Orchidflower
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Just got back from Thailand and Cambodia (loved it!), and now wanting to plan a 3 weeks (hope that's enough) tour of some of the European countries more east like:
Hungary; Croatia; Poland; Czech Republic; Romania; Slovakia; Bulgaria; Slovenia; Ukraine; etc. etc. etc.
I think it might be cheaper for me to purchase individual train tickets instead of a Eurail pass as checking on 1st class by rail from Budapest to Prague was a 6 hr. 39 min. ride for a whopping $48.
However, I understand rail in some countries is either very sloooow or nonexistent almost (like Croatia). Anyone here have real world knowledge of that?
Since I want to go see only the most interesting countries, which ones should I do? And are many of these countries so similar that I could go see one and avoid many others? I am trying not to duplicate experiences.
My only language is English, so is there a country that does NOT teach basic English at all in this region and maybe I should just avoid
Any advice is helpful. I asked questions about 3 basic topics here, and hope someone either has lived over there or visited recently and can help.
(And, no, I do not want to take a tour on this trip.)
Hungary; Croatia; Poland; Czech Republic; Romania; Slovakia; Bulgaria; Slovenia; Ukraine; etc. etc. etc.
I think it might be cheaper for me to purchase individual train tickets instead of a Eurail pass as checking on 1st class by rail from Budapest to Prague was a 6 hr. 39 min. ride for a whopping $48.
However, I understand rail in some countries is either very sloooow or nonexistent almost (like Croatia). Anyone here have real world knowledge of that?
Since I want to go see only the most interesting countries, which ones should I do? And are many of these countries so similar that I could go see one and avoid many others? I am trying not to duplicate experiences.
My only language is English, so is there a country that does NOT teach basic English at all in this region and maybe I should just avoid
Any advice is helpful. I asked questions about 3 basic topics here, and hope someone either has lived over there or visited recently and can help.
(And, no, I do not want to take a tour on this trip.)