Thought I'd just do a post to take up some time, since I'm waiting for an episode of HIMYM to stream. I'm just gonna compare my planned schedule of my Eurotrip with what I actually did, and also calculate my finances and see how that stacked up to my overall budget.
So here's a comparison of what was planned and what actually happened. The destination on each day was where I spent the night. If there are two cities, then I did a day trip out and came back.
Date Planned Actual
26/10 Nice Milan
27/10 Nice Nice
28/10 Nice Nice
29/10 Barcelona Marseille
30/10 Barcelona Marseille
31/10 Madrid Madrid
01/11 Madrid Madrid
02/11 Madrid Madrid
03/11 London London
04/11 London London
05/11 London London
06/11 Manchester/Liverpool London/Night bus to Edinburgh
07/11 Manchester/Liverpool Edinburgh
08/11 Dublin Edinburgh
09/11 Dublin Edinburgh
10/11 Dublin London
11/11 Belfast London
12/11 Belfast London
13/11 Edinburgh/Glasgow London
14/11 Edinburgh/Glasgow London
15/11 Edinburgh/Glasgow London
16/11 London London
17/11 Paris Paris
18/11 Paris Paris
19/11 Paris Paris
20/11 Paris Paris
21/11 Bruges/Brussels Paris
22/11 Bruges/Brussels Paris
23/11 Bruges/Brussels Paris
24/11 Amsterdam Paris
25/11 Amsterdam Paris
26/11 Amsterdam Paris
27/11 Hamburg Paris
28/11 Berlin Bruges
29/11 Berlin Bruges
30/11 Berlin Antwerp/Bruges
01/12 Prague Amsterdam
02/12 Prague Amsterdam
03/12 Prague Amsterdam
04/12 Munich Hamburg
05/12 Munich Hamburg
06/12 Munich Berlin
07/12 Salzburg Berlin
08/12 Vienna Berlin
09/12 Vienna Berlin
10/12 Budapest Prague
11/12 Budapest Prague
12/12 Zagreb Prague
13/12 Zagreb Prague
14/12 Ljubljana Vienna
15/12 Ljubljana Vienna
16/12 Venice Vienna/Night train to Rome
17/12 Venice Rome
18/12 Florence/Pisa Rome
19/12 Florence/Pisa Rome
20/12 Rome Rome
21/12 Rome Florence
22/12 Rome Pisa/Florence
23/12 Emmenbrücke Emmenbrücke
24/12 Swiss Alps Arlberg
25/12 Swiss Alps Arlberg
26/12 Swiss Alps Arlberg
27/12 Emmenbrücke Emmenbrücke
As you can see, there's not a lot in common with what I had planned and what actually happened. Very early on, I realised how crazy my itinerary was, and resolved to just plan only one city in advance (also because I lost bookings when things didn't go according to schedule). Free accommodation and the awesomeness of London and Paris meant that I stayed much longer than planned, and as a result Ireland, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary were cut from my trip. Even with the route I actually took, I still felt like I was rushing. Will definitely need to come back and do another trip to see the rest of Europe, and possible revisit the places where I felt like I breezed through.
Now for my expenditure in Europe. I kinda don't wanna do this since it'll show how much I've spent lol. I know I'm under budget since I have money left, but regardless, I know that this trip will have cost me a lot of money, and I never like it when I know I've used a lot of money. It's hard to control those primal Asian thoughts lol. Well, let the calculations begin.
Cash Expenses
Week 1: €340
Week 2: €236
Week 3: €205
Week 4: €312
Week 5: €348
Week 6: €286
Week 7: €282
Week 8: €320
Week 9: €271
Total: €2600 --> $3368 AUD
Average daily spend: €41.27 --> $53.46 AUD
Credit Card Expenses
Lost Booking (Nice): €42
Lost Booking (Barcelona): €36
Flight (Marseille to Madrid): €80
Flight (Madrid to London): €37
Return Coach (London to Edinburgh): €51
Tour (Windsor, Stonehenge, Bath): €77
Eurostar (London to Paris): €49
Total: €372 --> $482 AUD
Kevin's Awesome Eurotrip
Flights: $1525
Insurance: $282
Eurail Pass: $1016
Cash Expenses: $3368
Credit Expenses: $482
Total: $6673 AUD
Memories: Priceless
Well, looking at the daily expenditure, I'm impressed and annoyed at the same time. I had enough money for a daily expenditure of €75, and I've pulled in at €41. Looking at that figure, I should have splurged a bit. I could have eaten a lot better or even upgraded to a nicer hostel once in a while. Nevertheless I did enjoy myself. I guess this leftover money will be put towards my next overseas trip lol. I've got a few more days here (I think it will add possibly an extra $200 to the total). That means I will have been in Europe for 3 months for just under $7000AUD. I'm $3000 under budget so I'm happy. Granted, I did spend quite a while in free accommodation (47 out of 86 days in Europe, which included 3 days in a ski resort!!). Wow. I didn't realise how long I was living for free. I guess that was where I cut down on costs. At least I'll have money to survive on when I get back home lol.
Well that took longer than expected. My episode probably finished streaming ages ago. This is the first time I've done such "analytical" work since my thesis. Anyways, no plans for tomorrow or the day after. I'm probably just gonna sit at the computer all day. The only things I do need to do are buy chocolates to bring back as gifts, do laundry and start packing. Anyways, enough thinking for one night. I'm gonna go and watch my episode now.
HBL signing out from Emmenbrücke, Switzerland. Eurotrip's coming to an end!!
PS. Was looking at stats for my blog and saw that someone had googled quite an odd request and my blog popped up. I'm wondering who that person is lol. Please come forward lol.
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