First Draft of my Itinerary (6 months of traveling)

[trevor_schofield]

Finding out that my next work contract is only going to last 8 weeks, and that this lines up perfectly with the end of the San Fermin Festival, I started to make a few travel plans. Since I started working things out my itinerary has expanded slightly . . . I have only got a few places I have to be and was hoping for comments/recommendations regarding what I have worked out so far.

I've got InterRail passes (for the start of the trip) for Spain (8 days in a month) and Portugal (6 days in a month), as well as a Eurail Select Pass for the second portion (15 days in 2 months) for Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Flights from Dublin-Madrid, Friedrichstafen-Glasgow and Gasgow-Vancouver(return) are booked. Aside from that my plans are fairly open. I'd love to check out local festivals in any of the near-by areas that I am in and am just starting to work those dates out.

- The number of days stopped at each palce don't add up to a full months so I can use the extra time that is unaccounted for to make up my travel time (hopefully I'm not underestimating this).

July
12 - Fly Dublin to Madrid; Trian to Pamplona (2)
- San Sebastian (2)
- Bilbao (day trip)
- Madrid (4)
- Toledo (day trip)
- Segovia (day trip)
- Salamanca (via Aliva) (2)
- Porto (2)
- Lisbon (3)
- ?Evora/Lagos? (?)

Aug
- Sevilla (3)
- Cordobra (1)
- Marrakesh (by night train via Algeciras) (2)
- Casablanca (day stop)
- Rabat (1)
- Fes (3)
- Malaga (1)
- Granada (1)
- Barcelona (4)
- Paris (5)
- Caen/D-day Beaches (2)
Are there any other places in France that would be really worth checking out? (anything really unique that I wouldn't see/experience anywhere else?)
28 - Valencia (La Tomatina) - is it worth the travel or should I just check out Valencia on my way to Barcelona and leave it at that?

Sept
- Bern (2)
- Strasbourg or Stuttgart (1)
- Bonn (1)
- Koln (1)
- Aachen (a few nights staying with friends)
- Hamburg (2)
- Berlin (5)
- Dresden (a few nights staying with friends)
- Nurnburg (1)
18-23 - Munich (Oktoberfest)(5)
- Salzburg (1)
- Innsbruck (1)
- Zurich (1)
27 - Fly Friedrichshafen to Dublin
28 - Bus from Dublin to Belfast, Ferry/Train to Glasgow

Oct
1 - Fly Glasgow to Vancouver (home)
8-18 - Road trip down the Oregon Coast to California and back
19-27 - Visit with family/friends and rest
28 - Fly Vancouver to Glasgow (look for a job and work for a few months to mend a broken bank account)