Path: alberta!gerald
From: gerald@amisk.cs.ualberta.ca (Gerald Oskoboiny)
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Subject: please critique my itinerary
Date: 21 Mar 1994 20:35:29 GMT
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Hello. I am travelling to Europe this summer, for a bit less than 4 months.
Below is my current plan for what I intend to do; I would appreciate any
comments or criticisms you might have.

I will be travelling with about 2 or 3 male friends, and we are all in our
early twenties. We will be bringing mountain or touring bikes with us from
Canada. We are trying to keep it as cheap as possible, so we'll be camping
or staying in hostels most of the time. We are also constrained by time;
if I allocate more time for something it'll mean giving up something else.

Am I trying to see too much? Are there any places not listed below that I
should not miss? Any other comments are also welcome. Thanks for your help,

Gerald

#days    what/where

  1   fly to Barcelona
  3   Barcelona, Spain
  9   bike to Marseille, France
  3   Marseille & area
  4   bike to Nice
  3   Nice & area
  1   Monaco
  1   train to Pisa, Italy
  0   bike to Florence
  2   Florence, Italy
  0   train to Rome
  3   Rome, Italy
  2   train/ferry to Patras, Greece
  2   bike to Athens
  2   Athens, Greece
  4   island-hopping in Aegean Sea, towards Istanbul
  2   rural Turkey
  3   Istanbul, Turkey
  1   train to Budapest
  2   Budapest, Hungary
  0   train to Vienna
  4   Vienna, Austria
  4   cycle along Danube to Salzburg
  1   Salzburg
  2   cycle to Munich, Germany
  5   Munich & area
  0   train to Zurich
  3   Zurich, Switzerland
  2   cycle to Bern
  1   Bern
  1   train to Paris
  6   Paris & area
  0   train to Luxembourg
  1   Luxembourg
  0   train to Frankfurt
  3   Frankfurt
  0   train to Prague
  2   Prague
  0   train to Berlin
  3   Berlin
  0   train to Amsterdam
  4   Amsterdam
  2   bike to Brussels
  2   Brussels, Belgium
  0   train/ferry to London
  4   London, England

      [The above must take no more than 98 days.
       I haven't put much thought into what follows:]

  1   train to Dublin
  4   Dublin & area
  1   ferry to Glasgow
  1   Glasgow, Scotland
  1   bike to Edinburgh
  4   Edinburgh, Scotland
  5   bike to London
  2   London
  1   fly home