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Originally Posted by rubecube
Alright, I'm gonna jump into this thread. I'm moving to Copenhagen for an exchange semester that starts in September, however I'm heading over on July 22 to do some traveling first. I'll land in Copenhagen on the afternoon of July 23, and then I have 11 days to kill before I meet a friend of mine in Milan on Aug. 3. We then have 8-9 days in Italy (no itinerary yet) before heading off to Budapest for a week. After we're heading to Spain from the 18th - 30th, when my friend flies out of Barcelona. We don't have a set itinerary for Spain other than we want to hit San Sebastian and either Ibiza or Mallorca, as well as doing La Tomatina on the 27th.
I'd love some suggestions for both the time I have before I meet my friend and also some suggestions for Italy. I've been to Italy before but was solely hanging around the Torino area.
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I can provide you a suggestion for a hostel in Budapest if you are looking for one. I also stayed at a good one in Prague.
I have a couple recommendations for Budapest:
-Ruins Bars/the Bar on the boat (#1 & 2 according to
this list by Lonely Planet)
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Szechenyi baths, or other thermal baths in the city. They sometimes have parties in the evening, sadly I missed one the night I left for Bratislava
-Caving (didn't have time to do that)
-Find a walking tour, they are usually only paid by tips. They have several different tours (like one on communism)
-Just walk around and look at the architecture
Also, know where you are staying relative to the Oktagon in case you get lost...everybody knows where it is lol. The tram on the "korut" (ring road) that goes to the Oktogon runs all night.
Also, I would recommend Berlin, Prague and Munich en route to meeting your friend in Milan. Even though I was sick for much of my time in Berlin I found it to be a super cool (and huge!) city. Prague was also very nice and easy to get around. Munich I found didn't have as much character as the other cities I visited, but if you are interested in cars you can go to BMW world and the BMW museum. Also, the beer is good!