Announcing JP's Grand Tour: Western Europe
Who woudn't want to tour Western Europe with me? That's what I thought.
That's why I'm proud to announce my Grand Tour of Western Europe. I hope you'll sign up to come along. Dates are to-be-announced, and since it's probably never going to happen, it's FREE to participate.
Here are the terms and conditions:
- Pack light! One day bag, one rolling suitcase. You will be lugging your own gear.
- Prepare! Read your guide books, plan your days. Don't rely on me to explain everything to you.
- Get over your jet lag in the first few days! Jet lagged people are toxic. From Day One, you gotta get up on time, eat on time.
Here's the itinerary:
Paris, France (5 days) The goal of Paris is to get over jet lag, walk a lot, see some sites, get familiar with public transit. Louvre, Musee D'Orsay, Tour Eiffel, Bateau Mouche, Musee de 'Art Moderne, Musee du Monde Arabe, Champs Elysees....
Provence (5 nights) Based in Aix, Nimes, or Arles. Avignon, Les Beaux, the Camargues, les Saintes Maires de la Mer.
Marseilles (1 night) Vieux Port, bouillabaisse, pizza, island
Cote d'Azure (3 nights) Based in Nice. Promenade des Anglais, the old city, Matisse museum; day trips to Cannes, Monte Carlo.
Firenze, Italia (3 nights) Duomo, Uffizi, day trip to into Sienna, Assisi.
Roma, Italia (5 nights) Ancient Rome, St. Peter's and the Vatican, Ostia Antica, general hanging out.
Napoli, Italia (2 nights) Explore the town, eat pizza, Paestum, Herculanium, Pompeii.
Capri and/or Costa Amalfitana (3 nights) La dolce vita.
Bordeaux, France (2 nights) Day trip to St. Emilion, maybe Arcachon.
Barcelona, España (3 nights) Ramblas, Sagrada Familia, Gaudi Museum,
Madrid, España (5 nights) Prado, what else? Day trips to Salamanca, Toledo
Sevilla, España (3 nights) ?
Lisboa, Portugal (5 nights) ?
Ok, where else should we go? What else should we do? You're coming, aren't you? I'll need help planning Spain, since I haven't traveled a lot there. Anyone want to go to London?
3 comments:
I wanna go! (And yes, I belong to the "I have planned at least one European Grand Tour which never actually happened" club.)
Two (er, three) things:
1. I have family in Greece
2. I have friends in London
3. One of the London friends is Spanish and frequently goes home.
In Madrid, visit el Museo de Reina Sofia first, then el Prado. Prado has really nice "classical" art, but you'll find Picasso's Guernica at Reina Sofia and you'll want to spend more time there. Oh, there's a Picasso museum in Barcelona too.
I would definitely want to visit San Sebastian again for the beaches and tapas - Maybe between Barcelona and Madrid? Between San Sebastian and Salamanca, you could see another building by Gehry in Bilbao at the Guggenheim, if you were to go that route. That makes Barcelona a little out of the way though...
Qyang, can we visit La Pulperia???
I have a friend I'd want to visit in London, but let's not stay there long unless they convert to Euros. That crap is expensive.
If you go to Italy, why not just go a little further east and visit the most beautiful country in Europe, Slovenia?
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