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Post by euroman2006 on Jan 28, 2006 14:35:53 GMT -5
My friends and I of course will be touring this summer. I would like opinions from the vets about whether to go from Dublin, on the 20th of June until the 23rd of June, on which day we will fly to London for the last leg of our trip. Go to Barcelona for these days or Brussels?
Note that we will be flying RyanAir to both of these destinations and therefore will be approx. 1 hour out of Brussels and 1.5-2 hours out of Barcelona (correct me if I'm wrong on these numbers) when we arrive at these destinations mid day. Which would you guys do?
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Post by euroman2006 on Jan 28, 2006 15:00:48 GMT -5
Hmm.. well upon reading on the board more alot of people do not like Brussels. So any other advice for a city we could go to for 3 nights or so that would be interesting. (note we are college students with a little money.. enough to hopefully party some at night and of course with good atmosphere and stuff to look at in the day time.)
Non-Barcalona places work as well, as this is June it might be hot there. (going to be tired of hot, being from Mississippi and all..)
I'm going to post my itenerary in here for right now to see what you guys think about it, then maybe post again in the other forum.
May 29th - ATL
Flight from Atlanta to London - 660$
May 30th - LON
Arrive in London
Soccer match
May 31st - LON
June 1st - LON
June 2nd - LON
June 3rd - LON
June 4th - LON
June 5th - MAN
Bus to Manchester
June 6th - MAN
June 7th – LAKE
Bus to Lake District
June 8th - LAKE
June 9th - LAKE
June 10th – EDIN
Bus to Edinburgh
June 11th - EDIN
June 12th - EDIN
June 13th - EDIN
June 14th – DUB
Ryan Air flight to Dublin – 50 GBP total
June 15th - DUB
June 16th - DUB
June 17th - DUB
June 18th - DUB
June 19th - DUB
June 20th – BRUS or BARC (or else where)
Ryan Air flight to Brussels – 74 Euros total
Ryan Air flight to Barcelona Girona – 182 Euros total
June 21st - BRUS or BARC
June 22nd - BRUS or BARC
June 23rd – LON
June 24th – BRI
Bus/Train to Brighton
June 25th - BRI
June 26th - LON
June 27th - LON
Back home.
Note that there are 3 of us going so thats where I got the prices.
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Post by Jules80 on Jan 28, 2006 15:31:02 GMT -5
Amsterdam is supposed to be cool. Many people like Paris (i'm not one of them... its beautiful i'm glad i've been but i'm not a fan of the french attitude). i'm a big fan of rome and i don't imagine the flight to rome would be much long than the flight to barcelona.
Jules
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Post by me on Jan 28, 2006 15:42:05 GMT -5
although i've never been, many here rave about Brugge. it isn't far from Brussels.
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Post by Jules80 on Jan 28, 2006 16:12:04 GMT -5
Brugges is very beautiful but you need 24-48 hours max. if you're picking just one city on the continent, i'd pick one where you actually can spend 4-5 days. and brugge you'd get bored after 2 days.
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Post by euroman2006 on Jan 28, 2006 20:22:21 GMT -5
Yes, we had 3 nights I believe, maybe 4. So a good place for that time and that we could get to from a city in Ireland via cheap airlines would be preferable.
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Post by babs on Jan 29, 2006 11:35:05 GMT -5
Well I am a HUGE Barcelona fan so I would definitely recommend it. It's full of culture and the most vibrant city I've been to- you will most certainly not be bored. And don't worry too much about the heat. I've been there in mid July and though it was warm, there's a nice sea-breeze in the city so it's never gets too humid. And if it is hot, there's the mediterranean right there, so you can easily go for a dip. I also found Barcelona quite cheap compared to other european cities (especially London).
Been to Brussels. Cute little city but not much to see/do there so I wouldn't spend more than a day there.
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