skotlar

hey all.

my girlfriend and i are looking at travelling to europe from australia in june-july next year.

we are wanting to fly to turkey, then fly into italy and start from rome, onto florence, venice, prague, berlin, amsterdam, paris, madrid, ibiza and barcelona.

we have about 6-8 weeks to play with, so any tips would be appreciated.

not sure exactly how to go about eurail passes etc, as i'd prefer to have a flexible itinerary so if we don't like somewhere we can move on, but i like to be planned so i don't have to rush to book the eurail or not have accomodation worked out.

we want to stay in hostels, but a private room with or without ensuite.

what's everyones thoughts on this, any great things to see, safety concerns, etc would be appreciated as we've never done such a travel before.

thanks scott