Tom,
I'm not  a world traveler myself, so I can't tell you exactly what  you need.  However, first check your laptop power supply.  Many of them are multi-national, in that they will accept 100-240 v ac input.  The issue is then to get a few adapters similar to a 3 wire to 2 wire plug so you can plug it in in France, England, etc.   You can check this site, there are many other sites with similar info.  Many stores that sell luggage have variations, and you can also buy them online and at airports.  I did purchase and take a power converter to France once, only to find that all I needed was an adapter to use with my existing power supply. 
http://www.walkabouttravelgear.com/electg.htm?gclid=CJzj_ZHh7bMCFQyk4AodkiYApQ
Paul Hachmeyer

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Subject: [PCBUILD] Electric Supply Considerations in Europe and Russia

Fellow Members:

I'm from the United States of America and I will be touring most of the European countries and part of Russia during a few months in early 2013. 
I just purchased and am awaiting delivery of an Acer Aspire One A0722 netbook to take with me to maintain communication with my family using Skype. I will have a multiple configured electrical plug for power when I am not using the computer battery and I will also have an inline 110 AC surge suppressor. Are there any other electrical considerations that I should be aware of so that I do not harm the netbook. I seem to have a recollection that, unlike the USA that primarily uses 110 AC as a standard, Europe has (or had) a standard of 220 DC. Of course my memory might be failing me. But, if that is the case, is there some simple
way(s) to do a conversion? For example I have a small converter to go from 12 DC input to 110 AC output. If needed, are there converters of reasonable size and weight to go from 220 DC input to 110 AC output?

Thanks for any information.

Tom

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