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Illuziun

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We spend three months in Europe every summer for the last five years and I can tell you right now driving around and and spending a single day per city is a total waste. We usually do four days in a relaxed city, say Nice (France), then do the weekend in Paris, or four days in Prague and then the weekend in Berlin.

Once you're in Europe flights are dirt cheap, I'm talking $16-$60 for a one way flight that would equal an 8 hour drive or train. The airports are all fast and security is a joke, so going in and out of the airport is as easy as walking into a train station to sit on a boring ass train for six hours, when you can be at your destination in 45 minutes by plane and be doing awesome shit in the city.

I'll never understand peoples infatuation with Europe's country side and taking long ass trains to nowhere. Other than the Alps and a handful of cute towns along the way, it's mostly boring grass, run down train stations for little shitty towns, and rolling hills. Then on top of all that, the train can even be more expensive in many cases. The fact you can miss a transfer or stop, and a handful of other things that just make trains suck. If you want to rent a car, find main city to use as a home base and then spread out from there. Then when you're ready to hit the next major city, fly there and rent a new car and use that city as a home base. It is a much better method than just dashing around Europe like some college backpacking expedition and spending the majority of your time traveling.
 

Korrupt

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Barcelona isn't bad if its your first time going. One of my favorite places to eat is Martinez Home - Martínez Its a really good seafood restaurant with views of the ocean and the entire city. If you have time you can walk outside of the restaurant around the hotel grounds which are really nice and take in the views.

I would take time to goto Gaudi's Cathedral and walk in the vicinity behind it and all around it. There is a market on the weekends which sells antiques which is also really cool. If you're facing the cathedral to your right is also some really good restaurant / bars for tapas.

Mykonos I would rent a motorcycle and take it around the entire island. There is a ton of bakery's if youre a whore for baked goods like me to stop at and enjoy the island. On the far end of the islands is some famous beach bars which are pretty fun to just relax and take the beach in. On the back side of the island are cliffs you can jump from that aren't too high and maybe see some locals doing the same. The water here is crystal clear and amazing.
 

Utnayan

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We spend three months in Europe every summer for the last five years and I can tell you right now driving around and and spending a single day per city is a total waste. We usually do four days in a relaxed city, say Nice (France), then do the weekend in Paris, or four days in Prague and then the weekend in Berlin.

Once you're in Europe flights are dirt cheap, I'm talking $16-$60 for a one way flight that would equal an 8 hour drive or train. The airports are all fast and security is a joke, so going in and out of the airport is as easy as walking into a train station to sit on a boring ass train for six hours, when you can be at your destination in 45 minutes by plane and be doing awesome shit in the city.

I'll never understand peoples infatuation with Europe's country side and taking long ass trains to nowhere. Other than the Alps and a handful of cute towns along the way, it's mostly boring grass, run down train stations for little shitty towns, and rolling hills. Then on top of all that, the train can even be more expensive in many cases. The fact you can miss a transfer or stop, and a handful of other things that just make trains suck. If you want to rent a car, find main city to use as a home base and then spread out from there. Then when you're ready to hit the next major city, fly there and rent a new car and use that city as a home base. It is a much better method than just dashing around Europe like some college backpacking expedition and spending the majority of your time traveling.

False. We had a great time in our 3 week vacation here. Landed in Paris, rented a car, and went from Paris to Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Bertchesgadan, Switzerland, Monaco, and Barcelona. Travel times weren't bad in the car. And we spent 2-3 days in each location. We saw a LOT. Omaha Beach and the National Cemetary, Eifel Tower, Dinner Cruise, Catacombs, Red Light District, Anne Frank house, hooker museum (lol) hop on hop off bus tour in Berlin and saw quite a bit just on that, great food and beer. Munich the Hofbrau house (We didn't care for Munich that much) Eagles nest, hiking in the alps in both Bertchesgadan and Switzerland, went to the top of the alps in Switzerland, Walked through a glacier cave, saw flowers from 60 million years ago frozen in time (Still in bloom), great food, and even found some Vat 69 at the hotel to try. Had dinner in Lucern, did some laundry in Zurich, a little gambling in Monaco, saw the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and drank on the beach, casino, and winded down with that.

Our vacation was wonderful - and we drove a lot and also experienced the Autobahn, saw thew country side, didn't have to make train dates, didn't have to worry about carrying luggage everywhere, and didn't have any problems with a driver/navigator. Met a lot of people within each country and others and had a blast talking to them. We also learned where we will want to stay when we go again and now have the lay of the land on our own. Bertchesgadan and Switzerland were our favorite with Berlin a close runner up. Barcelona to us was "Meh" I didn't care for Amsterdam. I thought it was overrated. We are going to go back to Bertchesgadan and Salzburg as those were our favorites and stay for a week and a half there next year. It was absolutely beautiful there.

It was a great experience for the family, and at the same time we experienced and saw a TON. And really, I looked at it more as a scouting vacation and it turned out to be so much more.