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Post by dumbdiety on Jul 24, 2011 21:54:53 GMT -5
First, welcome to the boards! Since this is your first trip, I recommend you read Europe Through the Back Door. It gives all sorts of good advice for traveling! Looking over your itinerary, it looks workable. Since you have to be in Munich at a certain time, I would suggest dropping Berlin for an extra day in each previous city, as well as an extra day in Munich to visit the Castles.
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Post by dumbdiety on Jul 15, 2011 18:29:53 GMT -5
Also first (Eagle always beats me to these), welcome to the board!
The general rule of thumb is about $90 (€63) a day. Since you only have about $1100 out of your $3000 remaining, $40 a day will get you going for 27 days, $60 for 18 and $80 for 13. However, even with couchsurfing and WWOOFing, I'm in agreement with Eagle as I don't see it being possible. What countries do you REALLY want to go to? If you go with your $40 a day, you will only have about 3 days in each country, let alone each city!
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 29, 2011 17:16:44 GMT -5
A few questions to help plan. How long are you looking to stay? What is your budget? Are you a hostel or hotel person?
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 18, 2011 9:02:36 GMT -5
With 3 weeks for the trip, you chose some big cities to see! Each of those cities could easily take a week or more to see everything. Though (and boy do I know this feeling) you may want to see as much as you can! $3000 sounds like a good starting fund. Are you planning on going with anyone? Check Eurail tickets, that's one of the easiest ways to get around. Ryanair is a nice and cheap alternative, though they hit the smaller airports!
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Post by dumbdiety on Aug 16, 2006 15:21:34 GMT -5
Welcome to the boards! For 15 days, that seems like waaaaay to much! Just getting out of Spain and to Italy will take most of if not all of a day, so that's 14 days. Factor in travel between cities, and we're talking less than 1.5 days per city! I would first make a list of things you NEED to see, followed by things you WANT to see, then plan out from there.
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 6, 2006 14:23:15 GMT -5
What about good 'ole 35mm film? Still widely available, just be careful when going through the airport with it! Don't EVER check your film! When going through security checks take all your film out of the bags and hand them to the security personnel to check by hand!
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 6, 2006 14:15:13 GMT -5
Why can't I just connect a USB cable from my camera to a computer in a cafe? Most cafe's prevent you from doing this. They are scared of viriuses (virii?) getting onto their networks. It's much easier burning to CD or bringing enough memory cards for your trip.
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 6, 2006 14:14:39 GMT -5
What about portable hard drives or IPods for images?Hey! This is supposed to be a cheap board! Really, not a lot of us have played with these yet. I know that a few people have tried using and IPod to store their photos, but they've had problems with them when they got home.
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 6, 2006 14:11:54 GMT -5
What about memory cards?If you go digital, ALWAYS make sure you have enough memory cards on you! They come in all shapes and sizes. How many you need depends on how you'll handle your pictures. Personally, I have several memory cards for my camera. If you don't really have the money for several cards, you can always go into almost any photo store and have your pictures burned to a CD. People that have done this say it's pretty cheap and easy (get 2 burned, keep one and send one home). You can get some memory cards pretty cheap at here: www.newegg.com
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 6, 2006 13:59:07 GMT -5
What digital camera is good? Again, totaly subjective. The Nikon Coolpix is a favored series around here. They are good cameras, and most importantly, pretty cheap.
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 6, 2006 13:58:48 GMT -5
What kind of camera should I bring? This is totally your choice. Many people on the board like using digital cameras because you don't have to buy expensive film. However, their are purists who still like the look and feel of a good 'ole 35mm camera.
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 6, 2006 13:41:18 GMT -5
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 9, 2006 7:53:05 GMT -5
Eagle, I shoot in RAW and it's saved more than one picture! Shooting in RAW let's you alter the white balance, exposure, etc. It's like re-taking the picture. It also doesn't compress anything, so there are fewer macro blocks, like in JPEGs, to deal with when color correcting them later.
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 5, 2006 13:10:33 GMT -5
I agree with Muvver, but it also has to do with how picture happy you are. A few of us here take a picture every time we take a breath, while others take a picture if they remembered to bring their camera. You can get a 1 gig xD card at Newegg for about $45. www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820171098
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Post by dumbdiety on Jun 3, 2006 13:51:43 GMT -5
Don't know if you have any up in Canada, but my family and I use Walgreens Drugstores. You can upload your photos online and then anyone can go to the closest Walgreens and get prints made pretty cheap!
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