Author Topic: Furdle's Trip to Europe Part 1  (Read 749 times)

Okay so last year I went to Africa, this year I was planning to go to America but due to some stuffty problems I've had to move that to summer 2015, so this year I want to go to europe!
This is early stages of planning, but here's a map of the route I would like to take.

Red: Boat
Blue: Train
Green: Motorbike
Yellow: Plane

1. Get a boat to amsterdam (might have to be one of them underwater train things idk if its been built yet) spend 2 or 3 nights there gettin high
2. get a train to belguim, spend a day there just chillin.
3. go to paris, buy clothes, laugh at french people.
4. get a train to Venice, spend a few days checking out the sights, laugh at boat people.
5. purchase a small motorbike/scooter and ride south to Rome, check out that colloseum and do some assassin creed stuff.
6. Ride to the small town of Brinidisi, spend a few days there while we sell the bikes (might have to sell them at rome depending on what the town is like)
7. get a boat to Patras in Greece
8. Spend a few days in Patras before getting a train to the airport in Lechaina.
9. Fly back home to London.

This is a rough draft of the plan, here's a cool map I made.

Perfect, this will make it much easier to stalk you.

Seems like a long adventure, but have fun.

Most excited for 'dam and getting a motorbike through Italy, I think it'll be great!

Getting a motorbike through Italy is probably the stupidest thing possible.

In my 5 days in Rome there were 4 motorbike deaths on the roads of Italian locals who had been riding bikes for years.
When I say that the Italians are unsafe drivers, I am not joking.
Car drivers are terrible and actively attempt to dog at motorbikes, as do the motorbikes to the cars.

You are unfathomably more safer taking a coach across Italy. They're cheap, exceedingly regular, and not likely to end up with you being smeared along an Italian motorway.


Besides, do you know the European laws on vehicle travel? You have to have so much equipment with you at all times.

And if you take your own vehicle to Rome then you're going to be forgeted.
There's no where to park it and it takes 3 times as long to travel across Rome via vehicle than it does by walking.
The roads are constantly gridlocked, or moving at ridiculous speeds, or often both at the same time.

Do yourself a favour. Get some railcards. Get yourself across Europe easily, safely and cheaply.

Getting a motorbike through Italy is probably the stupidest thing possible.

In my 5 days in Rome there were 4 motorbike deaths on the roads of Italian locals who had been riding bikes for years.
When I say that the Italians are unsafe drivers, I am not joking.
Car drivers are terrible and actively attempt to dog at motorbikes, as do the motorbikes to the cars.

You are unfathomably more safer taking a coach across Italy. They're cheap, exceedingly regular, and not likely to end up with you being smeared along an Italian motorway.


Besides, do you know the European laws on vehicle travel? You have to have so much equipment with you at all times.

And if you take your own vehicle to Rome then you're going to be forgeted.
There's no where to park it and it takes 3 times as long to travel across Rome via vehicle than it does by walking.
The roads are constantly gridlocked, or moving at ridiculous speeds, or often both at the same time.

Do yourself a favour. Get some railcards. Get yourself across Europe easily, safely and cheaply.
Thought it was a bit dangerous, but I would like to go around on mopeds in the trip somewhere, any recommendations where?
Oh thanks for the the link it looks cool.

Furdle how are you going to ride a motorbike across the water from venice to rome

Furdle how are you going to ride a motorbike across the water from venice to rome

red lines are boats

red lines are boats
no the green line from venice to rome doesn't stay completely on land..

also, I know he didn't draw it accurately, I was just pointing it  out....

red lines are boats
But the green line goes over water.
Curious, very curious.

The motorbike part will be nice

Thought it was a bit dangerous, but I would like to go around on mopeds in the trip somewhere, any recommendations where?
Oh thanks for the the link it looks cool.
You can hire mopeds in Rome if you're interested, but if you're there for the sightseeing then it's just a hassle.
You can get brief moments where you get a bit of unimpeded movement, but if you're inside Rome then you'll find yourself in regular traffic jams.


The other option is Paris. Mopeds are easy to rent there too, and the roads tend to be larger, slightly faster in terms of movement, and there's more of it.
Since the city is very much a modern city, it's built for vehicles. Which Rome isn't.
You'll find carparks in Paris and safe parking spaces for when you want to enter cafes and restaurants.

Of course, it might limit your ability to go to every single tourist destination you want, since you'll be focussing on parking spaces and pay-and-display times, but it could be entertaining.
Just pay attention on the roads. It's much safer than Rome and Italy, but the Parisians are a little bit road-crazy too.

no the green line from venice to rome doesn't stay completely on land..

With this point made, I'd like to suggest that if you do travel from Venice to Rome by car/bus/bike, then you can hit a number of impressive cities and towns on the way, spend a little while in them and carry on travelling at speed.

Taking the A4 from Venice to Padua would be nice, then it's down the A13 to Bologna.
After that you hit the E35 and that leads you to Florence, where you have to visit and spend some time. It's a really beautiful and historic city.
And the E35 carries on from there all the way down to Rome.


And if you spend a little while in Rome, might I highly recommend you try taking the train from the Termini station there over to Pompeii.
It's not a long journey on their high-speed trains, and the ruined city is definitely a location to cross off of any bucket list.

But the green line goes over water.
Curious, very curious.
maybe he's taking a green boat

But the green line goes over water.
Curious, very curious.
He's going to ride his motorbike in circles on a boat. The green just overlaps the red