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Marmik said:
Hi guys, I have a few questions for my upcoming trip

- Has anyone flown with wizzair or ryanair within Europe? There are some cheap flights available from London to Budapest but i'm bit hesitant on buying them after reading some horror stories about them on Tripadvisor
- Regarding London, I know Heathrow is the major airport, but is it alright if I fly out from Gatwick and Stansted for Budapest (looks like they are pretty far)
- Any hostel recommendations for Prague and Berlin?
- I have roughly 2 weeks in Spain. I wanted to visit Madrid and Barcelona and i'm thinking a third city, either Valencia or Seville or maybe another city.. which city do you guys recommend?

Cheers! :)
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Flew Ryan Air and Wizz Air dozens of times, they're both good until something goes wrong which is pretty rare these days. You'll survive.
As others have mentioned catch the National Express bus out to the airport. You'll survive.
Prague 'Praha Ladvi' is pretty basic but it's 10 minutes by metro to the city centre and there's a place over the road which offers dirt cheap beer and enormous meals
Berlin 'Generator Hostel Berlin Mitte' is an upmarket hostel which has plenty of activities running to meet people and make friends.
Seville was unexpectedly cool and had a lot to offer, definitely recommended!

A couple of other points.
Book trains/busses in advance where possible as the sooner to departure the more expensive it is.
The further east you go in Europe the cheaper it gets. If you find you've blown your budget and need to reign it in a bit jump on a cheap flight east and save cash while enjoying a different side of Europe.
Check in advance to see what's on in your destinations, otherwise you may find yourself missing events by a day or two simply because you planned poorly.
 
ohhhBigMalcho said:
added 4 days onto Munich to finish my trip for Octoberfest, anyone have any experiences here or have the do's and Dont's?
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Munich is an awesome place.
Try to stay near Alstadt. From memory I stayed in Au-Haidhausen which was just a short walk across the river.

I did spend a day out at the zoo and at Flaucher Park along the river with sand banks which is great fro swimming. Although October may not be the greatest time for that
 

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ash_1050 said:
Flew Ryan Air and Wizz Air dozens of times, they're both good until something goes wrong which is pretty rare these days. You'll survive.
As others have mentioned catch the National Express bus out to the airport. You'll survive.
Prague 'Praha Ladvi' is pretty basic but it's 10 minutes by metro to the city centre and there's a place over the road which offers dirt cheap beer and enormous meals
Berlin 'Generator Hostel Berlin Mitte' is an upmarket hostel which has plenty of activities running to meet people and make friends.
Seville was unexpectedly cool and had a lot to offer, definitely recommended!

A couple of other points.
Book trains/busses in advance where possible as the sooner to departure the more expensive it is.
The further east you go in Europe the cheaper it gets. If you find you've blown your budget and need to reign it in a bit jump on a cheap flight east and save cash while enjoying a different side of Europe.
Check in advance to see what's on in your destinations, otherwise you may find yourself missing events by a day or two simply because you planned poorly.
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There's two Generators in Berlin, right? Mitte has the tram straight out the front and the bar connected? I stayed there and thought it was a decent hostel but the staff were ridiculously smug. I think most hostel employees are very odd people, generally unsurprising as they're 36 and doing that for cash and/or they're people who seem to be running away from something, but the ones here were something else. My room key would stop working every single time I left the room and instead of just reprogramming me a new key, they insisted on doing some shitty fix and then I'd have to go through the rigamarole of lining up and telling them how my key isn't working etc etc. They'd go 'are you sure you paid for this night?' in an accusatory manner and constantly tell me I owed them money, when I didn't, and when I said I found this offensive and deserved an apology and this was their issue, the smug sandal wearing loser said I should go find somewhere else to stay. *wad.

