kenziebird13 asked: Here is my Itinerary…
Start: Flight from Detroit to London
1:Arrive in London in the morning, Full day in London
2: London
3: Depart on Eurostar for Brussels in morning, 3/4 day in Brussels
4: Brussels
5: depart for Paris on bus (4hrs) ½ day in Paris
6:Paris
7:Paris
8: Morning flight Paris –Madrid, ½ day in Madrid
9: Full day Madrid
10: Morning train to Barcelona (4hrs) (1st day of eurorail passes)
11: ¾ day Barcelona, evening flight to Geneva
12: Geneva
13: Morning train to Lausanne, then rest of the day in Lausanne
14: Morning train to Bern, rest of day in Bern
15: Bern, late train to Zurich
16: Zurich
17: ½ day in Zurich, ½ day in Luzern
18: Luzern, latest train to Milan
19: Arrive at Milan in morning, full day in Milan
20: Milan
21: take early train to Florence
22: ½ day Florence, ½ Rome
23: Rome, leave at night for Venice, overnight train to Venice
24: Arrive at Venice in the morning, ¾ day
25: Venice, overnight train to Munich
26: Arrive in morning for Munich
27: Munich
28: Morning train to Salzburg, ¾ day in Salzburg
29: Salzburg
30: Morning train to Vienna
31: Vienna, overnight train to Prague
32: Arrive in morning in Prague, tour whole day
33: Whole day in Prague, leave at night for Berlin, overnight train
34: Arrive at Berlin in morning, rest of day in Berlin
35: Berlin
36: Morning train to Hamburg, ¾ day in Hamburg
37: ½ day in Hamburg, ½ day traveling/in Cologne
38: Cologne
39: Morning train to Amsterdam, ¾ day in Amsterdam
40: Amsterdam
41: Fly Back home
Is this too much travelling for 40 days?
I dont want to just focus on two countries, i want to see more than that, but i don’t want to overdo it and not have any time to relax.
Costs:
Plane ticket to Europe: $1500
Eurorail pass: $833 (1 month)
Eurostar pass to Brussels: $90
Bus from Brussels to Paris: $50
Flight from Paris to Madrid: $120
Flight from Barcelona to Geneva: $100
Separate train rides from Vienna-Prague and Prague to Berlin $200
Museum tickets: $300
Souvenirs: $200
emergency money: $100
Bus Tickets in the cities: $150
Entertainment: $100
Total: $3743
Food: $34 a day= $1360 (times 40)
Housing: $35 a day (some nights on train) (times 40) = $1400
Grand Total: $6500
Is this a realistic budget? especially, are the lodging and food cost reasonable. I plan on staying in mostly youth hostels or overnight on the train. I do know that it costs extra for a bed on the train too.
Oh, and i’m under 25, so i get all the youth discounts on the eurorail pass and for museums and stuff.
Ok, so i do realize that this itinerary was too much travelling. I think if i cut out Spain in general, Venice, Bern, Lausanne and Luzern and Cologne then it will be more reasonable. My friend that lives in Germany said that Cologne is worth visiting, but i dont know, perhaps i will cut out hamburg too.
Also, i have been to europe b4. I actually just spent 3 weeks there last summer, so i think i do know how big it is. Also, my friend and I that are going arent big drinkers. I will probably go to clubs/bars twice a week or so.
And when i was in europe last summer, half of the museums that i went to gave student discounts, and so does eurorail. I think its $200 cheaper if you under 26. I understand that my lodging budget it too low. But it seems like you can get a hostel for about 30 euros a night?
