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so on monday i'm leaving for europe for a month.
i have a metropass and i'm going backpackin around with my bestfriend from high school

these are the cities i'll be hitting up.

Dublin
London
Paris
Amsterdamn
Berlin
Prague
Budapest
Munich
Rome
Cannes
and Barcelona

if you have any suggestsions of sites i must see in any of these let me know =)
i'll be sure to post pics of everything too

youre single, right??

you're skipping ibiza?!


CARDINAL SIN OF THE PRIMAL KIND! (whatever that means lol.)

not interested in other parts of italy like florence or venice? you should def hit up athens or the greek isles if u have a chance...absolutely gorgeous

If you're going to Amsterdam, may as well hop over to Belgium too for the beer and chocolates. I enjoyed the Belgian beer over German and Belgian chocolates over Swiss.

Re: Amsterdam, I'm sure you've already gotten lots of suggestions. Obviously the Red Light District, Heineken Museum (free booze), Van Gogh Museum, and if you just want to relax stop at a coffeeshop to pick up some treats and veg out in Vondelpark.

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Originally posted by LuNaSeA you're skipping ibiza?! CARDINAL SIN OF THE PRIMAL KIND! (whatever that means lol.)

haha i don't have a choice =( its just too expensive in the end of june for my budget.

single is as single does

have fun...PM me for info on girl spots...seriously i know them in most of those locals'

Backpacking all over Europa. That's freaking awsome!

Tell us all about it when you get back.

Go clubbing in London on a Friday/Saturday...best electro scene in the world (maybe other than Ibiza).
The End
The Cross (sick)
Turnmills
The Key
MOS
The Egg - Highly recommended, opens at 5am.

go to Pargue dude,club Roxy they have the most hottest girls in Europe! I am from Prague

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Originally posted by bamak go to Pargue dude,club Roxy they have the most hottest girls in Europe! I am from Prague

this guy knows his shit....the girls there are

have a great time! i have been to all those places except Dublin and you will have an amazing time. my favourites were amsterdam, budapest, berlin and prague. if you can swing it go to poland. i loved it there. i was on my way to russia but i had visa problems so i didnt go last minute.

seriously, swing more by eastern europe- the party scene there is great.

edit- i just read you will be there for a month, check out helsinki for summer solstice (or anywhere that celebrates summer solstice). almost 24 hours of daylite, so much fun.

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Originally posted by madhattared so on monday i'm leaving for europe for a month. i have a metropass and i'm going backpackin around with my bestfriend from high school these are the cities i'll be hitting up. Dublin London Paris Amsterdamn Berlin Prague Budapest Munich Rome Cannes and Barcelona if you have any suggestsions of sites i must see in any of these let me know =) i'll be sure to post pics of everything too

Amsterdam:

I suggest staying at the Flying Pig. http://www.hostels.com/en/hosteldet...ostelNumber=641 WOW, they have gotten expensive since last year. But stay there anyway. At the downtown one, not the uptown one. The most fun I've ever had in a hostel.. you just chill in the chill room with everyone, and there's a bar so every night it's a party, people get crazy fun... The coffee shop right across the street is great and there's a shroom seller if you turn right when you walk out, I believe, walk a few blocks it's on your left... I think...

The falafel and shwarma is great there

Dirty, dirty city. The shrooms and pot are great. I did shrooms and went to the Van Gogh museum; good idea, but I've got a better one for you if you're into that. Do shrooms and go to the Heineken factory. Trust me on this.
Go to the Heineken factory anyway even if you're sober. Go on the fake horse ride. You'll know what I mean. Ask for it, it's awesome.

Anne Frank's house is a waste of time, don't bother. I bet the Rijksmuseum is good, I didn't have time to go.


