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I won a trip to London this past week, I am planning on going for around 2 weeks and catching as much as possible without feeling like I am spending the majority of the time travelling. Anyone ever do this before? I have been to Ireland 3 times so I have some family there and in England that I plan on visiting for a small time. Some other places I have on my list are the Swiss Alps, Amsterdam, Ibiza, Italy amongst others- Anyone have any tips and/or suggestions of where to go in Europe? How much to bring Money wise if we are staying in Hostels? I actually found flights from Dublin to London that are as low as 5 Pounds each!

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QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Oct 19, 2009 -> 02:43 PM)
I won a trip to London this past week, I am planning on going for around 2 weeks and catching as much as possible without feeling like I am spending the majority of the time travelling. Anyone ever do this before? I have been to Ireland 3 times so I have some family there and in England that I plan on visiting for a small time. Some other places I have on my list are the Swiss Alps, Amsterdam, Ibiza, Italy amongst others- Anyone have any tips and/or suggestions of where to go in Europe? How much to bring Money wise if we are staying in Hostels? I actually found flights from Dublin to London that are as low as 5 Pounds each!

 

Apparently you were busy while you were there.

 

But sorry, I have never been to Europe and have no suggestions. Just wanted to crack that joke.

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QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Oct 19, 2009 -> 01:59 PM)
Apparently you were busy while you were there.

 

But sorry, I have never been to Europe and have no suggestions. Just wanted to crack that joke.

 

Hah, that crossed my mind when I read that.

 

Nice one.

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QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Oct 19, 2009 -> 03:43 PM)
I won a trip to London this past week, I am planning on going for around 2 weeks and catching as much as possible without feeling like I am spending the majority of the time travelling. Anyone ever do this before? I have been to Ireland 3 times so I have some family there and in England that I plan on visiting for a small time. Some other places I have on my list are the Swiss Alps, Amsterdam, Ibiza, Italy amongst others- Anyone have any tips and/or suggestions of where to go in Europe? How much to bring Money wise if we are staying in Hostels? I actually found flights from Dublin to London that are as low as 5 Pounds each!

 

Well if London is your entry point it does limit you somewhat for the 2 weeks you have. If it were me, I'd try and catch and EPL match, tour London and hit up Stonehenge in England. Then i'd recommend taking the chunnel to Paris for a couple days. Take an overnighter into Switerland and go to Zurich. Vienna in Austria is nice too. You could go to Italy from here and swing back up later or go up to Munich and Berlin in Germany. If you choose the latter you could easily get to Copenhagen and northern Germany on another overnight train. Amsetrdam is close enough to reach next. If you go to Belgium, go to Bruges, not Brussells. There is nothing to do or see there. By now your two weeks would probably be about up. You could also go the opposite way and hit up Spain/Portugal/Gibraltar/Morocco if you so chose as well.

 

But in all honesty, it's up to you and what you want to do and spend. Getting a Eurostar pass is essential if you plan on using the train a lot (it doesnt work in England though). You could feasibly see 7 or 8 cities but how much would be able to appreciate them? It just depends what you want to do. Paris and London for example you could spend days in and round those cities. Either way you should try and plan and map out ahead of time what you want to do to maximize your experience.

 

Also, you could check out Rick Steves Wesbite for some ideas. He has some set itineraries and recommendations all throughout Europe for trips of varying lengths that could be beneficial.

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QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Oct 20, 2009 -> 06:43 AM)
I won a trip to London this past week, I am planning on going for around 2 weeks and catching as much as possible without feeling like I am spending the majority of the time travelling. Anyone ever do this before? I have been to Ireland 3 times so I have some family there and in England that I plan on visiting for a small time. Some other places I have on my list are the Swiss Alps, Amsterdam, Ibiza, Italy amongst others- Anyone have any tips and/or suggestions of where to go in Europe? How much to bring Money wise if we are staying in Hostels? I actually found flights from Dublin to London that are as low as 5 Pounds each!

Spain - Barcelona and Madrid. Have heard Barcelona is a very cool city to check out especially. Sevilla's a cool place too, also right on the beach apparently.

I'd also check out some of the French countryside, and places such as Nice, Marseille, have heard they are pretty spectacular.

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QUOTE (DBAHO @ Oct 19, 2009 -> 08:34 PM)
Spain - Barcelona and Madrid. Have heard Barcelona is a very cool city to check out especially. Sevilla's a cool place too, also right on the beach apparently.

I'd also check out some of the French countryside, and places such as Nice, Marseille, have heard they are pretty spectacular.

 

Spain is definitely one of my favorites. My cousin just came back from Ibiza, had a lot of fun.

 

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QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Oct 21, 2009 -> 02:50 AM)
Spain is definitely one of my favorites. My cousin just came back from Ibiza, had a lot of fun.

I'm planning on spending most of the summer in Europe next year actually.

 

Definitely want to do basically Spain, France, Italy, England and Germany if I can.

 

Ibiza is outrageously expensive though, so dunno whether I'll do that, even though it's a fantastic party town.

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QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Oct 21, 2009 -> 07:48 AM)

Dubrovnik's actually been in the news a lot down here over the past year.

 

Aussie girl got murdered there, and her body was dumped in the sea, they haven't found who did it to her, pretty sad story really.

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QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Oct 19, 2009 -> 03:43 PM)
I won a trip to London this past week, I am planning on going for around 2 weeks and catching as much as possible without feeling like I am spending the majority of the time travelling. Anyone ever do this before? I have been to Ireland 3 times so I have some family there and in England that I plan on visiting for a small time. Some other places I have on my list are the Swiss Alps, Amsterdam, Ibiza, Italy amongst others- Anyone have any tips and/or suggestions of where to go in Europe? How much to bring Money wise if we are staying in Hostels? I actually found flights from Dublin to London that are as low as 5 Pounds each!

 

Congrats, you should have a great time. Just keep in mind that 5 pound flight you found with Ryanair will be a lot closer to 30 or 40 pounds when all is said and done.

 

Amsterdam is great, Copenhagen is great too. Christania is a lot of fun. Love Berlin - and its a relatively cheap destination for EU standards. There are some really excellent hostel accommodations that were a lot of fun when I was there. "the Tent" in Munich - Lonely Planet is probably your best bet for budget travel tips.

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