Central Europe
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Pros
- If you're going in European summer, the Croatia-Bavaria route is unbeatable — Plitvice, coastal towns, Alps, great beer.
- Central Europe works well if the goal is variety and city hopping. Places like Vienna, Prague, Budapest etc are well connected by train and fairly easy to combine but it does tend to be more of a moving between cities style trip.
- my vote would probably be for Central Europe. It is so well interconnected and easily traversed to get from one city to another. Completely different architectures, languages, activities, are just a train ride away.
Cons
- If you chose Europe that you call Eastern skip Munchen it is too much west already. If that is the only option, skip Prague and hit Salzburg Vienna. Munchen, Prague Berlin is a great route but its German asf
- All of Central Europe is infested. As a general rule, as soon as you leave your house, you’re in tick country.
- Central Europe in August is going to be hot
- Central Europe can be great too but it's more enjoyable when the kids are a bit older and you're doing museums, castles, city walks etc. So I'd mostly decide based on the kind of rhythm you want the trip to have.
- Yep save Central Europe for when the kids are 8-14 and they'll hopefully like castles, palaces, gift shops, mini mountain hikes, a ski experience day, etc.
Sentiment
3 positive (33%) · 3 mixed (33%) · 3 negative (33%)
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If you chose Europe that you call Eastern skip Munchen it is too much west already. If that is the only option, skip Prague and hit Salzburg Vienna. Munchen, Prague Berlin is a great route but its German asf
If you're going in European summer, the Croatia-Bavaria route is unbeatable — Plitvice, coastal towns, Alps, great beer.
All of Central Europe is infested. As a general rule, as soon as you leave your house, you’re in tick country.
Central Europe in August is going to be hot
Central Europe works well if the goal is variety and city hopping. Places like Vienna, Prague, Budapest etc are well connected by train and fairly easy to combine but it does tend to be more of a moving between cities style trip.
Central Europe can be great too but it's more enjoyable when the kids are a bit older and you're doing museums, castles, city walks etc. So I'd mostly decide based on the kind of rhythm you want the trip to have.
Yep save Central Europe for when the kids are 8-14 and they'll hopefully like castles, palaces, gift shops, mini mountain hikes, a ski experience day, etc.
my vote would probably be for Central Europe. It is so well interconnected and easily traversed to get from one city to another. Completely different architectures, languages, activities, are just a train ride away.
You may also note that most of China gets extremely hot in the summer (exception being higher altitude areas such as Yunnan) while Central European summer temperatures are fairly moderate in comparison.
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