Monday, February 8, 2010

2. revisions.

June 10th: Departing YYT (St. John's Intl.) on connecting flights to LHR (Heathrow); most likely arrive the following day.

June 11th: Take the Eurostar (12:57pm, 2:34pm or 4:04pm) to Brussels (duration: 2h02mins). Check into hostel, eat dinner. Probably chill out first night, adjust to new time zone.

June 12th: Eat a nice breakfast, check out of hostel, afternoon trip to see Mannekin Pis/The Atomium/buy chocolate. After dinner, take train to Amsterdam at 4:50pm (1h50mins). Check into hostel, maybe explore a bit in the evening.

June 13th: Amsterdam

June 14th: Amsterdam

June 15th: Amsterdam

June 16th: Leave on train to Berlin at 6:49am (6h30mins). Sleep the whole way, wake up refreshed in Allemande. See the Reichstag, spend an afternoon exploring Museum Island, go the a beer hall, check out the Wall, whatever.

June 17th: See yesterday.

June 18th: See yesterday.

June 19th: Take the train to Prague at 6:36am (4hr40mins), check into hostel, get lunch, explore, etc.

June 20th: Prague

June 21st: Prague

June 22nd: Take 7:30am train to Munich thru Nuremberg (arrive 1:05pm).

June 23rd: Munich

June 24th: Munich

June 25th: Take 7:13am train direct to Zurich (4h30mins), enjoy.

June 26th: Train to Interlaken (2h00mins). Explore, do some sort of extreme sport.

June 27th: Continue the quest of Interlaken.

June 28th: Take 8:01am train to Venice (arrive 2:04pm). Spend day exploring, enjoying St. Mark's Square, perhaps a canal ride or a nice Italian eatery.

June 29th: Venice.

June 30th: Take the 6:27am train to Rome (3h30mins).

July 1st: Rome

July 2nd: Rome, take an evening train to Florence (1h30mins).

July 3rd: Early rise and explore Florence, Uffizi Gallery, enjoy 'David' at Galleria dell'Accademia, etc.

July 4th: Take the 6:37am train to Pisa (1h30mins), enjoy the tower, have lunch and then take the 1:00pm/1:44pm train to La Spezia. Enjoy Cinque Terre!

July 5th: Cinque Terre.

July 6th: Early train to Milan.

July 7th: Milan, evening easyjet flight to Barcelona. Check into hostel, get shut-eye.

July 8th: Barcelona.

July 9th: Barcelona.

July 10th: Take 8:00am train to Pamplona, see San Fermin Festival/Running of the Bulls and enjoy Spain countryside.

July 11th: Make way early that day across the French border into Toulouse. From there, take a train that puts us in Lyon around dinner time. Check into hostel, eat and explore the city, check out nightlife.

July 12th: Lyon.

July 13th: Early morning train to Paris. Enjoy whole day at Louvre, drinking in public, delicious baguettes, etc.

July 14th: Bastille Day! Celebrate, and catch a Eurostar from Paris to London before dinner time. Get hostel for the evening, and prepare things for flight the following day.

July 15th: Fly home.


More elaboration to come.

Friday, February 5, 2010

1. the dream itinerary

In the six months I've spent planning this trip, I have attempted over and over again to include destinations that will have to wait just a bit longer before I'm able to truly experience them with the time they require.
But for now...

June 7th: Departing YYT (St. John's Intl.) on connecting flights to LHR (Heathrow); most likely arrive the following day.

June 8th: Take the Eurostar (12:29pm or 2:04pm) to Paris (duration: 2h20mins). Check into hostel, eat dinner. Explore for the evening (Arc, Eiffel Tower, etc.?)

June 9th: Take a whole day to explore. Louvre, coffee shops, delicious baguettes, drinking in public(?), whatever we feel like. Open to ideas.

June 10th: See yesterday.

June 11th: Eat a nice breakfast, check out of hostel, train to Brussels early morning (1h15mins), afternoon trip to see Mannekin Pis/The Atomium/buy chocolate. After dinner, take train to Amsterdam at 4:50pm (1h50mins). Check into hostel, maybe explore a bit in the evening.

June 12th: Amsterdam.

June 13th: Amsterdam.

June 14th: Amsterdam.

June 15th: Leave on train to Berlin at 6:49am (6h30mins). Sleep the whole way, wake up refreshed in Allemande. See the Reichstag, spend an afternoon exploring Museum Island, go the a beer hall, check out the Wall, whatever.

June 16th: See yesterday.

June 17th: See yesterday.

June 18th: Take the train to Prague at 6:36am (4hr40mins), check into hostel, get lunch, explore, etc.

Elaborations later.