Europe for a month
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Trains everytime for me. But I should add that I hate flying. As a result though I've spent the last few years going to various places within Europe on trains. If you can book early enough then you can get really cheap tickets, if you go on overnight trains you save on hotels.
This week I'm finishing work in London on Weds, jumping on a train to Paris, will have a meal there, get on an overnight down to San Sebastian in Spain which will arrive early the next morning. Hassle free, cheap and always a bit of an adventure.
Like others have said the trains generally take you straight into the action.
Check out your visa situation though if you're coming from outside the Eu.
One other thing, if you get a 10 in 22 days ticket or similar, make sure you fill the ticket in before you get on the train. We got through France, Germany, Hungary, Austria just giving the ticket over to the inspectors and they filled it out. Nobody said we were doing it wrong until we got to Italy where unfortunately we ran into a corrupt little powercrazed arse of a collector. He wanted us to give him 50 euros each in cash which was half of the fine. We didn't, it all got a bit messy, police got involved. Kind've put us off Pisa. Got a night boat over to Barcelona form there though which got things back on track.
- Definitely fill out the ticket with the travel date. Also make sure you have the pass validated on your start date.NegativeSpace