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Old 08-12-2009, 07:43 PM   #1
 
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Hello all,

I will be backpacking through Europe from mid-December to early January. My flight arrives and departs in Amsterdam. I would like to visit Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark and where ever else travel takes me! The eurail offers a 15-day unlimited country or a 10-day 5 country pass, not sure which one I want yet. Hostels are going to be the main accomidation and I would like to try couch surfing (couchsurfing . com )If anyone is going to be in europe around this time let me know
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Old 08-13-2009, 05:10 PM   #2
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So, is your trip about 3 weeks long? Thats about 4 days per country. For the big cities, you'll need at least 2 to 3 days minimum just to get a good feel for them.

How many cities per country do you want to visit?

In any event, I don't think you'll be able to take full advantage of a 15 day unlimited pass, unless you want to go blazing through each city, take a few photos, and moving onto the next in a hurry.


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I got the 10 day, 5 contiguous country pass too. Realize that you will still have booking and reservation fees along with any upgrades like a sleeper car. It took the better part of 5 weeks for us to use our passes, but we took the trip at a medium to slow pace. I only think the pass is good if you focus on certain countries or you are a student. We would have saved time and money had we used other forms of transportation. It does have a few upside, like great flexibility.
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Hello all,

I will be backpacking through Europe from mid-December to early January. My flight arrives and departs in Amsterdam. I would like to visit Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark and where ever else travel takes me! The eurail offers a 15-day unlimited country or a 10-day 5 country pass, not sure which one I want yet. Hostels are going to be the main accomidation and I would like to try couch surfing (couchsurfing . com )If anyone is going to be in europe around this time let me know
Thanks!
Nicole
Hi,

My name is Mehul, age 26/m/India just finished my post -grad a couple of years back & currently working in bombay (India)

I am looking for Travel Buddy for a trip to Eurpoe (Flexible with no. of days, Countries, Places, etc as everything on earth is Game for me)

I am open for travelling anytime between Nov 09 to April 10 for as long as 45 days.

We can talk online if you are in for this.

my gmail id is supersmart9@gmail.com or revert on the same e-mail.

cya
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