travlvirgin

Thought i might post my itinerary and see if anyone has any ideas or if anyone will be in the same place at the same time so we can catch up. ill be in europe for a yr so im hoping i can catch up with lots of tpunkers. oh and before i start i think it might make more sense if i let you know i will have a one yr working holiday visa in italy - my base country

18th March 2008
Leave Brisbane and fly to dubai were i stay with the parents for 3 - 4 weeks

20th april 2008
leave dubai fly into rome and then catch a quick flight to sicily. i will stay there for another 3 - 4 weeks with family. as i am a first time international traveler i thoguht it would be best to fly into somewhere that had family first, plus i will get to travel around sicily with them and get free accomodation and stuff so that a pluss. after seeing sicily an getting familiar with the idea of going solo and the lingoo etc. im off on my own

20th May 2008
I leave my families place in sicily and head off by myself naaaa :D. so the plan is... i go from the south of italy all the way up to milan being my last stop. and when i say go south to north i mean really really really thoughrouly. i have a list of 87 places in italy alone i want to see (i know i have looked into it way to much) lol.... so i will be there for 3 months (in italy). then.....

22nd August 2008
i leave milan and fly into barcelona. strategically timed so i can be down in bunol by the time the La tomatina festival is on. after the festival im off around spain and portugal for a month (going clockwise from valencia)

22nd September 2008
by this time i want to be in either San sebastian (my final destination in the portugal - spain leg of the trip) or in Paris. once in either of these two places i begin the next leg which includes 1 months of travel shared between, belgium, netherlands, germany, switzerland, denmark, london (not uk just london) and where ever else i have the erge to visit.

22nd October 2008
I will be broke ahaha. na. i would have finished the main part of my trip and will be safe in Sweeden with my other Aunty. i will stay with her for 3-4 weeks until my shengen time runs out (i hate that silly 90 day within 6 month rule) and then im back to italy (i have the one yr working holiday cisa there so i can go back there)

22nd November 2008
Be back at my first Aunties house in sicily and begin to work or revisit all the amazing places i have seen in italy. i have family scattered throughout all of italy so the aim for this part of the trip is to move around italy staying with them and work in the surrounding areas for 3 months or so. (the aim for this is to experience the average day in the life of a working italian and discover with more depth the places in italy i really enjoyed the first time round and most importantly SAVE so i can fund the last part of my trip). i willl spend christmas in italy with some family and then im off agian...

22nd febuary 2009
by this time i will either be home sick or falling in love with europe so i have 3 options. leave italy for the second time and venture out to eastern europe this time or go back home to australia and start uni or do i stay in italy and continue to work and travel until my 1 yr working holiday visa is up. (that would be by the 22nd of April or there abouts.) obviously being such a long time away i am not going to make plans as such just see how i feel at the time.

so yer thats my story lol... so the basics are...
brisbane to Dubai
Dubai to Italy
Italy for 3 months
then off to spain and portugal for a month
then off to france,belgium,netherlands,denmark,germany,switzer land for a month
then to Sweeden for a month
then back to italy to work
then i have no idea.....
lol

saving is freaking me out - im planning on about 18,000 - 19,000 AUD but that is everything - tickets,eurail,accomodation,liesure,food,etc
and remembering i travel for 6 months and the rest i am working or with family.

So if anyone is in the areas that i am give me a shout or an email and we wil catch up.

and also if anyone has advice or there 2c id appreciate it. its my first time, but i have been planing for a while lol. so be gentle. jokes. ciao for now