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Old July 23rd, 2006, 02:10 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
RT[_1_]
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We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves,and if so what are the
risks,,any tips would be helpful

RT
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Old July 23rd, 2006, 03:03 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
Dave Frightens Me
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On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 13:10:18 GMT, RT wrote:

We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves,and if so what are the
risks,,any tips would be helpful


It's a very well established route, and you shouldn't have any more
problems than in Western Europe. It's a bit poorer, but the difference
is not great.
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Old July 23rd, 2006, 03:26 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
Runge
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Plan it yourselves, of course!
Read the usual sites, they give more valuable info than on this group
(Thorntree, virtual tourist etc)
Buy a guidebook, what risks do you fear ?
There are none if you conduct yourselves accordingly.
There are much less risks than in the USA.


"RT" a écrit dans le message de news:
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We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves,and if so what are the
risks,,any tips would be helpful

RT



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Old July 23rd, 2006, 03:36 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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RT wrote:
We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves,and if so what are the
risks,,any tips would be helpful


Do it yourself. Tours are much more expensive, and you are stuck with
the tour's itinerary. And you will meet a lot more local people
travelling on your own rather than in a large group of Americans. You
can always hire a guide to take you around a specific sight or city
rather than be on a tour the whole time.

As far as risks, violent crime is almost non-existent, but there is a
moderate amount of petty theft, especially in tourist areas of Budapest
and Prague. I would get a "money belt" - a pouch that you wear under
your clothes that keeps your money and valuables - so that you can't be
pickpocketed. You should never leave your bags alone (e.g. in a train
station while you go to the counter or in a cafe while you go to the
restroom). If you have two people, one person should always stay with
the bags.

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Old July 23rd, 2006, 05:57 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
Runge
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Lol I guess Henry is right !

"Henry" a écrit dans le message de news:
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RT wrote:

We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves? [all sic]


If you need to ask such a question, and ask it in such a way, then you
are most definitely better off booking on a tour.

cheers,

Henry



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Old July 23rd, 2006, 06:07 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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RT wrote:
any tips would be helpful

I wrote you a long reply which I feel is too long to post and not of
general interest. But it was undeliverable as your e-mail address is
invalid. If you would like the reply, please write to me at


Larry at Morro Bay, California

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Old July 23rd, 2006, 06:40 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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RT wrote:
We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves,and if so what are the
risks,,any tips would be helpful


Please allow me to suggest Lviv in Ukraine instead of Warsaw. It is not
long from Krakow, an old and very interesting town, inexpensive, great
for wining and dining, immune to any kind of snobbyness and a great mix
of Polish, Austrian, Jewish, Gothic and more history and arcitecture.
You will not regret it!

from the 1st of January 2006 people with European Union, US, Japaneese
and more passports will not need a visa for Ukraine.

Jan

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Old July 23rd, 2006, 07:20 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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RT wrote:
We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves,
RT


We did a similar trip in 2003 (we went Budapest, Vienna, Prague,
Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg but you could easily do Poland where we did
Germany) and it was easy to do it yourself by train. Do your best
speaking the local lingo but there's always someone around who speaks
English so you'll be fine. We just bought our train tickets at the
station on the day of departure.

and if so what are the
risks,,any tips would be helpful


One thing we did (and still do when doing such trips) is when you
arrive at one place check the train times for the next place. It just
makes things easier planning the day you leave.

As other poster's have said get a guide book (we used the Lonely Planet
Central Europe). Prague is very touristy ( I thought to it's detriment)
and a lot of people go to Czesky Krumluv which is a bit of an effort on
the bus from Prague but reportedly better as less crowded (can other
poster's advise). I thought Vienna was better and I'd recommend Schoss
Schonbrunn http://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/publicdir/ as I reckon it's the
best palace I've been to in Central/Eastern Europe.

Risks - keep your wits about you and you'll be fine.

Have fun,

Tassie

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Old July 23rd, 2006, 08:15 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Cesky Krumlov is one of the greatest old towns ever. The secret has been out
for a while though so it does get busy. Not as much as Prague though.
Its convienantly located if you are going to Prague and Vienna. You can stop
off on the way for a couple of nights by train.

It was also used in the movie "Hostel" if you have seen that. I'm sure some
google images will tempt you.

Cheers
Mike


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RT wrote:
We are planning a trip to eastern
europe,,Budapest,Pargue,Vienna,Krakow maybe Warsaw,,question,,are we
better off on a tour or planning it ourselves,
RT


We did a similar trip in 2003 (we went Budapest, Vienna, Prague,
Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg but you could easily do Poland where we did
Germany) and it was easy to do it yourself by train. Do your best
speaking the local lingo but there's always someone around who speaks
English so you'll be fine. We just bought our train tickets at the
station on the day of departure.

and if so what are the
risks,,any tips would be helpful


One thing we did (and still do when doing such trips) is when you
arrive at one place check the train times for the next place. It just
makes things easier planning the day you leave.

As other poster's have said get a guide book (we used the Lonely Planet
Central Europe). Prague is very touristy ( I thought to it's detriment)
and a lot of people go to Czesky Krumluv which is a bit of an effort on
the bus from Prague but reportedly better as less crowded (can other
poster's advise). I thought Vienna was better and I'd recommend Schoss
Schonbrunn http://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/publicdir/ as I reckon it's the
best palace I've been to in Central/Eastern Europe.

Risks - keep your wits about you and you'll be fine.

Have fun,

Tassie



 




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