My three European countries (8/1-17)-ready articles

Decided to go to Europe, is in the may day went to Singapore, feel thirties who haven't visited Europe, a bit reprehensible.

Began brewing, Germany is preferred, because the United Kingdom and France are not my special feelings, Italy is famous because of the thief, it is said that it was very dirty, to be frightened. Ring for Germany, is to look at the surrounding what place can mention, discovered the Czech in Germany next to the Prague lovers ", considers that there should be a charm in the Czech Republic, then carefully check and found that he is already a Schengen States, which means holding a visa to go to Germany, plus the following Austria, so my initial will travel to Guangzhou-Frankfurt-Berlin-Prague-Vienna-Munich-Guangzhou, time provisionally scheduled for 15 days (1 August – 15 September, mainly in the summer holidays with children). This trip is determined from the circle on the map, so you don't go back. Actual end because the ticket line will read: Guangzhou-Frankfurt-Berlin-Prague-Vienna-Salzburg-fusen-m sparda Teng Neunkirchen (Germany in a small town at the foot of the Alps, from here on Germany's highest peak Zuger peak)-Munich-Guangzhou. Now the long preparations simple to write.

1. ticket

On the website www.yiqifei.com checked, first select the Canton direct flights, only Chinese-aviation: 4930 + tax (about 2300), which is a little more than 7000 people, believe it is acceptable, then do a phone reservation.

Consultation with the customer service staff, say booking proof 50 Yuan/Zhang, if a visa through the real booking, can be reduced airfare 50 yuanchong, if a visa is not passed, it cannot be returned. I also consult this location can be reserved for the customer service staff say about 2 weeks, the facts do not like this, this reservation can not be reserved seats, as long as some people want to buy, the airlines at any time you can cancel the reservation, will be sold to others. In fact, the $ 50 is the booking company help customer fraud, a book, let alone that the applicant has to Consulate money booked tickets, stranded in a foreign country is unlikely to issue Visa easier. Later, my visa quickly down, but the price of the ticket is gone, the same flight, has been promoted to 6350 + tax ($ 3000). I wish to collapsed yielded to another kind of arrangement: Air China's special fares, but want to transfer from Beijing: August 1, fly to Beijing, August 2, 2 a.m.-supported Air China flight to Frankfurt, 2 August local time 6: 30 in the morning. Return 16 (not 15, because 15, would cost airfares on 2900 yuan/person) from Munich to fly to Beijing, and then back to Guangzhou from Beijing. Last two small ticket cost $ 21140. The trip was from 15 days up to 17 days.

2. visa:

The Schengen visa Germany very troublesome, mainly in data preparation, construction building has a visa application centre, is designed specifically for the Consulate audit the visa information, if there is anything wrong with it, will tell you how to modify or add any content to the asking price is $ 190 per person.

Of course, is not guaranteed. It should be said that the Visa Center is contracting the Consulate will information audit, as each person applying for a visa, the process must first Visa Center, the Visa Center accept information, interviews, and interview time. Visa fee from January 2008 is 60 Euro (about 650 RMB), so the three of us $ total spending is 2950.

Visa Center Web site: http://www.germanvac-cn.com

First of all you want to log on to the Web site, select the online application form, the form is available in English and German, we of course is completed in English.

Completed, a person a copy of the completed system automatically generates a PDF file, save it and print it out. If you fill in the wrong, you can also modify the Internet, but because I once completed, therefore not modify function. Give out any experience.

Download tourist visa ready information listing, I downloaded a Chinese version, but the last hand find leaked daughter proof of school.

I'm with Visa Center, the list is only to university students from the school, the man answered, you should see a list of information in English, Chinese translation wrong, is not a college student, a student. Also add that later they'd read English. I fainted.

3, train tickets and transportation

Many people have said that in the country to buy European train ticket more cost-effective, but I found that the actual ticket is more suitable for those backpackers, are adults, get a lot of places, one day take a very long train or many times, and sometimes take the overnight train that kind of person, but as we are a family of three, not necessarily.

For example, domestic prices buy ticket, as follows: (unit: Euro)

Point to point ticket/

Number of days

Adult 2 pedestrian 1 person price second

Children

Three people together

Germany pass

4

129

87

345

5

144

97

385

6

159

107

425

7

174

117

465

Germany + Austria ticket

5

203

101.5

507.5

6

226

113

565

8

271

135.5

677.5

> Germany + Czech ticket

5

191

95.5

477.5

6

211

105.5

527.5

8

254

127

635

Austria + Czech ticket

4

151

75.5

377.5

Austria ticket

3

86

43

215

4

99

49.5

247.5

Because the ticket is not able to make maximum use of local urban transport, can only be used in long-distance trains, for our trip, the most significant is from Frankfurt to Berlin, Berlin to Prague, Prague to Vienna, Vienna to Salzburg, Salzburg to Munich, Munich to fusen, plus roemisch-Teng Neunkirchen to Munich several paragraphs, but this paragraph deals with the three countries, and the ticket is not a de riottier combination ticket of the three countries.

