Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Plan for Europe

I leave today for NYC to say hi to a friend from college (Hi Jess!!) and then tomorrow it's off to Europe.  Here's the rough plan for now...I am sure it will change 10 more times once I'm on the ground so this is probably useless to you mom.  I'm sorry :/

This plan right now cuts out going to London for the Olympics and I’m not sure if I am ok with that.  Since I am not doing Italy right after Greece (long ferry ride, issues with Greek trains, but mostly because I thought I needed a flight & guaranteed passport stamp into Serbia because I misunderstood the Schengen territory rules) I think it only makes sense to head to Italy between France and Switzerland.  This was the time I thought I would go up to Belgium and London.  I still need to decide, but it would mean I would have to shave time off from somewhere else.  Right now the British Pound is just wicked expensive…we shall see….

The plan also doesn't have time for Morocco which is also a giant disappointment.  I am still looking for a way to fit in at least 2 days there taking the ferry from Spain.  

Istanbul – 4 days
Mykonos – 2 days
Athens – 4 days
Serbia (Belgrade, Novi Sad) – 4 days
Croatia (Dubrovnik, Split, Zagreb) – 7 days
Slovenia (Ljubljana) – 2 days
Budapest –3 or 4 days
Austria (Vienna) – 2 or 3 days
Czech Republic (Prague) - 3 or 4 days
Germany (Berlin) – 4 days
Sweden (Malmo & Stockholm) – 4 days
Finland (Helsinki) – 2 days if my stomach is up for the 16 hour overnight ferry!
Denmark (Copenhagen & Roskilde) – 5-7 days **Fourth of July spent here**
Netherlands (Amsterdam) – 2-3 days
Portugal (Lisbon & Lagos) – 4-5 days
Spain (not sure what cities at this time yet, thinking of skipping Ibiza, no flight is booked yet) – 2 days?
France (South of France this pass through: St Tropez, Cannes, Nice, & maybe Monaco) – 5-6 days
Italy (Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples is the hope) – 9-10 days
Switzerland (Zurich, Geneva, Interlaken, Basel is the hope) – 8 days
Germany (this time Munich, Frankfurt, South Germany) – 6 days
Belgium – 4 days
France (Paris & Normandy Beaches are the only definites right now, but there will be time for more!) – 8 days
Spain (hopefully in time for Tomatino food fight in Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, etc) -5-6 days…eeeekk I’ve run out of time!!

map of europe

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