Prague:

Prague is disappointing in the summer because there are so many tourists and it ruins the old-world charm of this old, beautiful city. Just walk everywhere, especially across the Charles Bridge. A tour is a good idea since there's so much history and so little time. CZ is also the home of Pilsner Urquell so if you go to a local bar and order that and some Czech food, which I liked, you're good to go. If you catch a football match there'll be some excitement from the locals too lol
Whatever you do, do NOT stay in a hostel called The Golden Sickle... awful

London:

Fabric was pretty wild, and yet different from what I thought it would be. Still a bastion of nightlife, though toned down 100% from the old days of course
Loved Westminster Abbey
St. James' Park is my favorite park ever... there are a million birds, swans, ducks, wild geese, pelicans living there... spent 2 hrs
Buckingham Palace was decidedly underwhelming, I wouldn't recommend spending your time walking to it
Shopping was great in London
Didn't like English beer nearly as much as CZ and German


Berlin

Tacheles: it should be on your map. It's an artist squatter house, half broken down with graffiti on every square inch, a bar on the top floor, people smoking pot in the yard, head over there in the evening, there are live performances, etc, seriously the coolest place I went to... not sure if there's anything on the weekdays but you could check it out

OH OH OH PLEASE take Mike's (it's a company) 8-hour walking tour of Berlin. YES, 8 hours and it was the BEST TOUR I've ever taken in my life. Do not take the paltry 4 hour tour. Go for the whole shebang. It was like 10 euros. 10 freaking euros. We saw everything and I made a ton of friends from my hostel too. You can come across them if you stop in some hostels, they start from The Circus hostel for example, and they may have brochures in tourist information centers.

Speaking of The Circus, stay in The Circus hostel, please trust me on this, it's the best hostel I've ever stayed at: http://www.hostels.com/en/hosteldet...ostelNumber=703 It's close enough that you can walk most places and the subway is really easy. It's super-clean and has AMAZING breakfast for 3-5 euros. If they still have it, have the yogurt and granola If you're there on a weekend, Germany/Berlin has a great "brunch" tradition... there's great places right around the hostel, it's so greasy and amazing; ask the front desk for a place to go

Go to the Jewish museum if you're interested; it's a little bit out, maybe 10-15 mins, but easy to find; really great touching museum. Also the big Cathedral that Wilhelm II (?) built, it's huge, you can't miss it lol

Can you tell I love Berlin?

Munich
Believe it or not but my 15 euro bar hop tour was totally worth it, you make great friends when you're drunk and language boundaries are definitely crossed
Oh and drink as much beer as you can and eat the sausages that you can get at road stands
Augustiner weissbier was my favorite... oh god I dream about that head of foam, it smells like heaven
Go to a biergarten of course; I went to the Hofbrauhaus (famous drinking song: in Muenchen gib's ein Hofbrauhaus, ein, zwei, super! - then you drink, then repeat the song, etc. lol) I was at the Hofbrauhaus for 4 hours with some people I met from my hostel.

Paris

OK where do I start? I lived there for 5 months

- Sacre Coeur cathedral in the neighborhood Montmartre is my favorite tourist sight in Paris. You climb the steps to it and when you're done looking at the inside, walk around BEHIND it and you'll find beautiful little streets and artists and crepe shops
When an African immigrant comes up to you when you start climbing the steps of Sacre Coeur and tries to put something around your finger, it's that theyr'e going to weave you a bracelet and then force you to buy it. They will almost assault you. Keep your hands in your pockets and don't speak to them cause they are good. There are a lot of shady people in tourist sites in Paris in general. Just ignore them and don't keep your wallet in your back pocket.

- Notre Dame is my favorite also. Make sure you climb to the top; don't be cheap, its' 6-10 euros or something. Don't be cheap lol. The view is better than from the Eiffel Tower on a clear day. You get to see the gargoyles and the bell up close. Really breathtaking.


- Taking a boat tour - "bateaux mouches" - they depart every 30 or so mins from the banks of the Seine - is a great great idea.. you see everything, especially at night, it's beautiful

- My favorite bars in Paris were Canadian or Scottish bars LOL But I will point you to a great jazz place. They don't always have stuff on weekdays but you should check because it's THAT good when you do catch something. The bar is right at the intersection of Rue Mazel and Rue des Arts in the Quartier Latin (Latin quarter) I can't for the life of me remember what it's called but it says jazz bar and the drinks are cheap. There's also a great bar called Rhubarb. http://www.timeout.com/paris/bars/8.html It's on that webpage on the bottom. It's better to go to if you're in a group too
- Rue Mouffetard is really lively at night, lots of restaurants and bars... ask someone how to get there, I can't remember the metro stop

- The clubs in Paris suck EXCEPT for one club called Triptyque (142, rue Montmartre in the 2nd arrondissement), which you MUST go to if you want to go to a club. it's a mixed crowd, part gay part straight but by no means a gay club. Really freindly, reminded me of arc a little? yea. They have something most nights. I saw Avenue D there if you've ever heard of them, and it was insane. In general clubs are overpriced and drinks are expensive. I hated them all. The crowd is so Euro too LOL it's funny. This one club called Studio 287 (33 avenue de la porte d'Aubervillier, 18th arrondissement, metro Porte de la Chapelle) had hot almost-stripper girls dancing all night and they had Nick Warren and Lawler, so it's a popular club, but I hated it. You might like it. Triptyque rocks more though.

