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| CountArach |
Posted on 28-05-2013 04:31
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jack888 wrote:
I'm planning to travel around Europe at the end of the year 
What is best for travel? Should I book it all before I go? Or just fly to a major city (ie: London/Paris/Amsterdam/Berlin) and catch trains/buses around Europe from there?
I know this is a weird question, but it's because in Australia you need to book most of this in advance, but our economy is tiny compared to europe.
If you are looking for budget travel, which it sounds like you might be, go to a travel agent and just ask questions. They are usually free to just talk to and will help you with booking stuff.
I've now booked my own bit of travel. i'm heading to New York at the end of September until early November. I will be studying under a Professor at New York University, who is one of the leading experts in my field. Then I'm going to fly to London and my girlfriend and I are spending just over 3 weeks in Europe. We are going to Paris, Nice, Venice, Florence, Naples and Rome.
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| jack888 |
Posted on 28-05-2013 04:48
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Yeah budget travel ideally, not planning to spend time in a hotel 
But yea ok, will head to a travel agent to see what the best options are.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 28-05-2013 06:01
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jack888 wrote:
I'm planning to travel around Europe at the end of the year
What is best for travel? Should I book it all before I go? Or just fly to a major city (ie: London/Paris/Amsterdam/Berlin) and catch trains/buses around Europe from there?
I know this is a weird question, but it's because in Australia you need to book most of this in advance, but our economy is tiny compared to europe.
I'd say the cheapest and easiest way around Europe is with Interrail: https://www.interrail.eu/
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Posted on 28-05-2013 06:43
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That is awesome, thanks for the link.
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Posted on 28-05-2013 06:54
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jack888 wrote:
Yeah budget travel ideally, not planning to spend time in a hotel
But yea ok, will head to a travel agent to see what the best options are.
Be sure to visit Czech Republic, best county for chill-out travelling.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 28-05-2013 07:54
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Starting up a blog. I need a good name. Does anyone have any ideas. It's gonna be about my life but without people knowing it's me.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-05-2013 08:38
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Jakstar22 wrote:
Starting up a blog. I need a good name. Does anyone have any ideas. It's gonna be about my life but without people knowing it's me.
Way to go to ruin it for us, now we know it's you!  |
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Posted on 28-05-2013 08:40
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Ian Butler wrote:
Jakstar22 wrote:
Starting up a blog. I need a good name. Does anyone have any ideas. It's gonna be about my life but without people knowing it's me.
Way to go to ruin it for us, now we know it's you!
Except for the Thousand or so people on this Forum  and one or 2 friends. Anyway. Got any ideas?
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 28-05-2013 08:44
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Joke,i don't have any idea,but good luck! |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 28-05-2013 08:46
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admirschleck wrote:
Australian Kangaroo
Joke,i don't have any idea,but good luck!
I like it Kidding haha.
Thanks. All I need is a name and a topic and then I can start writing
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| CountArach |
Posted on 28-05-2013 09:40
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Jakstar22 wrote:
admirschleck wrote:
Australian Kangaroo
Joke,i don't have any idea,but good luck!
I like it Kidding haha.
Thanks. All I need is a name and a topic and then I can start writing
Surely you should have a topic before a name? That will give you more ideas about names.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 28-05-2013 10:02
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jack888 wrote:
I'm planning to travel around Europe at the end of the year
What is best for travel? Should I book it all before I go? Or just fly to a major city (ie: London/Paris/Amsterdam/Berlin) and catch trains/buses around Europe from there?
I know this is a weird question, but it's because in Australia you need to book most of this in advance, but our economy is tiny compared to europe.
Interrail is pretty awesome, as Atlantius posted. I travelled with Interrail for three weeks through France and Spain about two years ago. The great thing is that you're very flexible. I planned a bit beforehand, of course, but I ended up staying at certain places longer than I originally wanted because I liked it a lot, and also, some places were less interesting than I thought, so I left earlier.
I'd also advise you to get a youth hostel passport (you can get one here, I think). I don't know what it's like in Australia but in my experience, youth hostels in Europe are decent places to stay at pretty low expenses. And the network is pretty huge.
As for the places you want to go, it depends a bit what you want. Cities like Prague, Amsterdam, Paris or Berlin are great but could be quite cold at the end of the year. Weather-wise, the Côte d'Azur, Spain (I can warmly recommend Barcelona) and Italy are probably better then.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 28-05-2013 10:02
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CountArach wrote:
Jakstar22 wrote:
admirschleck wrote:
Australian Kangaroo
Joke,i don't have any idea,but good luck!
I like it Kidding haha.
Thanks. All I need is a name and a topic and then I can start writing
Surely you should have a topic before a name? That will give you more ideas about names.
It's going to be a blog of just all different topics. What every I feel like writing about that day. So it's like a diary but not. I just need a name. Like an eye catching name
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| roturn |
Posted on 28-05-2013 10:04
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Looking forward to tonights Bruce Springsteen concert.
Luckily the weather is fine today after a week of stormy days. So the open air concert should become brilliant. |
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Posted on 28-05-2013 10:32
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Eden95 wrote:
He was a Drill Sergeant for 20 years in the US Army. You'd never suspect that about him
Thankyou Cracked
The more you know!
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 28-05-2013 10:46
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roturn wrote:
Looking forward to tonights Bruce Springsteen concert.
Luckily the weather is fine today after a week of stormy days. So the open air concert should become brilliant.
Whoa nice I'd like that, too. Then again, I'll be seeing Phoenix in two weeks, which is pretty awesome as well.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 28-05-2013 10:49
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Went to see Bastille, Jake Bugg and Paloma Faith last night. Bastille were ok, but the other two were amazing, even though I'm not a Paloma Faith fan, I enjoyed it. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 28-05-2013 10:52
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jack888 wrote:
I'm planning to travel around Europe at the end of the year
What is best for travel? Should I book it all before I go? Or just fly to a major city (ie: London/Paris/Amsterdam/Berlin) and catch trains/buses around Europe from there?
I know this is a weird question, but it's because in Australia you need to book most of this in advance, but our economy is tiny compared to europe.
If you come to Oudenaarde to see the Flemish Ardennes, I'll be happy to give you a cycling tour |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 28-05-2013 11:02
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Ian Butler wrote:
jack888 wrote:
I'm planning to travel around Europe at the end of the year
What is best for travel? Should I book it all before I go? Or just fly to a major city (ie: London/Paris/Amsterdam/Berlin) and catch trains/buses around Europe from there?
I know this is a weird question, but it's because in Australia you need to book most of this in advance, but our economy is tiny compared to europe.
If you come to Oudenaarde to see the Flemish Ardennes, I'll be happy to give you a cycling tour
I had my girlfriend convinced to go there on our trip so that I could see the Ronde museum. It is just an immensely hard place to get to because there doesn't seem to be a Eurostar line close by so I had to give it a miss. One day I'll go!
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Posted on 28-05-2013 11:16
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CountArach wrote:
I had my girlfriend convinced to go there on our trip so that I could see the Ronde museum. It is just an immensely hard place to get to because there doesn't seem to be a Eurostar line close by so I had to give it a miss. One day I'll go!
Well that's because you shouldn't expect the Eurostar to stop at Oudenaarde  
If you want to get to Oudendaarde from outside of Belgium with an international train then you could transfer at Brussels to a local intercity train to Gent, then take the 1 and a half hour bus to Oudenaarde, and then just spend the night there
Technically, according to Google Maps you can also take the bus from Brussels to Aalst, then the bus to Zottegem, then the bus to Oudenaarde, but I wouldn't recommend that. |
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