Author: WPBWPB
Date: Sep 3, 2008 15:01
Hello, all: I've put up a couple of postings and everyone's been very
generous with their valuable advice for my upcoming trip. Next month I
leave for Vienna and then three weeks later return home from Sofia. No
plans at all yet for the points in between.
A number of people in this newsgroup gave me very good suggested
itineraries. They tended to go from Vienna to Sofia via an eastern route
(Hungary: Budapest and Eger) and Serbia.
But I got some guide books from the library on Slovenia, Croatia and
Bosnia--the western route. So many beautiful places to see. Dubrovnik and
Sarajevo look wonderful. I could focus on these countries, then travel
quickly through Serbia to end up in Bulgaria (for five or six days there)
So my question is: would people recommend one route over the other?
Western vs. eastern? Of course, that depends on my tastes which leans
toward old city centers, markets, Roman ruins and beautiful scenery (as
opposed to shopping, nightlife and beaches).
Also, would the train and bus transportation be more reliable on either the
western route or the eastern route? I'm assuming the hotel and restaurant
prices would be pretty much the same all over the region.
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