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Raffi Novosel's Whrlwind Europe Tour from Europe Through the Back Door

A trip from March 15, 2009 to May 23, 2009, travelling to London, Paris, Amboise, Lisbon, Algarve …

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03/15/2009 to 05/23/2009

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Sun 03/15/09 (day 1) - London

London

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London, United Kingdom

Sun Mar 15 12:00am - Thu Mar 19 12:00am

Notes

London and Side-Trips: Bath, the Cotswolds, York and Cambridge.
-To save money on tickets to Paris order from home at http://www.ricksteves.com/eurostar
-London: Dorms around $20 and Privates around $40.
-Bath: Dorm $18 Private: $30
-Cambridge: Dorm $33 Private: $36
-Cotswalds: Hostel $24
-York: Private $40

Fri 03/20/09 (day 6) - Paris

Paris

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Paris, France

Fri Mar 20 12:00am - Sun Mar 22 12:00am

Notes

Side trips to Versailles and/or Chartres
-Start Eurailpass when leaving Paris
Paris: Dorms $30, Privates $50

Mon 03/23/09 (day 9) - Amboise

Amboise

City

Amboise, France

Mon Mar 23 12:00am - Wed Mar 25 12:00am

Mon Mar 23 12:00am - Tue Mar 24 12:00am

Notes

Really the Loire Valley and its chateaux
-Consider all day bus tours of the chateaux
-Or skip this and go see Vaux-le-Vicomte as side trip from Paris (its simpler chateau sightseeing journey)

Wed 03/25/09 (day 11) - Lisbon

Lisbon

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Lisbon, Portugal

Wed Mar 25 12:00am - Thu Mar 26 12:00am

Notes

Side Trip to Sintra for its Pena Place
-Highlight is the ALfama

Fri 03/27/09 (day 13) - Algarve

Algarve

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Algarve, Portugal

Fri Mar 27 12:00am - Sat Mar 28 12:00am

Notes

A beach town

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Sun 03/29/09 (day 15) - Seville

Seville

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Seville, AN, Spain

Sun Mar 29 12:00am - Tue Mar 31 12:00am

Notes

Really Sevilla and Andalucia.
-Explore Andalucia Route of the White Villages, Arcos de la Fromtera is a good home base.

Wed 04/01/09 (day 18) - Aix-en-Provence

Aix-en-Provence

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Aix-en-Provence, France

Wed Apr 1 12:00am - Thu Apr 2 12:00am

Notes

Really called Provence or French Riviera.
- Nice is considered part of this

Fri 04/03/09 (day 20)

Cinque Terre

City

Fri Apr 3 12:00am - Sat Apr 4 12:00am

Sun 04/05/09 (day 22) - Florence

Florence

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Florence, Italy

Sun Apr 5 12:00am

Mon 04/06/09 (day 23) - Siena

Siena

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Siena, Italy

Mon Apr 6 12:00am - Tue Apr 7 12:00am

Wed 04/08/09 (day 25) - Rome

Rome

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Rome, Italy

Wed Apr 8 12:00am - Fri Apr 10 12:00am

Notes

1st day classical Rome: Colosseum, Forum, Capitol Hill (and its museum) and Pantheon.
2nd day Vatican City: Tour the Vatican Museum and Sistine chapel, take back exit out of the Sistine chapel to get to St. Peter's Basilica
3rd Day Mourning at Ostia Antica (ancient Rome's seaport) in downtown Rome visit Piazza Barberini for it's fountain and Cappuccin crypt, at night go from the Piazza del Popolo to the Spanish Steps.

Sat 04/11/09 (day 28) - Venice

Venice

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Venice, Italy

Sat Apr 11 12:00am - Sun Apr 12 12:00am

Notes

- Grab Boat #82 for introductory tour down the Grand Canal.
- Tour Dodge's Palace and St. Mark's
- Try to get lost outside the crowds
-Grab the night train to Vienna (7.5 hours)
- Side trip to Verona

Mon 04/13/09 (day 30) - Vienna

Vienna

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Vienna, 9, Austria

Mon Apr 13 12:00am - Tue Apr 14 12:00am

Notes

Train to Prague is 5 hours

Wed 04/15/09 (day 32) - Prague

Prague

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Prague, Czech Republic

Wed Apr 15 12:00am - Thu Apr 16 12:00am

Fri 04/17/09 (day 34) - Salzburg

Salzburg

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Salzburg, 5, Austria

Fri Apr 17 12:00am

Sat 04/18/09 (day 35) - Hall In Tirol

Hall in Tirol

City

Hall in Tirol, 7, Austria

Sat Apr 18 12:00am - Sun Apr 19 12:00am

Notes

Really Tirol and Bavaria
- Tour Ludwig's castle at Neuschwanstein and Bavaria's Wieskirche
- Visit Tirolean town of Reutte and its hill crowning ruined castles

Mon 04/20/09 (day 37)

Switzerland

Country

Switzerland

Mon Apr 20 12:00am - Wed Apr 22 12:00am

Notes

- For best of the Alps home base in Berner Oberland south of Interlaken
- Traffic-free and quiet village of Gimmelwald
-Switzerland land's best big city is Bern and best small town is Murten

Thu 04/23/09 (day 40) - Munich

Munich

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Munich, BY, Germany

Thu Apr 23 12:00am - Fri Apr 24 12:00am

Sat 04/25/09 (day 42) - Rothenburg An Der Tauber

Rothenburg an der Tauber

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Rothenburg an der Tauber, BY, Germany

Sat Apr 25 12:00am

Sat Apr 25 12:00am

Notes

Really Called Rothenburg and the Romantic Road

Sun 04/26/09 (day 43)

Rhine/Mosel River Valleys and Koln

City

Sun Apr 26 12:00am - Mon Apr 27 12:00am

Notes

- Take Rhine cruise from Bingen to Koblenz to enjoy a parade of old castles
- In St. Goar hike to the Rheinfels castle
- Stay in Bacharach (Castle Youth Hostel has nice views)
-Cruise along sleepy Mosel Valley and tour Cochem's Castle, Trier's Roman ruins and the midieval casle Burg Eltz
-6 Train ride from Koln to Berlin

Tue 04/28/09 (day 45) - Berlin

Berlin

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Berlin, BE, Germany

Tue Apr 28 12:00am - Wed Apr 29 12:00am

Notes

-6.5 hour train from Berlin to Copenhagen

Thu 04/30/09 (day 47) - Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Thu Apr 30 12:00am - Fri May 1 12:00am

Notes

From Day 47 the trip really goes like this: Copenhagen (1 day), over night train to Stockholm (2 days), Olso (1 day), Scenic Train, Fjord Country and Bergen (2 days), back to Oslo (1 day), back to Copenhagen (1 day) then to Amsterdam (2 days). Basicly at this point only sleeping in trains and ferries.
- Leave bags at Copenhagen Train station while touring the city.
- Tour the city during the day and then spend the evening at Tivoli, just across the street from the train station.
- On the return leg there's a night train from Copenhagen to Amsterdam (16 hours)

Sat 05/02/09 (day 49) - Stockholm

Stockholm

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Stockholm, Sweden

Sat May 2 12:00am - Sun May 3 12:00am

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