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A U.S. Army Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team provides security at the U.S. Army Europe Training Support Center in Schweinfurt, Germany, April 1, 2007, during training for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The Soldiers performed Military Operation in Urban Terrain, Convey tactics, search and cordon operations as part of their training. (U.S. Army photo by Gary L. Kieffer) (Released)

Question by : Cheapest way of travelling around Europe?
Next summer a few friends and I are planning on travelling from Cadiz up into Barcelona, then Paris, Amsterdam and stopping off in Munich for the beer festivals.

I thought we could get a car and travel, but a friend of mine suggests getting trains…

any ideas?

Best answer:

Answer by nicolle
Try Euroline as well. It’s a coach company in Europe.

Enjoy you (great) trip

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Trppin in Europe 2010

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Christiansborg Palace / The Danish Parliament

Question by EvK: My girlfriend is private messaging her ex?
Training to be an x-ray tech. Girlfriend tried to send me a facebook link of an x-ray of one of her friend’s broken legs. Instead she sent me a list of her private messages. Herp derp.

She has this ex, from 3 years ago who she used to love but the ex wouldn’t commit to her, so she had to move countries to get over it. They had their on and off relationshit for 1.5 years.

One of the private messages reads:
“ (2)
Shit, stoopid msgs, not letting me make paragraphs :-/ Um, yes, I am going away. Prob buy plane tickets this week. Going with Cat to Europe – UK, Italy + maybe France, Croatia & Spain. Taking the rest
22 hours ago”

Can’t read the rest. It looks like my girlfriend contacted the ex to ask about her going away or something.
Should I be bothered?

Best answer:

Answer by yyyyzz (wise)
You should stop being so sensitive. Taught my children a very straight forward philosophy – ASK.
Straight out, no euphemisms or rose colored phrases. “Are you doing…… (fill in blank) with your ex. I feel ……… “.
Peace.

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Question by Danny C: sleeping in airports without a plane ticket?
I’m backpacking through Europe this summer, and there are certain points during the trip where I’ll only be in a location for a day and am leaving early the next morning, and I don’t want to pay for a hostel (If I only have a day in the city, I’ll be out late trying to see as much as possible. Then I’ll have to get up early for my train. So all in all I may only be spending about 5 hours sleeping in a hostel, and I feel like as a traveler on a budget it’s a waste of money…that’s just me personally though)

The cities that I wouldn’t want to get a hostel for (and instead sleep at an airport) would be:
Zurich
Pisa
Milan
Rome
Madrid

I have flights from Rome to Madrid, and from Madrid back home, so I shouldn’t have trouble getting away with sleeping at the airport in the event that a security guard asks for a ticket. For Zurich, Pisa, and Milan, I will be traveling by train, but I feel like an airport would be a safer place to sleep. It would obviously be before security. And I probably wouldn’t be sleeping straight through–rather, I’ll read a book, listen to my ipod, and maybe take a nap for two hours tops. Then just sleep on my train rides).

Has anyone ever slept in an airport and not had a reservation for a flight? Again, an airport just seems safer than a train station, and if I’d only be sleeping for a few hours, I’d rather not go through the trouble of booking a hostel for one night and having to waste my cash to pay the balance upon arrival at the hostel when I’ll only be there for a few hours and I could easily hang out somewhere else during the night for free.

Sorry for being wordy–I just wanted to explain the situation so that I didn’t get answers like “get a hostel instead” or “why would you want to sleep at an airport?” I’ve been on the sleeping in airports website, so I’ve read reviews of people who have, but I saw a review about someone being asked if they had a ticket so I wanted to see if anyone has an experience where they’d sleep in an airport and then go to a train station the next day.

Thanks for the advice!
Mike–I didn’t realize that, although I put Rome and Madrid under this as “only staying one day,” I will be in each longer. I’m flying round trip Newark-Madrid, and will be staying in hostels there at the beginning of the trip, but then I will return to Madrid the night before my flight home and plan on staying in the airport all night and sleeping on the plane. I will be in Rome for three full days, and on the morning of the 4th day I fly back to Madrid and then fly home the next day. Since hostels in Rome are on the expensive sign, I thought maybe I would just get the hostel for two nights, and sleep in the airport the third night.

Best answer:

Answer by bonomonk
you are going to be really tired but if you are up for it i dont see why not. ive hera that there was a person living in the airport for like 20 years lol im not kidding. so u shouldnt be any problem as long as you dont bother anyone.

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Trppin in Europe 2010

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The main Royal entrance at Christiansborg Palace / The Danish Parliament

Question by jaaakeone: Will i need a Eurorail pass or buy each ticket individually?
I’ve looked at all european rail sites and none help.

Im going to europe with a mate. And the global pass looks kinda pathetic due to the price and the lack of area it covers. For example. When going from Helsinki to Vienna there is no train. When going from Vienna to Athens no train. When going from Athens to Positano no train. When going from Positano to Casablanca no train. When going from Casablanca to Madrid no train.

Its pointless buying one. It can get us too our like First 5 destinations then the others it won’t work for.

Can someone please tell me more options.

And what each ticket may cost if we were to purchase on the train.

Thanks.

Jake.

Best answer:

Answer by manthebraces
Do you have ANY IDEA just HOW FAR APART THOSE PLACES ARE? and do you know that a Eurail pass is for traveling in EUROPE?

Obviously you are NOT the world traveler you seem to think you are, because you would know that NO train travels to some of those places… The only way to get to Casablanca is BY BUS… you take the train to Algrecias or Cadis… take the boat across and TAKE A BUS to Casablanca.

Helsinki to a European port, then Eurail to Vienna… But, I seriously doubt you even PLAN to take all those routes.. I think you have just been looking at the Eurail Routes and dreaming up trips that can’t be made by train… because YOU DON’T KNOW ANY DIFFERENCE but you are trying to AMAZE us with your supposed travel knowledge… and I really hate PHONIES who try to impress me with fake knowledge.

Eurail passes for traveling on the train system in EUROPE… if you want to travel to ASIA and AFRICA or the ASIAN SUB CONTINENT… the you are NO LONGER IN EUROPE… you DO know that… right?

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Question by : Eurotrip (Brussels & Paris) Help!?
My wife and I bought tickets from NYC-Brussels, from there we plan on going to Paris, and spending 7 out of 9 days. Id like to know, if anyone has experience in Europe and knows discounts with trains, buses, hotels, or any tricks or tips you’d like to share. Anything helps.
We are both under 25, and I’m currently a full time student, if that helps

Best answer:

Answer by Gabriel
watch the movie and do what they did “eurotrip”

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