- The Louvre is fine and dandy but for a really great museum that you won't feel so lost in, go to the Musee d'Orsay


Cannes

- I hope you're not spending *too* much time there, cause you can't unless you're rich
- A Moroccan restaurant I went to there was one of the best dining experiences ever, great decoration, amazing food... can't remember what it's called but it was big. Maybe by some chance you can find it, I doubt it though.
- Why aren't you going to Nice? I'd go there over Cannes if I had to pick one place. The only reason I ended up in Cannes was b/c I went on a yacht with my friend who I was visiting and his rich-ass family on a cruise from Nice to St. Tropez & Cannes... but if you're there just to chill it's crazy expensive and not much fun unless you have mounds of dough, cause you mostly can't get in anywhere, it's so upscale lol
- Nice to walk around though... but yea I'd recommend Nice instead; Nice is good for 2 days of exploring but it's not good to wander too far out of the old area and the promenade des anglais, it's pretty shady.


Wow, memories. I'm sure I'll think of a load more about all this later. PM me if you want any more info, especially about Paris.

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Originally posted by madhattared Amsterdamn

LOL.
sry, i do realize i'm a complete waste of space in this thread.

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Originally posted by LuNaSeA LOL. sry, i do realize i'm a complete waste of space in this thread.

then i think you know what to do

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Originally posted by Miss Bliss Amsterdam: I suggest staying at the Flying Pig. http://www.hostels.com/en/hosteldet...ostelNumber=641 WOW, they have gotten expensive since last year. But stay there anyway. At the downtown one, not the uptown one. The most fun I've ever had in a hostel.. you just chill in the chill room with everyone, and there's a bar so every night it's a party, people get crazy fun... The coffee shop right across the street is great and there's a shroom seller if you turn right when you walk out, I believe, walk a few blocks it's on your left... I think... Paris- ...When an African immigrant comes up to you when you start climbing the steps of Sacre Coeur and tries to put something around your finger, it's that theyr'e going to weave you a bracelet and then force you to buy it. They will almost assault you. Keep your hands in your pockets and don't speak to them cause they are good. There are a lot of shady people in tourist sites in Paris in general. Just ignore them and don't keep your wallet in your back pocket.

wow ur review just makes me wanna go to all these places in europe so bad, i would love to go backpacking there sometime, although i have already been to germany,France(south of france), zurich and Bazel(which is 30 mins from where my family lives) switzerland, Barcelona, Amsterdam( i can totally relate to what ur sayin i stayed at the "stayok" hostel right near the Vondelpark, it was awesome,very clean, rooms were big, had a real great vibe), I've been to Paris and i can also say that yes definitely stay away from those african immigrants i remember back in 99 when i went with my parents and best friend there, my friend and i were lookin at what they were sellin i was young and this guy forced us into buyin somethin, we didnt want to and then he was threatening us REAL bad so we decided we had no choice but to buy it, so yea what ever u do ignore them otherwise ur fucked.

anyway if u wanna check hostels this is a great site they even have videos of the most famous hostels http://www.europefamoushostels.com/

^ dude man your sig is completely hilarious. please, stop, i've got stitches in my sides!!


sry, once again, not contributing a damn thing to this thread lol :/

Munich

for some decent EDM in Munich...check out The Garden click here
you can just go there n dance n dance n dance :-P check out the lady dj there..tini I believe...shes good!

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Originally posted by LuNaSeA ^ dude man your sig is completely hilarious. please, stop, i've got stitches in my sides!!

yes i purposely did that.. lol

Thanks for all the info guys
Especially Miss Bliss =) i'm heading out in a couple hours and i'll be posting here and there to let you know


The cities that i'm hitting up are changing by the day cause my friend and I still can't make up what the best traveling / route is so i'll let you know where i actually end up


lata everyone =)

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