Need some advice on Europe Travel next summer
Posted by Virtual_Fix7054@reddit | Shoestring | View on Reddit | 3 comments
My mom and I are looking at going to Europe in the beginning of September next year. Neither one of us have been out of the US and my mom is more or less putting me in charge of the itinerary. My dream has always been to travel the world and now that I finally have a real chance to do it I’m feeling a little overwhelmed. We are looking to be there 10-14 days and it’s looking like Paris will be the city we fly in and out of. As someone who is from a land locked state in the US and has only been to the ocean once I really want to hit the Mediterranean. My mom would like to go to Switzerland, and I threw out the idea of going from Paris to the the south of France, exploring that for a few days and then working our way to Switzerland through Milan/ northern Italy. I have also heard that traveling to cities and countries just to say you’ve been to them is a bad way to travel; which makes sense to me, but on the other hand not knowing when I’ll get the chance to go back to Europe I want to go too as many countries as I can. I guess I’m just asking for advice about feeling overwhelmed and what people did to combat the feeling of potentially missing out on countries or cities. Also anyone that has experience with the train somewhere along that possible itinerary I mentioned I would love to hear and advise or recommend people have.
THANKS!!
auntwewe@reddit
Last year did three weeks in Germany and Switzerland, and just got back from two weeks in England and northern France.
The best thing I can tell you is the travel days can be very painful. It may only be a two hour train ride from major city to major city, but it’s the packing , getting transportation to the main train station whether it be by the local subway or taxi, etc. A two hour train ride can easily be 6 to 7 hours door-to-door
Additionally, 2 nights somewhere actually only equals one full day in the remnants of the arrival day. So basically 1.25 days.
Don’t pack it. Not sure how old your mom is, but I’m in my early 60s and changing every couple days can be an ass kicker.
Feel free to direct message me with any questions.
Ps flying into the Paris airport is one thing (bad enough) , but it is an absolute shit show to leave. I would avoid it like the plague if this is your first time there.
ViolettaHunter@reddit
10 to 14 days is not along time and if you try to cram in too much you will end up spending more time in transit than actually being somewhere.
My advice is to make sure you spend 3 to 4 full days in each place you visit. That means no travel on those days.
newmvbergen@reddit
If you want to visit different countries, better to have an open-jaw ticket.