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| DALE9892 |
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| Me and a few mates are going Interrailing after the leaving and we're starting to organize and book stuff now. Has anyone ever done it? Got any tips or places to hit? |
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| Snatchgrabber |
| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:44 pm |
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| If you are referring to the act of inter-racial gang-banging, I'd go hit the arse first |
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| dawals |
| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:10 pm |
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| mishima |
| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:40 pm |
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You can get all the info you need from usit.ie
I did a small-scale version of this in July. I didn't buy an inter-railing ticket in advance as I only took 2 train trips, each one costing about 60 euro. You might want to take this into consideration as sometimes the total price of several trips can be cheaper than the ticket.
We visited Berlin, Krakow and Prague, and I would highly recommend you visit Krakow too. Beautiful city and very cheap everything! Berlin was fantastic as well, as everyone will rightly tell you. Prague was only ok I thought. Very touristy and not so cheap, but there are some interesting sights of course. |
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| Creeping RM Death |
| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:06 pm |
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| Simon, how can you say Prague is not cheap? I couldn't spend money there. Did 2 nights out of solid drinking, partying and dinner on roughly 30euro. |
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| mishima |
| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:24 pm |
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| I didn't think it was a cheap as Krakow. And I probably didn't look hard enough to find the bargain watering holes. |
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| Squigz |
| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:31 pm |
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| Second vote for Krakow, one of the best cities I was ever in - and by comparison to Prague, stuff is practically free. I liked Prague, but it didn't grab me as much as Krakow - gorgeous city, weather was phenomenal and pretty much everything is cheap as chips. There's this old stone quarry outside the city that sprung a leak and is now just a massive lake. It's not advertised or anything like that, a lad that was working in our hostel took is there, and it was just locals and ourselves. Amazing cliffs for jumping off, and just pure savage. |
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| Squigz |
| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:32 pm |
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| I didn't go "interrailing" per se either, I just met my girlfriend at the time and her mates for a week in Berlin and Krakow, so I can't comment on that, but it is worth looking at where you want to go and how much the rail ticket is in advance, cause it mightn't be worth it. If I remember right, it was less than €50 from Berlin to Krakow, and that was a 9/10hour journey. |
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| Wiggz |
| Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:35 pm |
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Planning on doing this as well in the summer.
Few useful sites;
hostelworld.com (accomodation)
pintprice.com
tripadvisor.com (activity recommendations) |
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| Invictus |
| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:04 am |
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DALE9892 wrote: Me and a few mates are going Interrailing after the leaving and we're starting to organize and book stuff now. Has anyone ever done it? Got any tips or places to hit?
Wes did it. If he ever turns up to rehearsal, ask him about it.  |
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| Snatchgrabber |
| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:12 am |
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He'd probably do it again to avoid a rehearsal  |
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| Warfare Noise |
| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:49 am |
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| Warfare Noise |
| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:49 am |
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Snatchgrabber wrote: He'd probably do it again to avoid a rehearsal
I'd do it to avoid seeing your bleedin mush again.
Yeah myself and Alice did it in 2008 and it was one of the best experiences of my life. We got a six week ticket and started in Berlin. We did a week in Stockholm before hand then got a flight to Berlin for 20quid. We did 12 countries, alot of people do 2-4 countries/cities but I thought that seemed like a waste of a ticket and an opportunity, we wanted to do and see as much as possible and not waste any time. In some places we spent 1 day, because really places like Bratislava haven't got much worth seeing or that would convince you to spend an extended amount of time there, other places we spent 4 or 5 days because places like Athens are absolutely amazing.
