Rail and/or Flights...

[rbrettg]

okay so you are probably getting tired of my dumb questions by now but i just have another on hhehhe. I don't know If i should get a rail pass or not. Maybe just buy point to point tickets and airline tickets? or what? These are the travelling points i have. (arrive amsterdam, depart from paris)
okay.. so:

amsterdam-brudges-brussels
brussels-berlin
berlin-prague
prague-vienna
vienna-budapest
budapest-nice
nice-lyon
lyon-paris

I am taking plane from budapest to nice or budapest to geneva or budapest to milan and then to nice or something cuz im not liking the amount of time on that train.. but what do you think guys? point to points and flights or what? and if flights, what routes do u think and with which airlines?

[rbrettg]

i forgot to mention, the places dont necessarily HAVE to be in order.. except amsterdam hads to be first and paris probably last.. but if its better for costs and stuff, then they dont really have to be in that order.

[herrbert]

I would do it slightly different.

Amsterdam - Brugge - Brussel (train)
Brussel - Vienna (flight - easyjet)
Vienna - Budapest (train - 3 hours)
Budapest - Prague (train 6-7 hours/nighttrain?)
Prague - Berlin (train 4,5 hours)
Berlin - Nice (Easyjet from Berlin/Schönefeld)
Nice - Lyon - Paris (train)

I couldn't find a cheap flight to Nice from Budapest, so that's why I reversed it to Vienna - Budapest - Prague - Berlin.