I passed my TEFL certificate - send me somewhere!

YAY!

Congratulations, Fran!

I've never left England, barring a couple of day trips in Wales, so no suggestions from me.

Yeah, most of the Welsh are pretty good at English. Badass accents too

Essex?

I was going to suggest Glasgow... but given where you live that might not be appropriate.

I'd say (with my pretending-to-be-sensible hat on) move to somewhere in France first, get used to teaching in a country where you can at least moan to the locals about the little horrors. Then try moving somewhere else where you'll be living in the ex-pat bubble but will at least know what your doing work wise.
Someone once told my that life is full of challenges, the trick is picking the ones you want to face at any given moment. Do you want to be learning how to teach and learning a new language at the same time?

Besides, you love France and it's where hotrichfrenchman stays.

Congratulations!!!! Prague is wonderful. The people are wonderful. Just an absolutely amazing city, and the food is great. Also České Budějovice, which is much cheaper and more of a small town.

Budapest is amazing, and Hungarians are special people. The food gets a little heavy after a while I also have to throw in Baja, hungary, where I mostly lived (Budapest apartment on the weekends), but I have to admit it's very small The most wonderful people, a lot from the former Yugoslavia.

Of course France is incredible French people have a special something. I like the Loire and small towns in the south best. Paris and Parisians are... well it's just Paris (Ah! Paris!)! I could totally live there. It's a bit more edgy, in the coolest way, but many folks would find it unfriendly (usually Americans).

There are a few places that I would steer clear of, but it would be rude to mention them. I'll keep track of your posts and PM you if that comes up!

Good Luck!!! You're going to have an amazing time

Ok, to be a little serious for once...

Firstly, congratulations on your achievement - looks like it's going to open up some interesting times for you.
On which note - now I want to have a go!
How difficult is it to do this? And how expensive? Do you need any non-English language skills? I mean, how can you teach English to people without speaking their language?

Well done and congratulations, Fran

big time congrats, fran!!
have you considered new jersey?

Fran you make it sound like an easy qualification to get... I somehow doubt it is.

fran, the bugger is that all of that stuff can be optained in new jersey!

Congrats! Madrid is really awesome, and my experience in Spain was that most people are very willing to be patient and/or speak english to someone who is making a decent effort to speak spanish.

Congratulations!
If it were me, I'd choose Spain, Portugal, Italy or Greece, but that's because I'm a Southerner myself! I've "done" France - Paris - and it was certainly exciting, but if you can't be in Paris I don't think anywhere else in France really measures up.

There are some beautiful cities in Germany and Austria but you need a certain stamina to take the German/Austrian mentality, and besides, they all speak excellent English. Apart from the obvious places such as Munich, Berlin, Vienna there are delightful smaller cities such as Freiburg, Heidelberg, Bamberg, Salzburg. I do have an English friend in Germany who runs a language school though so if you're interested...
The Netherlands would be high on my list, and, of course, Prague, Prague, Prague! In my case that's saying something because I am badly prejudiced against East Europe but I've only heard wonderful things about Prague

Congrats Fran! I have one requirement: where you go to teach these people English, you must be able to obtain internet access and converse with us still!

But seriously - what a great achievement. The world is your oyster!

Congrats! That's absolutely awesome. I can't speak for Europe, but Japan is nice haha.

Congrats indeed; good for you Fran.

May all your grading be light and speedy, and all your students be wonderful.