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Draft itinerary - no, really, it is

The following is a draft. It's not bad. It's fairly close. Chris, Sean and I hashed this out over about 3 pitchers at High Street. But it's still just a draft. Please do not take it too seriously.

Assuming an Aug 1 Departure
FLY FROM PORTLAND, LAND IN LONDON
EARLY AUGUST

  • Cambridge, 2 days, leave 8/4

  • Edinburgh, 4 days, leave 8/8

  • Glasgow, 1 day, leave 8/9

  • Manchester, 1 day, leave 8/10

  • Liverpool, 1 day, leave 8/11

  • Swansea, 1 day [optional], leave 8/12

  • Cardiff, 3 days, leave 8/15

  • [option: stop in places like Bath, Bristol, etc.?]

  • London, 3-4 days, leave 8/18
    TOTAL: 17 days, 7-8 cities
    MID-AUGUST

  • Eurostar

  • VALIDATE FIRST EUROPE RAILPASS

  • Brussels, 3 days [option: go to another small town, say for chocolate or beer?], leave 8/21

  • Amsterdam, 3 days, leave 8/24

  • Hamburg, 1 day, leave 8/25

  • Copenhagen, 3 days, leave 8/28

  • Oslo, 3 days, leave 8/31
    EARLY SEPTEMBER

  • Stockholm, 3 days, leave 9/3

  • [possibly Copenhagen (doubleback), possibly Trelleborg ferry]]

  • Berlin, 4 days, leave 9/9

  • Warsaw, 4 days, leave 9/13

  • Krakow, 3 days, leave 9/17
    MID-SEPTEMBER

  • Bratislava, 3-4 days, leave 9/21

  • Budapest, 3 days, leave 9/25

  • Vienna, 3 days, leave 9/28
    EARLY OCTOBER

  • Prague, 4 days, leave 10/3

  • Munich, 3 days, leave 10/7

  • [Innsbruck, optional], 1/2-1 day leave 10/9

  • Zurich, 1 day leave 10/10

  • Bern, 1/2 day leave 10/10
    MID-OCTOBER

  • Lausanne [including Geneva?], leave 10/15

  • Milan, 3-4 days, leave 10/18

  • Venice, 3 days, leave 10/21

  • Florence, 2 days, leave 10/23

  • Rome, 3-4 days [maybe my dad will come along for this?] leave 10/27
    overnight through Milan [going through]?

  • Lyon, 2 days, leave 10/29

  • Marseille, 2 days, leave 10/31
    EARLY NOVEMBER

  • Barcelona, 3 days, [1 train to Bar, leaves mid-arvo], leave 11/3

  • [Palma de Mallorca?]

  • Madrid, 3-4 days, leave 11/7

  • Lisbon [overnight, arr. 11/8], 4 days, leave 11/12

  • San Sebastian, 2 days, leave 11/14
    MID-NOVEMBER

  • Bordeaux, 2 days, leave 11/16

  • Paris, 4 days, [or maybe Dad come along for this part?] leave 11/20

  • AT PARIS, CHECK PASS - USE THE HELL OUT OF WHAT'S LEFT!

  • Eurostar

  • London, 2-3 days, Or just head home straightaway.
    Fly home.
    TOTAL CITIES: 40
    TOTAL COUNTRIES: 17
    DATES: Aug 1-Nov 20
    TOTAL TIME: just shy of 4 months
    Now we're getting somewhere.

    Posted 19 April 2003 by Ant in Eurail Planning · updated by Chris