Europe Trip 2007 - Bon Voyage !

Hey Everyone,

I will be backpacking through Europe between May 7th and July 1st 2007. We will be going to many different places and you can find a detailed description of our Itinerary here.

Also, we are going to keep a detailed travel blog of everything we are upto for the next 6 weeks.
The link is: http://eurotrip.g-off.net/


Stay tuned to these websites to see what we are upto!
See yah,
Bryan

WIKI - Europe

Geoff setup a WIKI on his website to track our trip planning.
Here you will find a detailed description of our Itinerary and the Sites we will be seeing. Also, there is a detailed description of the hostels we will be staying at.

Here is the link: Europe - G - Off.net

Please go here to get all up to date information.

BOOKED

Good news everyone! The trip departure and return are booked:

Depart:
Monday May 7, 2007 6:15 PM from Toronto
Flight number 866Y
Arrive in London/Gatwick 7:20 AM

Return:
Sunday July 1, 2007 9:15 AM from Gatwick
Flight number 623Y
Arrive in Toronto 12:25 PM

Awsome!!!!

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.

Contiki and Florence

Hey Guys,

You should check out these Contiki videos on You Tube - gives you a good idea of what a tour with us is like and you can see some of the sights.

http://www.youtube.com/group/contiki

Hey Guys,
Here's the hostel in Florence I was telling you about. It's nice, clean, and our experience there was very pleasant. The woman that runs the place makes breakfast for you and brings it to your room. And she's a resident of florence so she knows of all the places to see and all the good places to eat. Florence has the David which is miraculous to see up close. It also has
a church where all the famous dead italians are burried - like Michaelangelo, Verdi, Galilieo, etc. Florence has a market much like the St. Lawrence market where you can buy food, leather goods, and other neat things. If you're going to buy gifts for people you whould buy them here.

If you're thinking about travelling within Europe one of the easiest and cheapest ways is to fly. My travel buddy and I took a chartered flight from Paris to Milan for under 130 Euro and a flight from Rome to Paris for about 100 Euro. Check the websites for Ryanair and easyjet...you'll find flights for dirt cheap...you might even find something for 0 Euro.

http://www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/italy/florence/4866/

Ready, Set, Start Planning !

Hey,
We are planning a Europe Trip for May-June 2006.
I recently saw this video on YouTube and it got me in the mood to start planning the trip.
Check it out:



I hope you all find this as inspiring as I do. Let's make this an amazing adventure of discovery, and good rememberable times !!! Let's goo itt.

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." ~Daniel J. Boorstin

I want to travel and be a traveler. Who wants to join me?