caschmid

I am going to London for a semester, and want to travel Europe as much as possible. I have a list of cities that I definitely want to visit and will probably add a bunch more...

How possible is it to travel while studying? How much traveling did you do when you studied abroad? I want to go several cities in Italy, a few in France, Greece, Spain, and then also hit a few in Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Czech Republic, and Denmark.

Should I limit myself and get my top picks? How is travel throughout Europe? Is it easy to get around? I've heard it only takes a few hours to get to a different country.

What would be your advice? Any at all would be appreciated! =)

cupcake

Get a map (just use google)! You will then see, for example, the London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels are all really close to each other. It's only about 2 hours on the train from London to Paris.

How much travelling you can do depends on
-how much time you have
-how much money you have
-whether you intend to do any studying at all!

If you want to visit lots of places in one area eg lots of cities in italy, it will probably eb more economical for you to spend two solid weeks in Italy at the end of your study abroad, rather than repeatedly travel to Italy at weekends (or you could just do study abroad in Italy or France? It doesn't seem like you are much interested in the UK so that might be a waste of money for you).

Eternal Icicle

I would recommend narrowing your list a bit. I know the UK sometimes has a weird schedule (some friends of mine got ~ a solid month of travel time), which will help you explore Europe. But don't forget to spend some time in London. Of all the places, you must have chosen to live there for a reason, so take some time to really get to know it as well.

Traveling can be done on the cheap if you check out some of Europe's budget airlines: Ryanair, EasyJet, WizzAir. And of course, the trains and buses. Look into hostels, and check out the ratings on a site like HostelWorld. If you're feeling adventurous though, I'd say use Couchsurfer. Many of my friends used Couchsurfer during their travels and it was like having a mini-homestay every place they went.

I studied in Copenhagen, so I would definitely recommend it-- just try to hit it as close to Late Spring, Summer, or Early Fall as possible!

BrownParent

My daughter studied in Budapest and went to Prague and Istanbul over 3 day weekends. She took 3 weeks to travel after. She hit a snag when there was a train strikie. Most of her overnight stays were with Couchsurfing members and occasionally a Hostel. Money was helped by a Gillman grant for study abroad (must be pell grant eligible.) She saw Northern Italy, Berlin, Paris and London.