We did most of our travelling on night trains to avoid wasting time that could be spent seeing and doing things, this also cut the cost of hostels a fair bit. Some night trains have a bad reputation and are notoriously dangerous, we never had a bad experience but if you don't feel comfortable do yourself a favour and pay the extra 5 or 10 quid and get a bunk, if you're sharing with mates it most likely just be ye in the room and you get a decent nights sleep and its still cheaper than hostels in most places. The route we took was Berlin-Prague-Krakow-Bratislava-Vienna-Budapest-Belgrade-Sofia-Thessaloniki-Athens-Patras-Bari-Rome-Barcelona-Alicante, then flew home. I highly recommend Berlin but, being a metalhead you're bound to be there plenty in the future so I wouldnt spend too long there. Prague, Krakow and Budapest are absolutely beautiful and must-sees (each city is cheaper than the last too, which is a bonus). While in Prague check out the ST. Vitus Cathedral and go to the Bone Church/ the Ossuary in Kutna Hora, about and hour outside Prague by train. Prague also has the cheapest and most amazing vegetarian restaraunt, I'll find the details if you're interested. Deadly metal bar called 'Hell's Bells' in Prague too. Krakow is a killer city too, while there go check out Auschwitz-Birkenau which isn't too far by train. Wouldn't bother with Bratislava, not much there. Vienna is a pretty cool place but we arrived over a national holiday so there was fuck all open. Budapest is the business, we arranged to arrive while the Sziget festival was on, its one of the biggest music festivals in the world and goes on for 7 days, amazing food and buzz aswell as some killer bands, we caught Carcass at it. The statue park with all the old communist statues is well worth checking out, pretty surreal. Belgrade is worth seeing for the absolute state of the place, there are shanty towns about ten minutes outside of the capital and you can really see the effects of the war on the city even now. Try goulash whilst there. Sofia hasn't got much to it, again its pretty surreal and probably how you would imagine the Eastern Europe to look. Thessaloniki has some cool record stores, was only there for a day but it was a nice day. Athens is an amazing city, deadly record stores and historical sites, make it your business to meet Jim and Greg from EatMetal Records, two of the soundest cunts you could meet. Rome is deadly for a few days, lots to see, some good clubs, no metal and from what I experienced crap yet ridiculously priced food. Barcelona is a fucking deadly city, really beautiful place with a beach at the bottom of the main shopping street, tons of museums, galleries, record stores and metal bars and surprisingly cheap. Don't go to Alicante, we went to visit it family but it's just a kip full of Irish and English criminals and scumbags. I wish we could have gotten to get to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey and Romania but unfortunately the trains just didn't run often enough and they were too big/awkward to get to. By all accounts of all the travellers we met, Romania is a dodgy shithole, I'd like to have gone to see for myself but thats what we heard.
I'd advise planning your route wisely, plan to be in cities with a particularly good nightlife over weekends, the likes of Berlin, Prague, Krakow, Budapest, Athens, Rome and Barcelona are all deadly at night. Travel by night trains where possible to save time and money. Drink every night and try different bars, meet as many people, particularly locals, as you can and drink and eat where they do. Be confident dealing with staff in places like restaraunts and train stations to ensure you're not getting ripped off and if you think you are, you probably are so don't take any shit.
I hope some of that helps. |
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| 04325613 |
| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:54 am |
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In 07 did a 3 week metal fest interrail, after that I wanted to do a proper one.
So did it in June-July 09. Wasnt a metal trip but managed to fit in two Metallica concerts.
For 5 weeks, From Madrid to Montenegro we managed 17 small towns/cities along the coastline of Spain France Italy Slovenia Croatia and then to Belgrade and finished in Budapest. 1/2 camping & 1/2 hostels and some family homes in eastern Europe.
We tried planning where to go first but in the end we stuck to a rough outline using tourist Info in each area Europe Lonely Planet guide, maps and other backpackers. We stayed away from big tourist spots when we could avoid it.
Eastern Europe was the better 1/2 of the trip, although if your going to be in the Usual Western countries, we stuck to smaller towns and cities than the larger ones, but it depends on your party.
Hopefully do it again this year, Its the best way to travel Europe, single rail journey prices are very high.
Got it for €400 on http://www.interrailnet.com/ but its probably less to buy it when you land.
Three essentials for us were
Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable
Thomas Cook Rail Map of Europe
Europe Lonely Planet guide
From amazon.. you'll really need the first two |
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| Disgorging Legion |
| Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:28 pm |
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