Barcelona is really cool. Been there 2x.I stayed in SE Ireland for a week. Very underrated. Nice villages and people. Glendalough, Wexford, Kilkenny, Inistioge.
Bucket list: West Coast, Barcelona, Florence, Brugges,
Barcelona is really cool. Been there 2x.I stayed in SE Ireland for a week. Very underrated. Nice villages and people. Glendalough, Wexford, Kilkenny, Inistioge.
Bucket list: West Coast, Barcelona, Florence, Brugges,
It starts with a G. My wife is handling everythingWhere in Norway?
Tell me all of them! HahahaIceland is my favorite country by far, I’ve been four times. If you need some bar recommendations, let me know. Same with Amsterdam.
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Looking at some pictures from my parents trip and we found this building from London. Anyone know what it is?
Do a few days layover in Iceland.
Depends what you're in to. But if you like a mixture of old town square and college town, I found Freiberg Germany to be a hidden gem in the Black Forest. 3 to 4 hour train ride from Paris. Also agree that Brussels is a great city.
Why only Western Europe? The Adriatic is amazing. Slovenia to Croatia to North Macedonia to Albania to Greece is fire
I would strongly recommend to any American to visit France, specifically Caen (le Musée d'Embarquement), the museum made out of a German bunker in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Omaha Beach, and the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. It is only in these places can one come to a full realization of how the world teetered on the brink in the 30's and 40's and how many people were slaughtered in the process.
I'm not at all crazy about London, but Westminster Abbey and the Tower Bridge are okay. Go to the top of St Paul's to the whispering gallery in the dome. The rest, meh. (and the food, my god, the food, horrific). If you want to say you've been to England, go somewhere more interesting like Bath, Oxford, Salisbury (near Stonehenge), and/or Penzance.
A day trip to Paris would be worth it just to experience the Chunnel (never have). Once there, one of those bus tours that take you around the city would be your best bet, because seeing the monuments themselves is the thrill. Standing in line to tour them is less so. To be truthful, Paris does not feature any great food to speak of, so go to a French fast-food like Pomme de Pain (sort of like Subway, but with REALLY cold beer).
Brussels is an okay city, very livable, and definitely where to go if you want great food, anywhere you want. It doesn't have to be the high-end frou-frou joints. Order moules-frites (mussels and French fries). Anywhere. If you go to the Grand Place, go into the Roy d'Espagne for a beer and to pet the taxidermied horse.
As for Spain, I really hate Madrid (but you will probably have to change planes there if you decide to go a different Spanish city). You will also have to go through European customs if flying from London because of Brexit. (yeah, a real pain in the culo). Barcelona is a great city, but it deserves several days, as does Seville, my absolute favorite. I LOVED that city, and I've been to a ton of them around the world.
I do not recommend Amsterdam. It is the smelly, hairy armpit of Europe.
I guess if I were you, I would just try to enjoy Dublin and some day trips to other parts of Ireland (European trains are great) to explore the area, rather than try to cram in other countries in a short space of time.
Went to Oslo last spring solo. Really cool city, chain hotel was affordable, but everything else was ungodly expensive. $20 train ride from the airport, dinner with one beer cost me the equivalent of $50 each night for just me. If that doesn't bother you, I definitely recommend!Wife and I are headed to Norway in a couple months for our anniversary. Anyone been there?
What did you like most about Iceland? Did you take Iceland Air? A relative was telling me about how you can just stay there for a few days on a layover or something and I didn't quite follow what that meant. Could you just delay your connection?
No I drove through most of them. The train systems in those countries are pretty sparse after Croatia.Did you take trains from one country to the next? If so, which ones?
IF you're gonna travel around a bunch by train I would just get the Eurail Pass - https://www.eurail.com/en/eurail-passesFavorite train company?
Is there a main train line in Europe or does it depend by country? Seems like it might make sense to pick a few spots and take trains from one spot to the next.
Barcelona is really cool. Been there 2x.
That’s what I thought but it’s slightly different. That was from 1992 so maybe that is what it was and they just remodeled.Isn't that the government building that blew up in a James Bond movie? Maybe an MI6 building?
What did you like most about Iceland? Did you take Iceland Air? A relative was telling me about how you can just stay there for a few days on a layover or something and I didn't quite follow what that meant. Could you just delay your connection?
Favorite train company?
Did you go to other places than Oslo? Heading there soon for a week. We’re going to Bergen and Lofoten IslandsWent to Oslo last spring solo. Really cool city, chain hotel was affordable, but everything else was ungodly expensive. $20 train ride from the airport, dinner with one beer cost me the equivalent of $50 each night for just me. If that doesn't bother you, I definitely recommend!