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Alright, so I graduate spring 2010. I know it's really early, but I'm planning my trip backpacking across Europe now so I can start to save and have things all ready to go after I walk. This is what I have so far, and it's bound to change a million times because I literally have put it together over the past couple of days. I know there's a lot here, but I can take up to a year doing it... I'd prefer to spend 6 months or less, but I'm fully prepared to spend a year... it is, after all, my gap year (:
Also, can anyone PLEASE help me plan Italy better? For some reason it's just not smooth and makes me want to gag every time I look at it. It's important that I go there, but it's just not working out in a way that makes me happy with the plan. I might just cut most of it out and just take a train at least to Rome and a day trip to Naples/Pompeii. I don't know!
Another note- feel free to make suggestions and give me tips. I've never done this before! I have no idea how much time to spend in each place, I don't know many small (yet beautiful) towns, or hidden gems. So really, feel free to tell me your favorite places, etc.
Alright, so here's the plan so far... The #:## is just the distance each place is away from the one I'll be traveling from, for example: Dublin to Cork, 3:15 means that it will take 3 hours and 15 minutes to get from Dublin to Cork.
Here it is:
IRELAND::
-Fly into Dublin from Atlanta, GA
-Dublin to Cork, 3:15
-Cork to Blarney, 0:16
-Cork/Blarney (wherever hostel is) to Dingle, 2:20
-Dingle to Doolin, 3:00
-Doolin to Galway, 1:15
-Galway back to Dublin, 2:55
-Dublin to Inverness, Scotland, 10:00
SCOTLAND::
-Arrive in Inverness from Dublin, Ireland
-Inverness to Perth, 2:20
-Perth to Edinburgh, 1:20
-Edinburgh to Bangor, Wales, 5:30
WALES::
-Arrive in Bangor from Edinburgh, Scotland
-Bangor to Beaumaris, 0:20
-Beaumaris to Caernarfon, 0:25
-Caernarfon to Snowdonia, 0:15
-Snowdonia to Gallow (Swansea), 3:45
-Swansea to Cardiff, 0:55
-Cardiff to Bristol, 0:55
ENGLAND::
-Arrive in Bristol from Cardiff, Wales
-Bristol to Bath, 0:35
-Bath to Stonehenge, 1:00
-Stonehenge to London, 1:45
-London to Normandy, 1:05
FRANCE:: Part I
-Arrive in Normandy from London, England
-Normandy to Paris, 5:33
-Paris to Brugge, Belgium, 3:00
BELGIUM::
-Arrive in Brugge from Paris, France
-Brugge to Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2:45
NETHERLANDS::
-Arrive in Amsterdam from Brugge, Belgium
-Amsterdam to Hamburg, Germany, 4:20
GERMANY:: Part I
-Arrive in Hamburg from Amsterdam, Netherlands
-Hamburg to Berlin, 2:50
-Berlin to Prague, Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC::
-Arrive in Prague from Berlin, Germany
-Prague to Oswiecim, 5:25
POLAND::
-Arrive in Oswiecim from Prague, Czech Republic
-Oswiecim to Krakow, 1:05
-Krakow to Zakopane, 1:45
-Zakopane to Vienna, Austria, 5:25
AUSTRIA::
-Arrive in Vienna from Zakopane, Poland
-Vienna to Graz, 2:00
-Graz to Hallstatt, 2:15
-Salzburg to Munich, Germany, 1:35
GERMANY:: Part II
-Arrive in Munich from Salzburg, Austria
-Munich to Lucerne, Switzerland, 4:35
SWITZERLAND::
-Arrive in Lucerne from Munich, Germany
-Lucerne to Interlaken, 1:05
-Interlaken to Gimmelwald, 0:35
-Gimmelwald to Milan, Italy, 4:00
ITALY::
-Arrive in Milan from Gimmelwald, Switzerland
-Milan to Venice, 3:20
-Venice to Florence, 3:10
-Florence to Rome, 2:50 (daytrip to Pompeii, 2:20)
-Rome to Pisa, 3:45 (daytrip to Sienna, 2:25)
-Pisa to Monaco, France, 3:30
FRANCE:: Part II
-Arrive in Monaco from Pisa, Italy
-Monaco to Nice, 0:25
-Nice to Barcelona, Spain, 6:10
SPAIN::
-Arrive in Barcelona from Nice, France
-Barcelona to Valencia, 3:40
-Valencia to Costa del Sol, 6:55
-Costa del Sol to Madrid, 6:15
-Madrid to Atlanta, GA
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