaine des Innocents Eiffel Tower Louvre museum Notre Dame de Paris cathedral Rome's Colosseum Spanish Steps Piazza Navona Other locations used in the film include: Statue of