Here is a short review of the places we visited. I ve already missed Norway, Brugge, Monaco, South France, Stockholm and the swedish festivals, Andorra and Copenhagen...:

NORGE:

+ Friendly people, astonishing scenery (fjords, waterfalls, cliffs), Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen), Oslo Open Air Museum, wonderful Bergen

- Too expensive, no proper highways, drug dealers in Oslo train station

I would definately go again!!! I want to explore more fjords... I want to go hiking to Kjerag (google it), I want to go to Bergen again.

SVERIGE:

+ Very friendly people, majestic Stockholm, free August music festivals around the country, great little towns, tourist city bikes, excellent campsite network, very clean even during the festivals

- Erratic weather, expensive car parks in Stockholm.

I d like to go to Stockholm again! Goteborg is a great visit during the festival too!

DANMARK:

+ Bike-friendly country, good campsite network, peaceful countryside, Beautiful city of Copenhagen, Jacobsen beer

- Expensive, flat and as dull as England country side, Copenhagen city-bikes were like ghosts (nowhere).

I enjoyed Denmark and I might like to go to Copenhagen again.

DEUTSCHLAND - HAMBURG

+ Bratwurst, beers, submarine museum, cheap, funny atmosphere in St Pauli, Autobahns without speed limit
- Not a place to stay long (2 days were enough)

NEDERLAND - ARNHEM

+ Great little city with much green space, walking by river Rhine
- Where are the souvenir shops???

BELGIE

+ Brugge....... wonderful!! Belgian beers, bike-friendly cities, cosmopolitan Brussels
- Traffic in Brussels

I will definately go to Brugge again!!!!!

LETZEBUERG (luxembourg)

+ Marvellous city on the hills, exellent views, great walking paths around the city, very cheap fuel.
- A bit quiet.

Luxembourg is different and cute. I dont think i ll visit it again, but I liked it.

ESPANA & CATALONIA

+ Sun, Gaudi buildings and designs in Barcelona, festivals and fiestas, city architecture, great food
- Spanish denying to communicate in other languages but spanish, disappointing sea (if you want just sunbathing okay, but do NOT go to Spain expecting to find proper sea for swimming), humidity, toll roads (rip off), rediculously expensive hotels and hostels, beggars and homeless issue, driving conditions in the city

I will NOT go to mainland Spain in the summer again - the sea is only suitable for wind surfers. Barcelona did the trick though - great city.

ANDORRA

+ Magnificent views during the mountain hiking, Caldea Spa centre, very cheap country
- A bit quiet

A place that I d like to visit over the winter in the future.

SOUTH FRANCE - MONACO

From our short stay in Nice, I think I made my mind: I have to visit Cote D Azur in the near future! As for Monaco? Out of this world! Posh... and posh! I d like to have a dinner in the Casino in the future!!
Oh, not to forget the ULTIMUM RIP OFF: French toll roads. You pay more on tolls than on petrol...

written by  ManosGeorgia on October 1, 2008 from Thessaloniki, Greece
from the travel blog: Europe trip 2008
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you are so lucky to visit these nice places...
thank you for posting this, I'm going to go there myself in the nearest future

written by  wow-traveler on October 7, 2009

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