Money matters...

I've been trying to calculate how much money I'll be needing for my trip. It seems like such a big amount. Right now, I'm thinking it'll be an average of 20 euros per night for accomodation and then breakfast so in total that'll be around 1000 euros. Lunch and dinner may equate to 40 euros a day so that's 2400 euros (although I can just skip meals or eat fast food to lower this cost lol). I'm not really sure how much it'll cost me to go sightseeing and all that, plus not sure how much crap I'll buy. I also have to pay for some trains (cos some require reservation), which will be around 5 euros each, although I think the Eurostar from London to Paris or Brussels costs about 80 euros each way. So much money for a damn train ride. Anyways, I given myself around 4500 euros to last me for the two months that I'll be on the road. Hopefully it lasts. If not, looks like I'll be heading back to Emmenbrücke early lol.

Route decided...

So I've been spending last night and today planning my route across Europe. It's been giving me a massive headache since it's so hard to plan things out properly when you have no idea what you're doing, where you're going, and how long you're staying. I'm no longer travelling with the Texan because his route is pretty inconvenient. Have looked up hostels in each location, and will hope to be able book each one a city in advance, cos right now, I have no idea where I'll be at any given point. The only thing I do know is that I'll be flying into London on 3rd of November. Quite disappointing really, because I was planning on training it from Madrid to Paris and then going to London. That way, I could explore the French countryside, but due to all the strikes going on, it seemed like too much of a risk to rely on so many French trains. I'll be staying at Nice and Paris in France, which isn't nearly all that I wanted to do. However, maybe I can explore France more fully on my next trip. I was told that driving around was the best way to see France. Guess my next trip, perhaps in a few years, will be a France trip.

Quite an ordinary day...

Received my Eurail pass today, which means I can start travelling soon. They're really efficient. Ordered one day, delivered the next. Planning to leave on Tuesday now since my uncle and aunt have Mondays off so they want to do a hike up the mountains. Can't wait for that!! If I leave Tuesday, it will be valid until the 26th of December, which is fine since I need to be back before Christmas anyway. Also can't wait for skiing!!

Emmenbrücke is quiet...

I've decided that I'll start travelling next Thursday. Well I didn't really have much choice since I only just bought my Eurail pass a few hours ago. I should have bought it back in Australia, but back then I was intent on flying everywhere. However, I'm so sick of flying plus I would need to catch trains to and from the airports anyway so I might as well just train it everywhere. Bought a "Continuous Global Pass" which covers unlimited travel in 21 countries for two months. Was about to purchase in Australian dollars when I decided to check whether the price in US dollars and Euros was equivalent. Apparently not. I guess these prices were old. The price in USD was around $110 cheaper than the AUD price. So glad the US dollar is weaker lol, which allowed me to saved myself some money there, even though the rail pass cost me $1015 (converted to AUD). They said they would deliver it by next Thursday (28th), so I should hopefully head out then.