Europe . . . .?

Question

i am going back packing in europe this summer..I am from arizona..What do i need to get/do before i go? Any sort of weird papers or anything? How far ina dvance should i plan?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Start reading up right now.
Decide which countries you want to see pretty soon and look for the best air travel soon.
That can be the cheapest flight, or a direct one from an airport near where you live.

Mostly the cheaper tickets and the direct flights go to few airports only, so best build your plans around them.

For most of Europe you will need only one visa, and that is a stamp you get when you land, not one you need to apply for before you leave.
Russia and Belarus and some more neighboring countries do ask for visa. Check if you need one on this site: http://skyteam.com/EN/travelPlanner/timatic/index.jsp
Make sure you get your passport in time, last year it was a nightmare, so do not wait till a few weeks before you leave but get it running as soon as you can.

Where do you want to go?
If you want to do as many countries in a short time getting a railpass is useful:
http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/passes/eurail_index.htm
But you need to be in the train more often than not to make it pay.
If you plan your travels well you might be able to get one single train ticket allowing you as many stops underway as you like, valid for 2 months.

A good travel agent can help you getting it planned, but most will just want to sell you a pass.
Here are links to some of the rail planners of the bigger European countries:
Germany: http://www.bahn.de/p/view/international/englisch/international_guests.shtml
France: http://www.voyages-sncf.com/dynamic/_SvHomePage?_DLG=SvHomePage&_CMD=cmdHomepageUK&WB=HP&rfrr=4685ac17fd2e7656e4918c53b246a3f7
UK: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

The German one is often used for travel in other countries too.
But you can find travel planners for each country when searching on train times and the name of the country. And all European train companies also have an English version on-line.

Remember that Europe gets more expensive when you travel north and west, with Switzerland and Austria in the center among the most expensive.
Eastern countries are cheaper.

List all places you have always wanted to go to, and google for information on them, there is a lot on the web.
Or get a good guidebook, I like and trust the Lonely Planet series, and read. You can find a lot of travel guides second hand or older versions in the cheaper bookshops.

Book tickets as soon as you are sure when you will travel, as they sell fast, but take an insurance on them, as you might get ill or otherwise not be able to travel.

I hope this is enough for now, and not to much yet.
Please ask more questions if you want to know more.

Answer 2

to begin with you men could dont recognise such a lot factor approximately this nation im a turk there are lots of ethnic corporations in turkey like pomaks(jap thrace regularly) they dont name themselves as slavic individuals even supposing they perhaps or gagauz individuals i have by no means heard thus far that they name themselves as turkic bulgars good im a thracian i've bosniak peers in istanbul you understand why turkey has many immigrants on the grounds that the treaty of Lausanne in 1923 yeah they all are right here however nonetheless you are proper when you consider that its one other factor being in europe(that is a continent and cyprus isnt on this continent) or being ecu (you understand what i imply) in scientificially turkish genes are rather instead low in east anatolian populace (when you consider that of the kurds just about 15 million and and so on.) caucasid and mediterranian individuals its exchanging a few places i dont imply we belong to europe even though the whole lot occurs for a rationale and mainly has a couple of rationale europe is a greek phrase thats real it additionally has a semitic foundation too in akkad it approach "to head down" its like a thrace phrase its first acknowledged via greeks however it derives from the semitic root

Answer 3

I've always wanted to do that..

I know you need a passport, you prob already knew that.