We traveled on 11 airplanes. This included five separate airlines: WOW, Wizz, Norwegian Air, British Airways and Easy Jet. The latter was our go-to airline within Europe. Although we looked at multiple discount carriers for each leg of our trip, they came out on top for fares and schedules nearly every time.
We noticed little difference in service or quality of planes between the one high price leg of our trip on British Airways and all the discount carriers.
In addition to the 11 airplanes, we took 32 trains and metros, 9 buses, 8 taxis and had two rental cars. We put nearly 1,000 miles on the rental cars that we drove in Austria, Germany and Italy. And, we walked a total of 300 miles or an average of 10 miles per day.
As for lodging, we stayed in 13 different places over our 30 nights. We booked 9 places through airbnb, all apartments and none a disappointment. We used booking.com for three places, two of them hotels and one apartment. And, we used Expedia for one apartment. We had kitchens in all but one place, but, because of the limited stays, set up and cooked in only a couple of them.
We connected with two family members and five friends.
So far, the blog has generated more than 5,500 page views from 485 separate people in 21 countries, mostly from the US, but from Finland, India, Australia, Pakistan and United Arab Emirates, among others. Many of these were from friends and family, but some, including other bloggers, found our posts through various search engines.
Hello… It sounds like great fun and you made it safe home. Things have been getting very hectic and chaotic here since you left…train strikes again and again and again…Brussels maintains maximum threat level. I am coming home for the holidays and I will be staying at my family’s in the Big Apple. If you happen to be nearby I will be happy to see you again. Cheers. Kt
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You are super nice, but please be safe!
Regina will be in New Hampshire for Thanksgiving. Sue and Greg in Florida.
Would love to see you again. Travel safely!
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Thank you!! I’m contemplating doing something similar myself. While doing some online research and Googling–I came across your blog. Thank you for posting your experience as it will help guide someone like myself who is nervous, anxious, and excited about my European adventure.
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Hi Jay,
Don’t be nervous. It is real easy, and we would be happy to communicate about any of your plans. As we said from the beginning, our type of trip is not for everyone.But we read many travel blogs that have suggested it can’t/should be done in this manner. Europe is such an easy area to see and do lots more than most do. Please feel free to reach out at our email: gsmarquise@gmail.com. Best of luck.
Greg & Sue
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Hello Greg and Sue,
Just saw Greg’s post of link to this website on a Fodor’s forum thread yesterday and finished reading it in a day. A wonderful trip indeed.
I even Googled up Whitehall Inn in Camden Maine. I live in north of Boston, I will stay there if I go that far north in Maine again.
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