AP03

Hi everyone, I am new to this site and have been doing a lot of reading about your opinions and experiences and thought I would share my own plan of action. I am finishing up my Master's degree this May and will begin full-time employment at the beginning of July. I anticipate this is the only extended period of travel I will have from now until I earn a substantial amount of vacation at my next employer.

My goal of the trip is to get a taste of Europe; I was born and raised in London, and lived out in the countryside of England as a child and have been to parts of France, so the majority is to see the things I haven't before. I do not anticpate this being my last voyage, I plan to visit countries in detail later. I am a bit of a city boy, thus wouldn't mind my experiences being limited to the metropolitan areas of Europe.

I have approximately 5 weeks, below is my proposed route:



I would like to spend the number of nights in the following cities:

1 - Edinburgh
1 - Glasgow
FLY TO PARIS
2 - Paris
1 - Brussels
2 - Amsterdam
1 - Hamburg
2 - Berlin
1 - Frankfurt
2 - Munich
2 - Prague
1 - Venice
2 - Rome
1 - Florence
2 - Monaco & Nice
2 - Barcelona
2 - Seville
2 - Madrid
FLY TO LONDON
3 - England (London & Hampshire)

Total = 30 days which leaves about 5 days for time in transit and perhaps to stay longer somewhere.

I plan to rail along the route; it seems that the longest rail paths will be from Prague to Venice, and from Barcelona to Seville (do you think I should omit Seville and go straight to Madrid?).

I definitely realize that this is ambitious, and I by no stretch of my imagination intend to see everything there is in each city, although I will try my best. I would like a nice sampler of what Europe has to offer.

Are there any other glaring mistakes I am making? Should I omit 1/more of any of the cities above? Should I add any?