Tentative May-August itinerary

[Dex]

Okay, here is my tentative itinerary for Spring and summer next year. I'll be gone for about 4 mos. starting in early May and going to late August.

Not a strict schedule but some places on here that I definitely want to hit, especially after doing some research on this site. Ireland, Interlaken, Italy, and Greece are all must-sees. Spain is creeping up there. Germany and France aren't as big of draws to me for some reason, but with four months I definitely have time to see them.

I'm asking for suggestions, so any place that has a nice atmosphere - relaxed OR partyish, would be great. Love history but I'm not a big art person.

Ok, here we go:


Ireland (6 days)
-Dublin and Galway

UK (4 days)
-London

France (5 days)
-Paris
~thinking about taking a bus to Normandy one day. My great-grandfather was in the first wave that landed at Omaha beach on D-day with the Rangers. I'd love to see it. Anyone know if any busses or anything go to Point du Hoc?~

Belgium (1 day)
-Brugges (heard good things about Brugges)

Netherlands (3 days)
-Amsterdam

Germany (4 days)
-Berlin

Poland (6 days)
-Not sure which cities...I'd like to see Gdansk and Krakow (daytrip to Auschwitz maybe). Beyond that, I have no idea what Poland has to offer.

Czech Rep (5 days)
-Prague
-Cesky Krumlov (ppl seem to be in love with this town, I'd like to find out why)

back to Germany (3 days)
-Munich (daytrip to somewhere)

Switzerlannd (3 days)
-Interlaken

Italy (10 days)
-maybe find a place in Lucca and take daytrips to Pisa, La Spezia, any other suggestions?
-Florence [should I stay here and then do daytrips to the above places?]
~Kind of want this to be a relaxing part of the trip, just a lot of time to sit around and recharge my batteries with some nice scenery to look at.~

Greece (7 days)
-Athens, of course
-still debating on the islands, anyone have any recs? Parties, please.
~Is this enough time?~

Italy again (7 days)
-Rome
-daytrips to Pompei and Naples

France (5 days)
-somewhere on the Riviera, but I haven't made up my mind yet

Spain (14 days)
-Barcelona
-Madrid
-daytrips to Avila, Salamanca, Toledo
-maybe Grenada or Seville

Portugal (5 days)
-no idea where to go here, but a lot of ppl seem to think it is underrated. Suggestions?


That accounts for 88 of my 106 allotted days. I've given myself thirteen days to be used for travel, which brings me to 101 days, leaving five days to play with.

Does this look too rushed?

Anyone have suggestions? Places to go or alt routes to take?

Thanks!