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I've heard the best place for Christmas is Regensburg
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Travel EUROPE: Travel Tips & Tricks
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Just came back from a quick spin in London. I love that place. My wife had her phone pick-pocketed though, which suuuuuucked! Be careful out there!
I dunno how their liquor licensing laws work, but it's pretty ace that you can buy mulled cider with whiskey in it from street stalls whilst walking around on a cold day.
I dunno how their liquor licensing laws work, but it's pretty ace that you can buy mulled cider with whiskey in it from street stalls whilst walking around on a cold day.
Most of Europe don't treat their citizens like children when it comes to alcohol.I dunno how their liquor licensing laws work, but it's pretty ace that you can buy mulled cider with whiskey in it from street stalls whilst walking around on a cold day.
Friend of mine got a warning from the cops for drinking beer on the street in London.Just came back from a quick spin in London. I love that place. My wife had her phone pick-pocketed though, which suuuuuucked! Be careful out there!
I dunno how their liquor licensing laws work, but it's pretty ace that you can buy mulled cider with whiskey in it from street stalls whilst walking around on a cold day.
Here in Ngermany it is only prohibited in very few places like in public tranport her ein Hamburg. Down south in Bavaria this would even be unthinkable.
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In Zurich on a Saturday this year and the shops were packed with people buying alcohol and hanging out near the train stations drinking.
Do xmas stuff first. Snow second. The snow is coming later and later in the season now. Even in mid Janaury many places in the mountians might not have snow fall.
Before xmas you need to spend some time in germany. Its where all the biggest xmas markets are. Everywhere in europe has them but they arent as good despite all the marketing. Germany is where you need to be if you want to see cmas towns lit up in dmas lights. Some of the biggest german ones are dresden, cologne and stuttgart. But there are lots of great ones in little towns as well.
germany pretty much closes down from xmas eve onwards so for xmas and new years go somewhere else. This can be a good time to be in London or Paris. Great cities all the time but extra special at xmas.
if you plan to go to snow then do this last. And if you want to guarantee snow makesure you spend atleast part of this period high up the mountians to gurantee it. Zermatt and the Engadine area are pretty amazing and will have snow in early January. Going to the snow is also so much cooler in Europe then anywhere else for non skiers because they have lots of non skiing activities.
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Got a week to kill in the UK in September, already got a couple of days planned in Manchester and have already done London so don't really need to spend a great deal there.
Looking for places in England, already got a week in Ireland and will do Scotland another time.
Any recommendations?
Looking for places in England, already got a week in Ireland and will do Scotland another time.
Any recommendations?
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Take the Eurostar from London to Lille in France, a 90 minute train trip. It's the first stop in Europe and is a great place to visit for a day or couple of nights. I've done it as a day trip, and also stayed in Lille for 3 nights in 2022. The 'Old Town' is a 10 minute walk from the Eurostar station.
If only looking at UK, Oxford, Cambridge or Winchester, all old lively towns
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Iceland is mostly green and Greenland is mostly icy.
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Been a few years since either unfortunate but both were truly amazing. Greenland was a bit harder work but rewarding. Iceland I rented a car and drove and reckon I saw far more than any tour could offer. We did the Faroe Islands at the same time and I’d say they were the pick of the bunch.
Just finished a Norway cruise and 6 days on land last week and had a great time too
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Hi FreoGirl, I don't know if you want any advice from a WCEGirl but anyway. If you can get to Iceland and Greenland, you may think about Svalbard. Tours can't guarantee you'll see a polar bear and no tours are specific for them, but there is a chance. That plus the currently active volcano in Iceland would be amazing sights.
Svalbard is awesome. Can catch the northern lights too like i did last year. Was amazing
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People may think I'm crazy, but near Manchester is Leeds. Leeds takes in Bradford and Bradford takes in what was once a great little village called Cottingley famous for having a beck (stream) flow through it where two girls 100 years ago fooled many people in the world including Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle and his friend Houdini into believing they had taken a series of photos of fairies. You might not be a fairy person, but I am and that's a place I'd recommend you see. And a week in Ireland should be good as well.
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Take Greenland to the North America thread.
Greenland is on my go to list. Been to Iceland but never Greenland. Looks and sounds like a mythical place.
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off for 6 weeks starting June yeah i know its peak time - not my doing
should go ok
yeah i know its peak time - not my doing - 2 weeks road tripping around Norway's west coast
- Amsterdam then Berlin (probably a week total)
- 1 week haven't organised yet
- two weeks in northern Italy
should go ok
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Yes and Israel and Kazakhstan aren't in Asia.
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A couple of mates and I are going to Holland and Germany in October. We are then parting ways in Berlin. They are going to Italy and I am going to do a tour of the Baltics.
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I'm having a real yearning for Italy at the moment. Easily the best 2 weeks of my life.
My partner and I got engaged and spent the trip eating our way across Puglia. It was a real eye opener for me, in the sense that it was the first time I'd experienced a culture that I preferred to my own.
My partner and I got engaged and spent the trip eating our way across Puglia. It was a real eye opener for me, in the sense that it was the first time I'd experienced a culture that I preferred to my own.
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Did you eat some quality food in Italy? If yes, did you take a photo of some beautiful meals?
Anyone visited Slovakia and/or Slovenia? How did you like it?
Do you think it is necessary to rent a car there or is it possible travel around using public transport only?
If i decide to rent a car, it is written i need a vignette, anyone knows if that is official website https://slovakiavignette.eu? Should i get it in advance or is it possible to get it on some petrol stations for example?
Do you think it is necessary to rent a car there or is it possible travel around using public transport only?
If i decide to rent a car, it is written i need a vignette, anyone knows if that is official website https://slovakiavignette.eu? Should i get it in advance or is it possible to get it on some petrol stations for example?
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Spent 3 days in Bratislava about 7 years ago. Was the furtherest I've travelled into eastern Europe and certainly started to look different. It was ok, I cant remember too much specifically about it except I remember the beers were big and strong, and an autumn afternoon walking around Bratislava castle was quite beautiful. I enjoyed Budapest much more.
