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i live in france now, and have been around most of europe, so ill try to give you my few cents haha 
3 weeks you can definitely see a lot of things, but as a lot of peeps have said, dont spread yourself too thin!! research some cities and places, find out exactly what types of things and parties or whatever you want to see, and focus on those, not just "sight-seeing" in general.
im kind of a beach bum and love the sun and great weather, so for me, staying along the mediterranean is where i like to chill
personally, i like to stay out of the REALLY big cities (ie rome, athens) except for maybe 1 or 2 days in each of those to see the big things. especially in greece, you want to focus on the islands!! corfu, mykonos, ios, santorini, naxos, are all beautiful places... but go during the summer, that's when all the parties are (DEFF hit cavo paradiso on mykonos!), and the islands are almost totally dead during the winter. pretty much, you'll want to fly in and out of athens from somewhere because greece is so far out of the way. then ferries to the islands, or again, planes if you can find them, aegean air has great deals you could spend a solid week on greece if youre just interested in partying and chilling on the beach, maybe make this your last stop so you can just chill out and enjoy 
as for italy, same thing, stay out of rome, but hit places up like florence, venice if you really want to see that, and deff hit some coast places up like cinque terre (BEAUTIFUL group of 5 little italian villages, all along the coast, with great hikes/walks in between). capris is also a really beautiful island right off the coast of naples.
if you think youll like italy and greece, you will DEFINITELY like spain!! certainly hit up barcelona, great clubs, awesome architecture, bars, etc. there are somebeautiful beaches around there, but try to make day trips like an hour south of the city, the beaches there are wayyyy nicer, such as sitges! also, depending on your budget, ibiza is something everyone's gotta do at least once. spend 3 days there, but during the week as that's when the sickest parties are. check out space, amnesia, pacha, dc10 monday mornings if you can, and deff watch the sunset at cafe del mar / cafe mambo in san antoni! stay in playa d'en bossa, where space and bora bora are, and also some of the coolest beaches. you can get some really great airplane deals if you book in advane
as for places like germany, switzerland, france, belgium, holland, there's a TON to see, but it's just a matter of what youre into. if you go to one place in germany, id say munich! great beer gardens, awesome architecture, tons of clubs and bars (check out the kultfabrik, its an old warehouse area thats one of the worlds biggest bar and club districts!)
for switzerland, luzern is my favorite, really nice quaint city, with an awesome lake and cable car / cog rail rides up Mount Pilatus, one of the alps most beautiful spots imo.
if you really really want to, check out paris, but just watch out how much time you spend on all the tourist stuff like the eiffel tower (go really early in the morning if you dont wanna wait all day haha!) the louvre is amazing, and areas like the latin quarter are a lot of fun
belgium is something you can probably skip for such a short trip, but one of the coolest cities there is bruges. old medeival place, and tons of good bars serving belgian beer (we're talkin, each bar has up to 400 types of beer!  )
now, for holland, if there's one thing i can tell you, go to a festival there! mysteryland, extrema, and dance valley are out of this WORLD, amazing djs, production, and just plain size that youll never experince anywhere else  you could probably go to amsterdam for just a hand full of days, start off with a festival, then have a day or two to chill out in the coffeeshops afterwards haha  
soo, here's kinda what i would do if i had something like a month. fly into paris, few days there, but not necessary, you could just fly straight to amsterdam. train it up to amsterdam, stop in bruges if you like, but deff not necessary. chill in amsterdam, then train it down munich, then to lucerne. if it looks like youre tight on time, id probably skip these, and just fly directly from amsterdam to somewhere in italy. in italy, use the trains everywhre, good stuff. then either take a train to barcelona (its a beautiful train ride, all along the french riviera), or just fly there if you can find cheap flights. maybe do a few days in ibiza, then fly to athens and spend the rest of your vacation just chillin on the greek islands
that is trying to fit a lot in, so if it were me, like i said, you could easily do 3 weeks in just italy/spain/greece and have a great time, and maybe just throw in one weekend in amsterdam for a festival
probaby your best bet would be to get a 2-week unlimited eurrail pass for all the time in paris/amsterdam/germany/switzerland/italy area, which should be around 2 weeks of the trip. the last week in spain and greece youll use mainly flights. check www.kayak.com and www.skyscanner.net for really cheap and good deals on flights throughout europe.
sounds like a fun trip, can i come?? haha!
Last edited by TheKidsWantTechno on Nov-22-2006 at 18:33
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did i miss something ? lol
