Originally Posted by
purdue1015
Thanks guys for the kind words.
I'll finish school in August, take my board exam end of September, and then (theoretically) would start working early-mid November....so the amount of time I'd have for this (around a month) would be fairly set in stone.
The list he and I came up with (which is not inclusive and certainly modifiable) includes: Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Zurich, Munich, Florence, Istanbul, Dubai, Bangkok, Sydney, Auckland, and Honolulu. There is a also a few other European cities that he liked but we figured it would be easier for me to train to those.
I've only been out of the US once (to London, when I was much younger) so I am not experienced with this sort of trip. Normally, I think I'd like to go to a less amount of cities and spend more time there...BUT, given the backstory with this kind of being "dad's bucket list," and my budget limits...I think I'd focus more on cities (i.e., Amsterdam, Dubai, Auckland) that I don't see myself ever going to again, and save the Paris's and London's for a future trip in my life.
Thanks guys.
Purdue
I too am sorry about your father's death.
My personal suggestion for a month's travel would be to pick a more limited area and see places more thoroughly. I lived in Austria for seven years when I was your age, and have travelled extensively in Europe. Picking a couple of countries in Europe, or in another part of the world, and getting out into the countryside in at least some places would in my opinion be more interesting and more worthwhile than spending so much time on planes. And your dates would let you attend the Oktoberfest if you started your travels in Munich...