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CPA - Evil Clone brigade
Nov 2001
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All of Europe in one month is overly ambitious. You'll have a very shallow experience, and you'll end up having only seen the touristy attraction between two trains / planes. That will bring no real experience or memory, but only some industrially premade souvenirs 
However, one month is enough to discover one country quite deeply. You won't be able to do / see everything a country has to offer, but you'll be comfortable enough, and you'll begin to see further than what the tourist industry wants you to see.
If you want to see several countries, then I'd advise you to spend a week in one region of this country, and then to travel to another country... You'll see the other regions in the future, when you'll be older and richer 
If you want to take the train, France is definitely the place to go. National trains (TGV) are quick, reliable, and quite cheap in comparison with our neighbours. However, I have no experience with Spain's trains, so I can't tell about their quality compared to ours.
In Spain, I can only suggest you to go to Andalusia. It is a great place, very friendly, with several astonishing things to see (Granada is an absolute must), and with a daily life one can only dream of 
In France, I'd say you spend a week either in Paris or in Corsica. A week won't be enough to do everything there is to do in either place, but it will acquaint you with it, and you'll want to come back later . If you go to Paris, you can spend the week tasting new wines at some shop I know 
Germany is less touristy, and you will want to travel more across the country, to see the touristy monument, but also to taste the very many German beers. You can spend a few days near the German Alps, either in southwest Germany (Constance lake) or in southeast (sout Bavaria). Both areas are very enjoyable and offer great sceneries, even though they're quite short of monuments.
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CPA - Evil Clone brigade
Nov 2001
time: 06:30
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Originally posted by Oerdin
Hmm, you are talking about the Eurorail pass? |
You should take care of some problems with the Eurorail pass. There can be cohesion problems with it:
10 days ago, when I took my train from Paris to the Riviera (to embark on a boat inbound to Corsica), two Finnish tourists had the worst problems because of the Eurorail pass. Basically, it was mandatory to book on that train, otherwise you'd be rejected from climbing in.
Like me, these two didn't book, and had the worst problems dealing with the train's guy, who was an ******* that didn't try to be helpful at all (thankfully, I did the English - French translation and things got better).
Well, the person who sold them the Eurorail pass told them they'd have never to book or to pay for a fare... And in this particular case, it was wrong (it was their only bad experience with the Eurorail ticket so far though)
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Totally unrelated but I just found that a two way ticket to L.A. from Athens, Greece costs around 1,000 euros.
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001
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There's no point rushing around Europe in a 'if it's Tuesday, it must be San Marino' way- ultimately it won't give you value for money. You'll eventually be looking at a cathedral and thinking, 'yeah, tympanum, blah blah blah, clerestory...where's the john?' because you'll have seen so many.
The best thing you can do is think of things (places, paintings, landscapes) you have always wanted to see, and then try to do those- if you want to go back to Great Britain, you can also visit Ireland, take the Eurostar to France, or fly to the Netherlands or Belgium.
It would be very easy to see the Hague/den Haag, Paris, Bruxelles, London, Amsterdam, Bruges, within a relatively short space of time, but having said that, all those places are worth visiting again and again, because there are so many things to see in them.
Walking tours of Amsterdam and London are great things to do, because you get a much more immediate sense and feel for the history of the places.
Paris has so many museums and art galleries I could spend a year there happily soaking it all up- similarly Venice and Florence.
If you want ancient history, you could go to Carnac in Brittany, Avebury or Callanish or Newgrange in Great Britrain and Ireland- or go to Skara Brae. Or take a trip to Cornwall and see the Neolithic monuments in the Penwith peninsula, and the remains of the tin mining industry.
All it takes is planning- think of it as a military campaign, with enjoyment factored in.
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Siberia, Communist party of Apolyton
Nov 2001
time: 11:30
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Does anyone have any suggestions on must see locations or attractions? |
Visit Siberia and watch a famous attraction "Russian hangover".
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19-08-2003 22:43
). Otherwise you'll be coming back time and time again and each time travelling miles and spending loads on transportation - just do the UK).
Take Flying Finn from London, Stansted to Helsinki or Ryanair from London, Stansted to Stockholm, Skavsta and from there to Tampere. Then you could actually meet a celebrity like me. 
Parad urodov kakoi-to.
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