Finally, my Web site through the DB, the query many times, decided to use a point-to-point manner, because there are several long-distance train is a discount ticket sale and local traffic ticket, there are many offers. Finally, I only bought on the Web site from Frankfurt to Berlin, and from Berlin to Prague special price ticket, former 89 OU plus 4 central reservations, the latter 87 Euro plus 4 central reservations. The entire trip down in the European territory of the overall transportation costs approximately $ RMB 6700 euro, equivalent to about $ 620. Plus airfare and domestic travel expenses, totaled approximately RMB 28000. As follows:

Date

Project

Costs

Currency

Amounting to

Preparation period

Air tickets

21140

RMB

21140.00

Frankfurt-Berlin tickets

93

Euro

1004.40

Berlin-Prague train ticket

97

Euro

1047.60

8/1

Home-Airport

133

RMB

133.00

2 August

At Frankfurt airport to buy weekend ticket

35

Euro

378.00

3 August

In Berlin the station and buy a 48-hour ticket-district welcome

36

Euro

388.80

August 6,

In Prague train station buy 3 ticket

660

Krone

303.32

Buy a train ticket to Vienna

2557

Krone

1175.13

8 August

In Vienna railway station to buy tickets to Salzburg

101.5

Euro

1096.20

In Vienna, Vienna railway station to buy two tickets for a day ticket

11.4

Euro

123.12

9 August

Buy four ticket

6.8

Euro

73.44

10 August

In Salzburg buy Bayern's 1st State votes

27

Euro

291.60

August 12

Travel from Fort new Swan back to fusen

4.25

Euro

45.90

August 13, 2006

Travelling to and from fusen immisch

17

Euro

183.60

14 August

Buy tickets for Bayern

27

Euro

291.60

August 15

Munich INNER1 day ticket

9

Euro

97.20

August 16

Buy tickets for the four days of the day

18

Euro

194.40

August 17

Airport taxi home

135

RMB

135.00

Total

28102

Used to query the websites including:

Czech transport website: http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz

Germany train website: http://www.bahn.de

Germany Berlin and Munich transport travel card: http://www.citytourcard.com

Germany Berlin transport: http://www.bvg.de

Munich city transport website: http://www.mvv-muenchen.de

Rhine-Main Transport Association: http://www.rm

v.de

The Frankfurt transport (German, not English) http://www.traffiq.de

Web site: http://www.oebb.at Austria railway

The European bus: http://www.touring.de

Frankfurt Airport: http://www.frankfurt-airport.de (Chinese version)

Munich Airport: http://www.munich-airport.de (Chinese version)

The European bus Web site: http://www.rvo-bus.de (only in German)

4, accommodation

Book by www.booking.com.

This site has the advantage of a choice of 16 different languages, including Chinese, and does not require prepayment, before the official arrival 1 day before cancellation are not charged. But I have no other way of reservation by comparison if you can get a better price. It is important to note that visa materials requires reservation Hotel confirmation, I was originally set by the Chinese website, confirmation is Chinese, and later a visa telephone consultation, they say the best Centre is English confirmations, so I send an e-mail request confirmations to English, but a few days I have no one, I would call to the Web-site of the Singapore Office (since I figure there's people speak Chinese, really), which calls for amendments, they give the worst is yet to come, so I'd better go through English website, easy booking. I subscribed as follows:

Date

City

Hotel name

Location

Price per night (euro)

02

Frankfurt

Hotel Union

Near the central train station, within walking distance

68

03-05

Berlin

Hotel Central Inn

Near the central train station, take the road car three stand 245

84

06-07

Prague

Cloister Inn Hotel

Charles Bridge, near the railway station take tram 17 road

102

08-09

Vienna

Hotel Congress

Near the central train station, walk for about 10 minutes away from the central train station, near the Metro and suburban railway station is very near, walking 3 minutes

128

10

Salzburg

Pension Adlerhof

Near the central train station, 10 minutes walk

115

11

Füssen

Hotel Hirsch

Walk to Central Station 10 minutes

150

12-13

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Gasthof zum Rassen

Walk to the central railway station is about 15 minutes

105

14-15

München

Hotel Daheim

Near the central train station, walk for about 10 minutes, but from the nearby Metro and suburban railway station, walk 5 minutes

88

Total

1607

5, catering

Because we don't have much to eat, so there is no requirement to do homework.