szaby
Traveller
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Posted 15 years ago
I want an opinion on this...
my idea was to do this route:
Lisbon-Madrid-Barcelona-Marseille-Nice-Milano-Venezia-Munchen-Berlin-Amsterdam-Bruxelles-Paris than straight home to Lisbon passing by Bordeaux and Madrid.
my idea is maybe not stopping in every place but at least visit Madrid for a couple hours than head to Barcelona.
if I get out of Lisbon in the night train I get to Madrid around 8 A.M. than I could head to Barcelona by the afternoon and sleep there, maybe spend 2 days or something there and head to Marseille in a night train (it's a 8h:40 min travel), than spend some days on the beach in Marseille or Nice than go to Milano, check it out and go to Venezia and stay there for a couple of days too. From Venezia to Berlin passing by Munchen is a long trip, around 13 hours... but once I get to Berlin I could stay there for a some days too then head to Amsterdam (which is the main city I want to visit :D )
stay there for a while, maybe 4 or 5 days, then go to Paris stay there for a couple days too then head home without stopping, it takes like 2 days if going directly home.
what are your thoughs/ suggestions on this route?
can it be done?
I'm going with at least one more friend but he trusts me in planning the route.
greating.
szaby
Traveller
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ups I forgot Bruxelles... I don't want to spend that much time there, maybe to stop for a couple hours before going to Paris.
Peter
Traveller
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hi ...
you can do this tour ... but at the beginning it will be hard. good to have more time in Berlin and Amsterdam - two really cool European cities with a lot of fun, clubs, bars, parties !! :)
in Berlin go to the part of the city called Friedrichshain ... a lot of bars and young people on the streets - really relaxing. and always ask at the hostels for where to go out at night.
just to add: if you did not slept regular for 2 days, you will see: the stops for some hours in cities like Munich etc. will be only stress - my experience ... or am I simply to old ?!? :o
have fun, Peter :)
szaby
Traveller
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thanks Peter, really good to hear your confirmation!
I will go next year or so, but I really need to plan the route carefully and with a lot of time before the trip, because me and my friend(s) are students and really don't have a lot of money to spend, and since we don't have any material at all yet we will spend a lot on that too.
I will search for hostels and camping sites (damn I love camping :P ) near the cities we want to visit thoroughly.
I will keep this thread updated if we decide to change the route or just to ask for your opinion.
thanks!
Peter
Traveller
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And Simon ([b]SiDUDe[/b]) found some good words I love (cant remember exactly) - after packing your backpack: Halve your baggage and double your money - and you will have a good InterRail tour.
:)