Planning a vacation for next year for two 18 year-olds, help?

If you end up in the Netherlands, as a tourist you have to visit Amsterdam, but Utrecht is also a very nice city and a lot less touristic. It has a big university and it has a lot of bar's so it's very easy to meet a lot of people your age and have an awesome time.

 

There's a lot to see in all those countries. You have two choices: 1) do the tour de Europe and spend a fractional amount of time in all of them or 2) do a little research into what's going on while you'll be there and focus your time into a few smaller regions or cities. You're young--you'll be able to go back. When I was your age I spent 2 weeks traveling through Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Caught 2 grands prix and saw a ton of cool places. Traveling throughout the Alps is pretty amazing.

 

I would love to do this one day, I want to backpack through Malaysia or Japan or something unique, not knowing the language adds to the fun factor for me.

To add to your list: Monaco would be fun.

Another thing I would want to do is to go to UK, and rent a car or SUV (so I could sleep in the back), and just drive, get ferried and go to Paris, Germany, Italy.

 

Italy.

It has the finest girls of them all.

Drugs is available everywhere, lol.

 

With the value of the USD what it is against the Euro, the party in Europe for the American tourist has been over for a while.

You may want to look into visiting Central & South America instead.

Cheers

 

+1. I'd go to Brazil for a real good holiday.

 

Watch "Hostel" before you go.

 

I think it's the other way around.

 

Watch the news before you go.

 

Whats happening there now then?

The only news on 'latest headlines' on my firefox tab tells me about postage strikes in the UK lol.

TV doesn't work half of the time in Rwanda. Nor does the internets lol

 

Check out this company: www.contiki.com

They have tours for people your age. They are a lot of fun and cover alot of ground in Europe. You get a sample of each city, and it's a good way to figure out where you want to go back to later. You get a lot of free time to do your own thing, so it's not one of those follow the leader with the umbrella type of tours.

If you wanna make your own itinerary, i would suggest just getting a Eurorail pass and going to hostels. It's a lot of fun also. Another company that you can use with your own itinerary is www.busabout.com. I think contiki is the most convenient though and will be the most fun for your first time out......

Have a great trip.....

 

You can save $ & have a lot more fun going to Poland & Hungary

I think Hungary is now the EU's porn capital

 

Go to Spain.

 

You could well be correct on that one. The chicks are absolutely filthy there. The good filthy. Not to mention plenty good looking ones!

 

For a fun adventure rent some scooters in Italy and make a road trip.

 

AirBerlin flies straight from MIA to several places in GR, I'd suggest Munich as its fun but pricey.

From Munich you can hop a train anywhere

 

One word: Amsterdam!!!

 

Italy man...... Fly into Malpensa, sample the culture and sophistication of Milan, cross to Rome and do the sights (Coloseum, Spanish Steps etcetc), then to Bologna (to visit Maserati), over to Maranello and be astounded, then finish in Venice before flying back. Amazing places, fantastic food and culture, beautiful girls everywhere and the amazing Italian way of food, girls, food, more girls, beer/wines, more girls!!!

 

I would honestly go with no itinerary. There's no sense in locking yourself down to something you've planned out in advance. Who knows what might happen while you're there. I would just fly into Paris or Amsterdam and take it from there.

 

thats what i did this summer. started in london, left from paris. planned the trip out on the trains. hit london, amsterdam, berlin, prague, budapest, innsbruck, florence, pisa, the cinque terra, nice, and paris. we sight saw more than we partied, but it was a good time