Interrail Advice Please

ferdi

I'm going interrailing with a few friends in August (after the Leaving Cert Results come out) and i was wondering if there was any personal tips/expierences anyone could share with me.

what to bring, what to see, all and any liitle pieces of advice would be super duper!!!!

cheers

ferdi

ferdi

PLEASE!!!!!!!

HarryD

Mosquito repellant..
Unlocked mobile phones incase u wanna split from group
(unlocked so u can buy a SIM card in any country)

Where u planning on going ?
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ferdi

amsterdam
hamburg
munich
budapest then alround france and a bit of italy.

are there any insect repellants thaT really work???

HarryD

DEET Generally works,
although I foun in Bruge (near Brussels) the mossys seemed to
be immune to it..
Munich is a cool city - I recomend Mike's Bike Tours.
Needless to say Amsterdam is cool too..

HD

BossArky

I spent 6 months in Munich on co-op, class city. Go to Rome and Salzburg too...lovely.

yossarin

1: NICE TOILET PAPER...no really. to be rationed.
2: an up to date train timetable for all europeans countries with a map attached to it (get in Usit or similar)
3: travellers cheques
4: nice friends

...and nothing that you'd hate to loose

you'll have a great time


also: read up on all the places you plan to go to with the group - you might not get to them all, but it's part of the fun.

DadaKopf

I'm just back from doing Scandinavia.

A few things are useful:

If you're travelling long distances especially, you should put money aside to book train seats - this should cost roughly €2 for slow trains and up to €5 for express trains. On most trains, this isn't mandatory but otherwise, you may have to be jumping around a lot and this can get irritating, especially when you're tired.

If you're going to be staying in hostels, bring your own sheets. Hostel rules and all. Also, if you're going to be going to big cities, book a day ahead or more during peak season.

Night trains are good if you're trying to save money by not paying for accomodation.

A Cirrus bank card with lots of money.

Always have some emergency money spread about so if you lose one bag, you have some money to sort yourself out.

The Lonely Planet 'Europe on a Shoestring' is an excellent resource - you might consider getting it.

Always find a map and a train timetable wherever you get in to (these should be at most train stations and/or well-signposted tourist offices). Plan ahead.

Pack light and have some extra space in your bag for stuff you might pick up along the way. Bring a day bag.

I take it you're on a 24 day 2-zone ticket. If you're going to Amsterdam, you might like to get a train to Copenhagen and pay the €16 return to Malmö which takes 20 mins. Malmö's a cool little city.

Also, buses and trams are a great way to see a lot of a city very quickly.

One great thing about European cities is that most of them have only one central station and most bus/tram/subway routes terminate or pass through there. It's always easy to find your way back.

Good luck.

Jambo

doing the intwerrail option I started in athens went rounf the greek islands then naples, rome,florence,pisa,cinqueterra(between genoa/le spezia)barcelona,sdalou,valencia,alicante,granada,marbella,gibraltar,seville,huelva,tavira(algarve),lagos,lisbon,madrid over 2 months
and found it was cheaper for me to buy the tickets on the day or book them for normal speed trains than what the total cost ended for my buddies using interrail passes. (averagfe is about 15 quid for a 3-4 hour jiourney on an intercity train).