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Trips to Europe

If you are fond of traveling or you plan to spend a nice vacation with your family, then Europe is definitely the place for your needs.  Europe has all the arrangements for adventure vacation, golfing holiday and winter sports. Europe has varying topography from rising mountains and glaciers to lowlands, from oceans, beaches, harbors to lakes, from beautiful forests, flora and fauna to stunning grasslands. Europe also manifests deep roots of culture and history with stunning architecture, sculptures, art work, folk music, operas, theatres, and galleries. What more do you need to have a memorable vacation!

Planning trips to Europe with kids and family is simple. All you need to do is to find a suitable vacation package to suit your needs.  You can find a great budgeted vacation package on the internet with ease.  If you go through the map of Europe, you may get confused. There’s so much to visit that trips to Europe are no jokes. It is almost impossible to travel the entire place in the span of one vacation itself. Time and money are two very important factors required to budget your vacation to Europe. You can also opt for a eurail or inter rail pass to save unnecessary expenditure. These passes will let you travel all over the place for a certain number of fixed days. This way you will not have to expend on your travel expenses again and again. Rail travel will also help you to have the real essence of Europe’s natural beauty. You will take less time to travel large distances.

Where do you want to begin your journey from? Now, that’s the big question!

Begin your journey from London and you can have a happy ending at Paris, Vienna, Athens or Amsterdam.  If you are visiting Europe, you just can’t ignore famous cities like Rome, London and Paris.  You may take three to four days for the inter country travelling.  But try to spend most of your time in these cities i.e. at least 5 days per country. You might face some language problem while traveling. Most European countries use English as their medium of communication.

Do not make a hasty decision. Believe in quality and not quantity. If you visit a country for one or two days in order to rush to the other country, then you will surely lose on something really amazing about that country. Try and stick to your plans only.  But be open to changes and new events.

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European countries

It is difficult to cover each and every part of Europe, so I will touch on some less known facts quickly.

Austria, a small country in Europe, has a rich heritage. It is home to international flavors called the Wiener Schnitzel and Apfelstrudel.  Belgium, situated in northwest Europe, is a free country. It is one of the founding members of the European Union.  Belgium is the source of origin of many Flemish painters and artists. Belgium is famous for its chocolates all over the world. Czech Republic is world famous for its meat cuisine. Bulgaria, one of the oldest nations of Europe, counts for the major export of food and wines. Folk music is the trade mark of this nation.  Did you know that Cyprus is known as the island of Aphrodite? People believe that the goddess of love and beauty was born here.  Cyprus is the juncture between Europe and Asia.

Denmark is a beautiful country with magnificent natural harbors and many other water bodies.  Denmark introduced the concept of open sandwiches which are enjoyed world wide now.  Sweden, situated in northern Europe, has a beautiful long coastline. Slovakia is well known for its beautifully varying topography characterized by the beautiful Alps, the Pannonian plain, the Mediterranean and the Dinaric area.  Slovakia is well known for the Carpathian Mountains.

Romania is world famous for its sumptuous cuisine.  Poland is rich in minerals like iron, zinc, copper and cobalt.  Portugal, a country rich in history and culture, has stunning Oriental influences in architecture and art. Portugal is world famous for symbolizing art and culture. Malta is a beautiful island popular for golf resorts.  Netherlands has great history of painters.  Luxemburg produces large percentage of European beer. Lithuania specializes in culinary skills like cold beet soup and potato dumplings puffy with meat.  Latvia is characterized for the Latvian bacon pies.  Estonia is the original home to many famous people like the Kalevipoeg and Jaan Kross.

Finland, a snowy country is world famous for the patriotism imbibed in the citizens. It is also the place for you, if you are fond of winter sports. Ireland is marked with the beauty of the Blasket islands, Cliffs of Moher, Newgrange and Dublin Zoo. Hungary is known as the musical country.  Greece is home to many European scholars. Greece has played an important part in European civilization, culture, art, literature and architecture. Greece cuisine is popular for the use of mutton.  Germany has a dominating influence on Europe.

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