Europe summer '09
Alrighty, so I'm planning on going to Europe with 4 friends after we finish high school this June... the planning has basically fallen to me and I've been working through this idea trying to find a time frame and countries that work for everyone given financial/family/etc concerns. This seems to be the most agreeable proposal so far -- all of it is still relatively rough (train times are all according to Rick Steves map, dates are flexible), so I'd appreciate everyones input on whether this seems feasible, and any recommendations, suggestions, etc.
We'll be staying in hostels and probably getting some type of rail pass...
Depart Sun 6/14 --> Fly into Paris (from the bay area, either SFO or San Jose). We're looking into a charter-type flight through STA to save money, is that the best way to keep flight costs down?
Mon - Thursday day --> Paris (train to Nice (?) ~6 hrs Thursday afternoon)
Thursday night - Saturday day --> French Riviera. I'm thinking Nice at the moment, but could use suggestions for this leg of the trip... (train to Venice ~8 hrs Sat afternoon)
Saturday night - Tuesday day --> Venice (train to Florence ~3 hrs Tuesday afternoon)
Tuesday night - Saturday morning --> Florence (train to Rome ~2 hrs Friday morning). This is our longest stay in any city, so we'll likely do some day trips, maybe check out Siena...
Saturday day - Monday night --> Rome. At the end of this leg, half the group will probably head home, while the rest of us will take an overnight train (~9 hrs) to Switzerland
Tuesday day - Thursday night --> Swiss alps hiking - not exactly sure what we'd do here, but I saw another thread that recommended staying at "The Mountain Hostel" and hiking the Schilthorn, which sounded like what we're looking for...
Thursday night overnight train to Amsterdam (~10 hrs)
Friday day - Monday morning --> Amsterdam
Monday morning --> fly home
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