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I have chosen to take a gap year before going to college. I'm now in the process of planning a backpacking trip through Europe. On September 6th my dad and I are going to Zermatt to climb the Matterhorn. From there we are heading to Germany for Oktoberfest and then to Barcelona to visit my brother. My dad will then head back to the states and ill stay in Europe to travel around and see a different part of the world.
My question to you is who has been to Europe and where should i go?
Thanks
South Germany is really awesome, the people are friendly and in general the climate is nice.
Ultimately my favourite place in Europe is southern France, I spent a month living there with my family last summer and we lived in a tiny stucco house in St. Remy de Provence. It's ALL Roman settled area and the history is incredible. If you can speak french, its a really nice accent, and easy to understand (not like in the north). Food is garlic-y, warm and the wine of choice is Rose. In general though, its HOT all the time, like a desert and the cicadas are killer loud. Every little town has its own history and trains can take you wherever you want.
I also reccommend going through the valleys of the swiss alps into those small towns, more specifically Sierre (about 30 mins from Zermatt), Bitsch (a real place, google it), Meiringen, etc. If you want mountains: INTERLAKEN, Switzerland...take the train to Lauterbrunnen, where you can then from there take the mountain train THROUGH the mountain to the Jungfrau (highest observation point in europe i think). Its an incredible incredible place. The town of Wengen (on the way up to the peak) is so cool - no cars in the whole town. Cows much by the traintracks and this is really what Switzerland is like. PICTURE I TOOK (this is the real view from the train)
I honestly don't know, the majority of the cost was to rent the house. It was small and minimal, but it had a pool and was very nicely situated, so I can assume it wasn't cheap.
The rest was just fresh market food usually every day, about 15-20 euro (we're a family of 5), sometimes more if we wanted wine. Even then, though the wine was cheap (it's all local).
Then there were touristy day-trips and admission costs to castles, archaelogical sites, etc. as well as diesel.
And flights.
I lived in england for a year. its cool but not a lot to do. i went to rome and that is the best place i have ever been. you have to go to rome
