Proposed 40+ Days Europe Trip
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
The semester in Lund is going to end on the 7th of June. I have planned to return for USC FOC which is around 15-20 July. Let's say I board the home-bound plane on 19th of July; I will have exactly 42 travelling days.
I have planned to cover the Scandinavia during the term:Oslo in Norway; Stockholm, Kiruna, Malmo and some other near-Lund citities in Sweden; Finland (haven't planned where to go); Copenhagen in Denmark.
The rest of Europe will be covered after the academic semester. Here is my itinerary:
Day 1 Arrive in Prague (Czech Republic)
Day 2 Prague
Day 3 Prague
Day 4 Krakow (Poland)
Day 5 Krakow, day trip to Auschwitz (Nazi concentration camp museum) (Poland)
Day 6 Krakov, day trip to Warsaw (Poland)
Day 7 Eger (Hungary)
Day 8 Early to Budapest (Hungary)
Day 9 Budapest
Day 10 Budapest, day trip to Danube Bend (Hungary)
Day 11 To Ljublijana (Slovakia)
Day 12 Ljublijana
Day 13 To Bled (Solvakia)
Day 14 Day trips around Julian Alps
Day 15 To Zagreb (Croatia)
Day 16 Plitvice hike then to Split (Croatia)
Day 17 Split
Day 18 Boat to Korcula (Croatia)
Day 19 Korcula
Day 20 To Dubrovnik
Day 21 Dubrovnik (Croatia)
Day 22 Fly to Venice
Day 23 Venice/Florence
Day 24 Side trip to Siena (Italy)
Day 25 Fly to Rome, Rome
Day 26 Rome
Day 27 Rome
Day 28 Italian Riviera, Cinque Terre, Vernazza
Day 29 Hiking along the Riviera (Or slack; cause by this time I would have been half dead)
Day 30 To the Alps
Day 31 Alps
Day 32 Alps, night train
Day 33 Paris
Day 34 Paris, Versailles
Day 35 Paris, to Amsterdam
Day 36 Amsterdam, stay in Haarlem (Netherlands)
Day 37 Amsterdam
Day 38 To Rhine, Bacharach (Germany)
Day 39 Rheinfels Castle
Day 40 Rothenburg
Day 41 Munich
Day 42 Side trip Munich to Salzburg (Austria)
Day 43 Train back to Copenhagen
Day 44 Settle every thing and come home (Exceeded by two days! May have to skip FOC if need to)
I hope for a travelling partner but till then I will be alone. Wanna join me?
Total cost estimate: SGD 6000 (I am going to exhaust my savings)
Itinerary planned with the help of Rick Steve.
posted byWilliam at 8:11 PM
hey dude!!! can i join u as a travelling partner?? hahah :) i intend to go to europe for my grad trip but cant seem to find anybody so far... day 7-20 sounds cool... coz i've already been to prague, krakow and warsaw.. (and a day trip to warsaw is certainly not enough!!!!) cool :)
-sook
well, actually i really wanna go germany too! but u may want to push ur germany part of the trip to june instead (fr schedule it seems like u'll go there in july) coz the next world cup is gonna be held in germany in 2006 july!!! prices are gonna be expensive and it's gonna be packed... but its gonna be a great chance for the football experience!!! :) -sook