We are trying to mimic Rick's Best of Europe 22 days. People told me that it's a trip designed more for tours than independent travelers. so I hope to get a review from experienced folks here and fine tune it so the plan is realistic and not in a big rush.
You can see his suggested route here: http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/destinations/europe/eur22.htm
Here are a few consideration we had: 1) Since we have 30 days, we wanted to add Bruges/Brussels. 2) The round trip ticket to Amsterdam is a better deal so we will also try to start/finish via Amsterdam. 3) we prefer to visit Paris in the beginning of the trip rather than the end.
Here is the rough plan we have so far (haven't gone into the details on the sightseeing points of each place but more on logistics)
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