A 37-day Summer trip to Europe
Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark.
Day Two: FOOT / Mass Transit
Look around Berlin. See Pergamonmuseum and Nationalgalerie
Second night in Berlin.
Day Three: FOOT / Mass Transit
Another day in Berlin. See Schloss Charlottenburg and Museum of Antiquities.
Third Night in Berlin.
Day Four: FOOT / Mass Transit
Last day in Berlin. More sight-seeing.
Fourth night in Berlin.
Day Five: RAIL
Rail down to Leipzig (2.5 hours). Sight-see in Leipzig, including the memorial to battle of five armies (Battle of Leipzig). Night in Leipzig at Parkhotel.
Day Six: FOOT / Mass Transit
Second day in Leipzig. See Zoo. Second night at Parkhotel (near train station) in Leipzig.
Day Seven: RAIL
Train to Dresden (1.5 hours). See Albertinum in Dresden. Night in Dresden at Jugendherberge Rudi-Arndt.
Day Eight: FOOT / Mass Transit
Second day in Dresden. See the Zwinger. Second night at Jugendherberge Rudi-Arndt in Dresden.
Day Nine: RAIL
Train to Königstein (30 min). See Festung Königstein. Night across river in youth hostel or at Jugendherberge Königstein.
Day Ten: FOOT / Rail
Hike in the Sachsen Switzerland around Königstein.
Second night in Königstein.
Day Eleven: RAIL
Rail to Prague (via Dresden, taking 3.5 hours).
Afternoon to enjoy Prague. Night in Prague at the Paríz.
Day Twelve: FOOT
Second day in Prague. See Hradcany Castle. Second night at the Paríz in Prague.
Day Thirteen: RAIL
Rail to Vienna (5 hours).
Afternoon in Vienna. Night in Vienna.
Day Fourteen: FOOT
Full day in Vienna. See Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Second night in Vienna.
Day Fifteen: RAIL
Rail to Budapest (3.5 hours).
Sight-see in Budapest. Night in Budapest.
Day Sixteen: RENTAL CAR
Rent car and drive to Szekesfehervar (1 hour). See King Stephen Museum ( Istvan Kiraly Muzeum ) and Cisterian church. Then drive on to Balatonalmadi (1 hour) for the night on Lake Balaton.
Day Seventeen: RENTAL CAR
Drive to Graz (4 hours). See Landeszeughaus and Schloss Eggenberg. Night in Graz
Day Eighteen: RENTAL CAR
Drive over mountains to Salzburg (4.5 hours). Turn in rental car. See Salzburg. Spend night there.
Day Nineteen: FOOT
Day in Salzburg. See See Festung Hohensalzburg and Lustschloss Hellbrunn. Second night there.
Day Twenty: RAIL / FOOT
Rail to München (2 hours). See sights in Munich. Night in Hotel Atlanta in Munich.
Day Twenty-One: FOOT
Second day and second night in Munich, staying at Hotel Atlanta. Probably see Deutsches Musuem.
Day Twenty-Two: RENTAL CAR
Rent car and drive to Füssen (2 hours). See Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castle. Night at Fürstenhof in Füssen.
Day Twenty-Three: RENTAL CAR
Drive through Alps to Innsbruck (2.5 hours). Hike in mountains around Innsbruck.
Night in Innsbruck.
Day Twenty-Four: RENTAL CAR
Over Alps to Garmich-Partenkirchen, and then on to Munich (2 hours). Then follow Romantic Road through Augsburg, Donauwörth, Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl, to Rothenburg (3 hours driving, but take six hours stopping in towns to see sightrs). Night in Rothenburg at Hotel Eisenhut.
Day Twenty-Five: FOOT
Day around Rothenburg. Second night at Hotel Eisenhut in Rothenburg.
Day Twenty-Six: RENTAL CAR
Drive to Heidelberg (2 hours). See castles on the Neckar river and in Heidelberg.
Night at Hotel Elite in Heidelberg.
Day Twenty-Seven: RENTAL CAR
Morning in Heidelberg. Afternoon drive to Köln (4.5 hours). Turn in rental car. Night in Köln at Hotel Buchholz.
Day Twenty-Eight: FOOT
Day in Köln. See Dom and St-Gereon Kirche Second night at Hotel Buchholz in Köln.
Day Twenty-Nine: RAIL
Rail up to Hamburg (5.5 hours). Afternoon for sight-seeing. See Luftwafen Museum.
Night at Hotel Alt Nürnberg in Hamburg.
Day Thirty: RAIL
Rail to Copenhagen (4.5 hours). Afternoon in Copenhagen. See Rundetårn. Night there.
Day Thirty-One: FOOT
Day in Copenhagen. See Tivoli and Lille Havfrue. Second night there.
Day Thirty-Two: RAIL
Rail to Göteborg (4.5 hours)
Day in Göteborg. Night with Aratouns.
Day Thirty-Three: FOOT
Second day in Göteborg. Second night there.
Day Thirty-Four: FERRY / RENTAL CAR
Ferry to Frederikshavn (3 hours)
Rent car in Frederikshavn. Drive to Skagen (1 hour). Night in Skagen.
Day Thirty-Five: RENTAL CAR
Drive to Billund (3.5 hours). See Legoland. Night at Jelling Kro in Jelling.
Day Thirty-Six: RENTAL CAR / RAIL
Turn in car at Vejle or Kolding, then rail down to Kiel (4.5 hours). See Kiel.
Night in Kiel.
Day Thirty-Seven: RAIL / FLY
Rail to Berlin (7 hours).
Night flight returning home.
Nights 1 - 4 in Berlin.
5-6: Parkhotel (across from train station) in Leipzig. See monument to the battle of Leipzig. Zoo.
7-8: Jugendherberge Rudi-Arndt in Dresden. See Albertinum. The Zwinger.
9 - 10: Jugendherberge Königstein. See Sachsen Switzerland.
11-12: Paríz in Prague. See Hradcany Castle.
13-14 in Vienna. See Kunsthistorisches Museum.
15 Budapest. See Nemzeti Muzeum. Varhegy.
16 Balatonalmadi. See Istvan Kiraly Muzeum in Szekesfehervar.
17 Graz. See Schloss Eggenberg. Landeszeughaus.
18-19 Salzburg. See Festung Hohensalzburg. Lustschloss Hellbrunn.
20 - 21: Hotel Atlanta in Munich.
22: Fürstenhof in Füssen. See Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles.
23: Innsbruck. See Alps.
24-25 Hotel Eisenhut in Rothenburg.
26: Hotel Elite in Heidelburg. See Castles over Neckar River.
27-28 Hotel Buchholz in Köln. See Dom. St-Gereon Kirche.
29: Hotel Alt Nürnberg in Hamburg. See Luftwafen Museum.
30-31 in Copenhagen. See Rundetårn. Tivoli. Lille Havfrue.
32-33: With Aratouns in Goteborg. See Botaniska Trädgården.
34 Skagen See Bangsbomuseet in Frederikshavn. See Skagen Museum in Skagen.
35 Billund. See Legoland
36: Touristhotel Schweriner Hof in Kiel. See Schleswig-Holstein Freilichtmuseum.
37 return home.
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Graz |
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Rothenburg |
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