Vacation Decision?
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- mg33
Tonight at dinner my fiance and I were talking about going somewhere this year, somewhere out of the country since it's been a while since we've taken a big trip.
Here are the three things we talked about and I'd love your feedback on what you think would be best:
1 - Iceland.
I've read this week that travel there is pretty cheap this year on account of their in-the-shitter economy or something. It is very high on my lists of places to visit. She thought the same thing. No idea what to do there other than be outside and see lots of nature, but I think we'd both have a good time.2 - Tokyo and rural Japan
You may remember I went to Tokyo in 2006 (she didn't go). I have a friend who still lives there and I'd love to go back. She's never been, and I think she'd love it. It would be so much easier with a guide there, difficult on our own.3 - Europe by train
We've talked about this before, doing more of a trip through several countries over 2 weeks, primarily Italy, Austria, eastern France, and some other places. It'd be fun but I'm not sure how much work it'd be coordinating stuff.Would love your thoughts. I'd gladly go back to Japan again and it'd be awesome for her to get to see it as well.
- ismith0
I want to go to Iceland, but I also want to go to Japan... the last time I did Europe was a couple years ago though... awww dammit. Go with Iceland.
- utopian0
3 - Europe by train
- neue75_bold0
2. or 3. depends how much time you have, I'd say 3. if you have a minimum of two weeks...
- arthur0
What time of year?
- Peter0
Europe, where history is from. Italy being the warm- but intensely gesticulating heart / stomach of it.
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- neue75_bold0
Iceland would be brilliant but to make a full trip of it you'd have to couple it with a bit more of Scandinavia I'd reckon...
- duhsign0
go to bali
- monNom0
option 4: get your passport and stuff together... wait until the very last minute and buy the best all-in deal you find... Kind of exciting to do it that way I think. you could be going ANYWHERE. get it cheap enough and you could do it twice (eg: cheap flight to thailand... once there find a deal to a more out-of the way location like Sri-lanka or Sumatra)
- thumb_screws0
All top destinations, as arthur said depends on time of year.
Iceland was one of my best holidays ever, went in late october 3 years ago for a week.Go to the Kolaportid Flea Market
http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/…Hire one of these for a night, we booked one to take us up a mountain to see the northern lights and a feed of lobster.
Go to Geysir
http://www.geysircenter.com/Gulfoss
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gul…Þingvellir
http://www.thingvellir.is/englis…The landscape is out of this world. Best Holiday ever
- arthur0
All your options sounds pretty great, I doubt you can really go wrong. For me, it'd be between 2 and 3. Iceland sounds amazing, and friends of mine who have gone have confirmed this. I think I would opt for Europe though, just so much to see.
I'll be in the south of France for the month of June. If you go that way, drinks on me.
- ukit0
I think Europe will give you the most for your money, traveling between countries is simple via train and there are endless things to see, do and consume.
- Point50
I really want to go to Iceland too, but I think my personal economy is shittier than theirs ... :(
- Peter0
Did I mention Italy yet?
Tokyo's ok, too. But if you've already been...go Italy way, have some real pasta, and tomatoes so red they etch an image on your cornea.
- Daithi0
I did europe by train with 5 friends (11 years ago)
Dublin, Ireland (where I'm from, I flew from here)
Paris, France
Rome, Italy
Florence, Italy
Venice, Italy
Budapest, Hungary
Prague, Czech Republic
Regensburg, Germany (I was visiting a friend, you could replace with Berlin perhaps?)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paris, France
and back to Dublin, IrelandIt took about 30 days all in. Pretty amazing trip.
- kezza_20
^ having done all three of your trips (lucky me) all I would say is Japan is not cheap at all. The train pass is pretty reasonable to get about, but hotels food and drink are London prices if not more. But lovely. Tokyo is brilliant but rural Japan (if there is such a think with 130 million people) is nice. Nagano and Kochi etc are all interesting places.
Iceland is the cheap option, but it is a slightly dour place. Nice if you like mountains and that...
This summer inspired by Kevin McLouds 'Grand Tour' - http://www.channel4.com/programm…
I drove from London > Geneva > Milan > Como > Padova > Venice > Florence > Genoa > Nice > Cannes > then up through France to Paris > London.
Brilliant trip. We did it in 18 nights (2000 miles) would of liked a couple more days or maybe would of shortened it a bit. Slept in the car a few nights in France but great trip
- calculator0
I like the sound of that trip, kezza. Just checked your route on google. Did you go via Lyon on way back?
- kezza_20
yep, briefly although we ran out of time, so from Cannes to Calais was 2 nights