I did however meet a nice girl from Melbourne. Wasn't even romantic. I was at the end of my trip and so flustered, homesick, and tired. I just wanted to talk to someone similar and not make an effort with small talk, or put on a joyous front, and we just talked s**t about Melbourne and its suburbs and clubs. It was actually a really important encounter and made me put faith back in people, got me over a serious hump. Meant a lot.
 
ash_1050 said:
Flew Ryan Air and Wizz Air dozens of times, they're both good until something goes wrong which is pretty rare these days. You'll survive.
As others have mentioned catch the National Express bus out to the airport. You'll survive.
Prague 'Praha Ladvi' is pretty basic but it's 10 minutes by metro to the city centre and there's a place over the road which offers dirt cheap beer and enormous meals
Berlin 'Generator Hostel Berlin Mitte' is an upmarket hostel which has plenty of activities running to meet people and make friends.
Seville was unexpectedly cool and had a lot to offer, definitely recommended!

A couple of other points.
Book trains/busses in advance where possible as the sooner to departure the more expensive it is.
The further east you go in Europe the cheaper it gets. If you find you've blown your budget and need to reign it in a bit jump on a cheap flight east and save cash while enjoying a different side of Europe.
Check in advance to see what's on in your destinations, otherwise you may find yourself missing events by a day or two simply because you planned poorly.
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Thanks for the tips :) :thumbsu:

Got most of my holiday down pat and point to point trains sorted, they were very cheap! Doing a horse shoe kind of thing from Budapest onwards and rotating between airbnb/hostels in different places.
 
ohhhBigMalcho said:
added 4 days onto Munich to finish my trip for Octoberfest, anyone have any experiences here or have the do's and Dont's?
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wadistance said:
Don’t hang out at a table with other aussues
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This^. The aussie usually hang out at 1 tent (usually HB) and are there since the morning and don't move for the day. Its a s**t way to spend Oktoberfest.

If you are there 4 days, visit all the different beer tents and socialise with different people from different countries. Walk around the fair grounds. Try to attach yourself to a group of locals.

Expect to spend a minimum €100 on food and drinks a day....and that is if you are not a big beer drinker. Steins €13/14 with tip. If you don't tip, the beer wenches don't return to your table. They are too busy elsewhere. Pork knuckle/ half chicken around €20.
 

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chunkylover53 said:
Porto blew my mind really. Went there on a whim and turned out to be one of my favourite cities. Lisbon was ******* cool too, and you're right about the hostels, the one I stayed in was the best I've ever had, easily.

Tough to beat a road trip down the Algarve though.

Hate to sound like a typical Aussie-in-Europe Party Animal but... Lagos :hearts::hearts::hearts::hearts::hearts::hearts::hearts::hearts:
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Portugal is just brilliant. Loved it there. The water is cold as ice, but the food is bloody delicious
 
I have about 8 nights in Portugal in August, first 3 nights are in Porto. I'm not sure if I should stay in Lisbon for the rest of the time or split it up and go down to Lagos or just go another time and make the most of Lisbon. idk. what do i do?
 
HirdyLannister said:
Agree one of my favourite places and Magic Mushroom shops where brilliant
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there are magic mushroom shops in Portugal?

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Marmik said:
I have about 8 nights in Portugal in August, first 3 nights are in Porto. I'm not sure if I should stay in Lisbon for the rest of the time or split it up and go down to Lagos or just go another time and make the most of Lisbon. idk. what do i do?
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Definitely visit Lisbon. So much history there and wall through Bairro Alto
 
Thanks for all the Portugal Tips people, ill be there in just over a month so cant wait, anyone on here currently in Russia and want to elaborate what its like right now? I'm headed there in a month
 
Marmik said:
I have about 8 nights in Portugal in August, first 3 nights are in Porto. I'm not sure if I should stay in Lisbon for the rest of the time or split it up and go down to Lagos or just go another time and make the most of Lisbon. idk. what do i do?
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Take a day out of that to go to Sintra and the sunken garden


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wadistance said:
Take a day out of that to go to Sintra and the sunken garden


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Yeah a day trip to Sintra is definitely on the cards! Didn't know about the sunken garden, I just googled it.. is it on an island?
 
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