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Anonymous Mon 06 Oct 2008 00:48:00 No.67996 View View Reply Original Report

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hey /trv/,

amerifag here, and a friend and I have decided to take a month or so next summer to travel. I was thinking to europe, starting with england, so that we could check out a bunch of different countries on our trip, he was thinking australia, because he heard they love americans there...?

where do you think we should go? and if so, what do we definitely need to experience while we're there.

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Anonymous Mon 06 Oct 2008 01:04:00 No.68000 Report

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shameless self-bump

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Anonymous Mon 06 Oct 2008 03:03:00 No.68029 Report

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Europe ftw! You'll see extremely different cultures in a relatively small geographical area.. And tbh, you shouldn't worry one bit about America bashing. It's generally because people here hate Bush and his foreign policy, not because of Americans.. Unless you happen to act like dicks but that applies to everyone.

England might be a good place to start if you don't want to go into completely foreign territory, as it is pretty much the America of Europe, and people obviously speak your language.

You'll find people speaking English everywhere, though, so it shouldn't be an issue, especially in Northern Europe.

I can't really list stuff you simply have to see because such a list would stretch the entire continent (for instance, Peter's Church in Rome, Colliseum, cathedral in Barcelona, Notre Dame cathedral in France, Eiffel tower, Tower of London, Kreml, and the Reichstag (sp?) in Berlin, just to name a few off the top of my head).

Figure out what regions in Europe you'd like to visit, or if you want to visit all of the general ones, say how many countries you wish to visit in each region.

It will be much easier to make a list then and I can advise checking the wiki for each country you're interested in to check for monuments, culture etc.

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Anonymous Mon 06 Oct 2008 06:34:00 No.68061 Report

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OP here, been looking at a map and i'm thinking along the lines of starting in barcelona, heading through france to italy making sure to see milan and venice, maybe even going as far south as florence, then cutting north through switzerland... maybe austria? wondering if it would be worth it to check it out... then farther north through germany, and finally ending up west in paris.

we're planning on backpacking it, and living in hostels and using couchsurfing.com to keep costs to a minimum, so i'm not sure how realistic it is to cover this much distance.

if it worked out, we'd probably try to spend a little bit of time in amsterdam and belgium too.

what do you think?

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Anonymous Mon 06 Oct 2008 07:54:00 No.68075 Report

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Aussiefag here.

Australia is pretty well the place int the world you could go that is most similar to the US.

Go to Europe.

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Anonymous Mon 06 Oct 2008 15:04:00 No.68128 Report

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Try checking InterRail for transportation. It's great for backpacking/generally bumming around if you're not going by car. It also has some downloadable guides and such.

http://www.interrailnet.com/

My cousin did a trip like this through France, Spain and Italy with a couple of friends, bringing tents etc for basic camping needs and he says it was a great trip.

I'd definately prepare a few days at a hostel or something as a start, until you have had a chance to look around and making sure the couch surfing thing is possible. It would fucking suck being essentially stranded on a foreign continent in a country speaking a different language and only knows yours as a secondary at best.

And for the love of god, do remember that Europe doesn't mean EU. Switzerland is not a part of the EU, so they might drag your ass through customs and such, which EU countries don't do as much, due to the Schengen agreement.

Check this for extra info, although bumming around for a few days shouldn't violate any laws http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

Covering all that stuff is perfectly reasonable if you have a month or so to goof around in Europe and depending on how much you want to see and do.

Finally, I'll advise hitting up a few small dictionaries or phrase books for German and French. It's nice to have if you aren't sure what a sign says, just as a precaution.

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