how long have you?

hi Shauna, my trip starts in september. too bad we couldn't have maybe caught up with eachother somewhere... but happy travels!

Larry, thanks! This is truly what i want to do. Since i am just graduating, i've decided that before i get myself into more years of school at college, that this is my time to do this. So, basically i have as long as i want to go for. And well september is both my birthday, and tourists settle down a bit from the summer, it seems like the best time for me to go. I want this to truly be, my experience of a lifetime.

brittany, The longest trip I've had so far is two months in four countries. I'd have to check my trip records to determine how many cities I visited.

As you're planning on travelling for a duration of four months, be sure you don't exceed the 3-month Schengen limit (especially now that some of the eastern countries have joined the E.U.).

Cheers!

I spent 8 months in Europe, but that was predominately work related in the Balkans.

For travel, I spent five and half weeks traveling across Europe from St. Petersburg to Vilnius to Warsaw to Krakow to Prague to Munich to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, to Interlaken, to Dijon to Amboise to Normandy and to Chartres, flying out of Charles de Gaul on the final day. Although there were a few long travel strecthes (St. Petersburg to Vilnius and Vilnius to Warsaw were particularly long), the trip never felt rushed. I spent as many as 5 nights in certain locations and as few as one night in Dijon and Chartres.

I lived in Salzburg, Austria for a semester of college (five months), traveling around Europe from there on weekends and various field trips. Then after school was out I spent three weeks in England before returning home.

We're traveling for 6 months beginning in February. 3 months only in the Schengen countries and then 3 months in Ireland and the UK.

I found having to plan travel for this long very difficult - it almost felt like picking random places without so much research would have ended up with just as exciting a result. Not sure yet.
Because we are traveling with kids, we've decided on 2 week stints at apartments mostly. So, for example, 2 weeks each in Paris, Perpignan, Barcelona, Seville, Venice, Tuscany, Dingle, Edinburgh, Bath, etc. etc.
Hope you have a dream trip!

Brittany, I've seen your other posts. You have quite an ambitious trip planned. 4 months should be great.

Hey Brittney.. I'm going to be travelling for 2 1/2 months from mid April to June .. when are you going?