Planning

Hey Geoff and Chris,

Jonathan Wolfmann, Marcus Yip and Myself got together to discuss what kind of trip we would like to do. Unfortunately for Geoff, we couldn't get you in on the discussion so we are hoping you can give us some feedback on what we came up with.

Tentative Date of Departure – Saturday May 5 (or around then)

Geoff - Done on April 28th latest
Jonathan, Bryan, Marcus - Done on May 1st latest
Chris - Anytime

When does everyone want to come back?
Jonathan, are you going to Vancouver?
I wanna be there until July 1st to july 3rd. Marcus and Chris are cool with anytime early July I think.

Rough Itinerary:
Basically going from england to paris, belgium amsterdam, germany, poland, and then down through hungary, czeck repulic, austria, bosnia, yogoslavia and then to greece. From greece take a ferry over to rome (or plane) and go up italy until we get to france and go over to monaco and some of the french revierra and then back to paris for the flight home..

To Do:
• Find out about VISA requirements
• Rail passes/Trains
• How to get to/from Greece (ie. flight from Athens to Rome is $155 USD)
• Flight
• Special currencies
Geoff, do any Contiki trips co-inside this plan?

Suggested Itinerary: 6 to 8 weeks
• Arrive Paris
• Belgium: Brugge, Brussels
• Netherlands: Amsterdam
• Germany: Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich
• Poland: Warsaw, Auschwitz
• Czech Republic: Prague
• Slovakia: Bratislava
• Hungary: Budapest
• Serbia: Belgrade
• Bosnia: Sarajevo
• Greece: Athens, other Greek islands
• Italy: Rome, Florence, Venice
• Monaco/Monte-Carlo
• French Riviera
• Spain: Barcelona
• Portugal? (may be too far)
• Depart Paris

Rail Pass Country Coverage
• Austria
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Republic of Ireland
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Portugal
• Romania
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland

Sample Flight Prices from Toronto in May:
• Paris - $631 (May 3 – June 21)
• London - $605 CAD (May 6 – June 25-26)
• Frankfurt - $702
• Athens - $960
• Rome - $986

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_MAP/1_map_europe_2001_enlarged.htm

This is the down season. Parties won't be as big. But booking hostels on the way will be easier.