2 non-stop weeks

[mbo108]

Okay, I dont have the vacation time to go over to Europe for more than 2 weeks, so my trip is pretty compact and it will definitely be a whirlwind and i'm sure i'll be completely exhausted by the time i get home, but i'm still really psyched for it. especially because I leave this friday night...

June 7th - Attend sister's high school graduation
June 8th - Depart Philly on a direct flight to London
June 9th - London
June 10th - Eurostar over to Brussels and onward to Bruges
June 11th - Bruges
June 12th - Down to Paris, then night train outta there...
June 13th - Cinque Terre
June 14th - Cinque Terre
June 15th - Rome
June 16th - Rome
June 17th - Rome/Bari, then night ferry over to...
June 18th - Dubrovnik, Croatia
June 19th - Dubrovnik, Croatia
June 20th - Fly to Prague
June 21st - Prague
June 22nd - Prague
June 23 - Return home to Philadelphia

whew...i'm tired just from writing all that out.

[louse]

Oh wow... that will be fantastic... but geez... I'm a bit stressed about having to get through 3 countries in the next two weeks.

[hurr111]

Wow Enjoy your trip man...That is a crazy 2 weeks but I bet you have a blast...Let me know what you think of Dubrovnik

[mbo108]

yeah, its going to be a bitch at some points, but i'm thinking of this as the buffet trip. Take a little of each so you know what to get seconds of at a later date.

[mbo108]

Okay, so just got back the other day, no time to post yet, still trying to catch up on all the responsibilies I let slide while i was travelling (bills, work, house, etc). I'm definitely going to do a few hostel reviews as well.

As far as Riomaggiore (part of the Cinque Terre) and Dubrovnik, Croatia, we just showed up with no accomodations and general budget and guidelines in mind. In Riomaggiore the third place we looked at met our criteria and we booked it. It was through an agency called "La Dolce Vita" and had an office on the main drag in town just up past the Bar Centrale. By the way, the two places we rejected, we didn't feel any pressure or anything. Just told the brokers/renters that it wasn't what we were interested in and said thanks and ciao.

[hurr111]

Welcome back! Sounds like you had a blast.