Europe Trip with nulami
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We're going to Europe from (±1 day plus flight time) June 23 - July 20. Currently this page has only one section—brainstorm—where we're collecting recommendations and ideas for what to do on our trip. If you have any recommendations to make, please get in touch with Scott or Cindy.
brainstorm
info
http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page
popular festivals (but maybe useful for timing or interest): http://www.bugbog.com/festivals/european_festivals.html
getting around
For a quick getaway to some relatively inaccessible place, we can fly cheap in Europe on ryanair. As long as we don't want to carry on more than 15lbs of luggage.
Eurorail passes
getting down
the ISIC card gets discounts at many hostels, which in europe offer single rooms.
B&Bs. for sure.
Austria
Vienna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna
votes
- residents
- single_entendre lives in Graz (3h south) and has a spare couch and bicycles
- recommended:
- cor
- single_entendre
Belgium
Someone (I don't recall) recommended we visit the Menin Gate. Good commonwealth history.
Delerium does brewery tours daily near Ghent.
Brussels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels
votes
- recommended by:
- cor
Croatia
Dubrovnik
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik
votes
- recommended
- tamara
Czech Republic
Prague
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague
Cindy says there's a nice zoo here.
Tamara says we should go to Sedlec Ossuary. Even if it means cutting Belgium and France.
votes
- recommended:
- briandot (doable in 2.5 days)
Denmark
Copenhagen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen
the Copenhagen Jazz Festival is from July 6 - 15
votes
- recommended:
- pthreads
- porkchop (specifically Christiania)
- briandot
- buelleg
England
seattleforge recommends: Tan Hill Pub in Yorkshire
London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London
To do:
- centre of London at night
- Tea at the Ritz
votes
- residents:
- saruman-23/spangly_mangly live here and have a spare air mattress
- Katrina lives here and has something resembling sleeping matérie�l (30-40m from city centre)
- recommended:
- cor
France
Brad and Bethany recommend spending some time at Cap d'Agde.
Lyon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon
Cindy wants to see Lyon. More on that later.
votes
buelleg says it's overrated
Monaco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco
Not sure why this was on my list, but it was.
votes
- recommended:
- buelleg
Nice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice
Cindy wants to see Nice. More on that later.
votes
- recommended:
- buelleg
Germany
pthreads suggests:
if you can take a train along the Rhine from the south up towards Bonn it's beautiful. Tons of castles just along the river. Really cool. Could perhaps work if you made a weird snakey trip coming to/from Belgium down towards Munich then up towards Berlin.
Berlin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin
votes
- residents:
- pthreads will be living here and should have a spare room
- recommended:
- kapuski
- cor
- briandot
- thetophus
Heidelberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parades_in_Northern_Ireland
University founded in the 1300s, lots of history and quietude.
votes
- recommended:
- tamara
Munich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich
kapuski says:
If you guys are history buffs then also check out Munich, it's like a completely different country if you compare it to Berlin. If in Munich then you have to visit Dachau concentration camp on a guided tour. Sure it's a bit of a downer, but I think it is important to realize the bad side of humanity, and there really is no better way to hit that ball home than to stand inside the gassing chambers and in front of the hanging beams, and ovens.
votes
- recommended:
- kapuski
Nürburgring
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nürburgring
Info: http://heiser.net/documents/nurburgring/
0th lap should be done in a ring taxi, or bum a ride in the paddock.
You can rent a motorcycle! For 1/3 the price of renting an econobox from one of the track rental places!
If possible, we should investigate shipping gear there/back. If practical, it would be much safer.
Sleeping options include:
Weimar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar
kapuski says:
very sleepy but beautiful small town with big parks, ruins (they actually are build to be ruins and never were anything else) "natural" caves with marble entrances and other strange but beautiful stuff. Goethe and other Weimar romantics lived there and wanted to build nice things for themselves, so it is full of little curiosities.
votes
- recommended:
- kapuski
Greece
Athens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens
Will it be too crazy/touristy in July?
Hungary
Budapest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest
votes
- recommended:
- tamara
- briandot (was there 2 days, could have spent a week)
Ireland
We'll be visiting in the middle of marching season, which could provide some interesting opportunities.
votes
- potential companions:
- saruman-23/spangly_mangly may join
Italy
Florence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence
We were told to rent a car in Tuscany for a day by another wanderluster in REI.
bmatt recommends a bike tour as an alternative.
votes
- recommended
- David
Venice
Upsides: Cool city. Can be walked in a day.
Downsides: Expensive. Smelly in the summer.
votes
- Mila lives here
- recommended:
- tamara
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)
For some reason.
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam
votes
- residents:
- cor has a spare bedroom
- Mike Lee lives here, last I checked
- recommended:
- pthreads
- porkchop
- cor
- briandot
Rotterdam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam
crazy cool modern architecture
votes
- recommended:
- kapuski
The Hague
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague
international court of justice, M.C. escher museum and all in all a city packed with interesting
votes
- recommended:
- kapuski
Utrecht
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht
a small student town but really really beautiful and picturesque
votes
- recommended:
- kapuski
Scotland
Edinburgh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh
votes
- recommended:
- cor
- detractors:
- saruman-23 doesn't seem to think it's worth it
Glasgow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow
As described by saruman-23, Glasgow has:
a) good access to the southern Highlands - the loch literally sits on the beginning of the Highlands - where the "southern UK" crashed into the "northern UK" and created the highlands. b) Lots of great little towns, pubs, tea houses etc.
votes
- recommended:
- saruman-23/spangly_mangly (Loch Lomond)
Spain
Barcelona
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona
Has been recommended by a few people.
Granada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada
According to Tamara, Granada is close (3 hours, 6 from Barcelona) to Alhambra, which is worth a visit.
votes
- recommended:
- pthreads
Pamplona
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamplona
The Festival of San Fermin is from July 6 - July 14. It would be great to see the running of the bulls. ( http://www.bullrunpamplona.com/ )
Switzerland
Bern
- Pete (& Sarah) lives here and have a spare bedroom
Turkey
Istanbul
- buelleg will be living there
United Kingdom
see: #England, #Scotland, and #Ireland
saruman-23:
Yorkshire Dales, Cotswolds and the Lake District will do you very well for no-cities. They are beautiful, rural, full of little villages and pubs, etc etc.
