Time Tested Itinerary for a Europe Trip - Itiinerary - I

We (me and my better half) have been avid travellers and would remain so for years to come. This uniqueness of ours also has made us mindful of the fact that planning a trip within India and abroad is a time-consuming task. This task also involves painstaking research across the spectrum. It is particularly true if one is planning and executing a tour by him/herself and doing everything on his / her own.

Well, if one takes the 10 nights 11 city type of tours through a travel company (I have nothing against such tours but they don't meet my idea of travel), he/she does not need this or subsequent blog posts of mine about the itinerary. For others, getting a tested and travelled itinerary is a boon and it reduces the research time considerably.

This blog post aims to serve that objective. The first itinerary that I am placing below is tested by us in the month of April 18. It works well and it's not rushed itinerary. One can easily do this programme even with children who can walk. Our everyday walk on this trip was 8 km and highest walk in a single day was 13 km but none at a stretch, it was walking, see a place, walk again type of trip. By the way, when one visits Europe, even when the trip is with a travel company, walking does not reduce much.

I have colour coded the itinerary given below. The first and second segment is of 8 days each and the third one is for Seven days. You can choose any segment if your schedule permits only 7 or 8 days trip. If  your schedule permits about 16 days, you can club any two segments but clubbing either segments 1 & 2 or segments 2 and 3 would be better for travel across the cities.

I am sure, some of you would be able to use this itinerary in some form for planning your travel.

Tested and Travelled Itinerary in Europe

Day	From	To	Recommended Mode	Activity	Country
0	Mumbai	Paris	Air		France
1		Paris
2		Paris
3	Paris	Ghent	Bus		Belgium
4		Ghent
5	Ghent	Amsterdam	Bus		Holland
6		Amsterdam		Tulips (only in April and May) & Windmills
7		Amsterdam
8	Amsterdam	Cologne	DB Train
	Read about the above places at this link - https://harshad-datar.blogspot.com/2018/05/trip-to-europe-summary-of-trip-part-i.html
9		Cologne			Germany
10	Cologne	Koblenz	Car	Rhine Valley Trip
11	drive	Frankfurt		Rhine Valley Trip
12	Frankfurt	Berlin	Locomore Train
13		Berlin
14		Berlin
15	Berlin	Dresden	Car / Bus
16		Dresden
	Read about the above places at this link - https://harshad-datar.blogspot.com/2018/06/trip-to-europe-summary-of-trip-part-ii.html
17	Dresden	Prague	DB Train		Czech Rep
18		Prague
19		Prague
20	Prague	Budapest	Bus		Hungary
21		Budapest
22		Budapest
23	Budapest	Mumbai	Air
	Read about the above places at this link - https://harshad-datar.blogspot.com/2018/07/trip-to-europe-summary-of-trip-part-iii.html