Greetings /trv/,Somehow I'll have both October to November free, around 56 days, and I made some routes.The first one I'll arrive in Frankfurt and I intend to do the counterclockwise route. I already know Amsterdam (although +20 years ago) and Brussels (which I only want to go for doing day-trips to Leuven and Waterloo - and /trv/ is right about it).The second one is the one I'm most inclined to do. I already know Zagreb (where I intend just to stay enough for the jet-lag) and Ljubljiana (where I intend to stay more for both chilling down and know the surroundings). I don't mind about beaches btw.The third one is arriving at Venice (the price to Zagreb by now is cheaper, but this will probably change by the time I'll by my tickets). I already know Budapest (where I want to chill down), Bratislava (idem) and - barely - Vienna. Also, I've been in Czech Republic this year, so I'll skip it.The third one I'll arrive at Copenhagen and use it as a knot to go either to Berlin side (pic) or Amsterdam.The final one I would do Greece and Turkey. Which one would you choose?
>>2852307Oct/Nov, you already reduced the options to 1 and 3 unless you have some really special interests/museums you want to see that do not depend on the season.2 and 4 is mostly coastal towns in their deserted out of season state, you might get lucky in the first two weeks of October and enjoy a golden fall, after that it's truly over and everything is closed up. 5 is scandis in the sad season with some germany as a bonus.
>>2852307How'd it go?
>>2855017OP hereNow I'm more inclined for a less clusterfucked version of 5. I would make a round trip through Baltic. I've already know all three Baltic capitals, but before Euro times. I've also been in Gdansk (and only). I'll do them again as a sort of 'best of' for me and maybe try to see if I can find people that hosted me back in those hospitalityclub times. I could also go to Kaliningrad as I don't need a visa, but I don't know if I should.
>>2857997That's a based journey. Has soul and character, and every stop will feed into the next. You'll be able to hit a nice variety of geographies, transport types, accom types, etc.Try to hit Mazuy lakes in Poland, their 'lake district; would be a nice geographical and cultural linker between Gdansk and Lithuania. I think October's too late, but the Hel Peninsula would be interesting in autumn. You'd have it all to yourself, and could do an epic bike journey across it. I think the ferry stops at the end of Sept, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hIiS-CHOYYThink your trip will be defined by how the Baltic Sea impacts the people in autumn/winter, and deals with the coldness and bitterness; seeing off the summer and preparing the winter. From a quick glance, some 'events' to plan around could be:>15-18 Nov / Latvia / Staro Riga light festival, apparently the biggest in northern europe, celebrating Latvia's birthdays>11Nov / All region? / St Martins Day - all All Hallow's Eve, winter prep festival>All Nov? / Talinn / Black Nights Film FestivalSeems the Baltics really like this mid November period, could be peak time. I guess hitting Finland and Sweden in late Nov/Dec allows you to play up the winter vibes, and being in Poland in early October allows your to hit the students going back to university parties.
>>2858058Forgot to mention that All Saints Day in Poland 1st Nov is probably a must see, and cultural defining event, where everybody leaves candles in graves, etc. Gives a bit of an insight into the Polish cultural soul.Also seen that 3rd October is German Unity day which could be a very good reason to be in Berlin at that point to kick things off.
