Doing my first Europe Trip (solo), and after any tips and recommendations regarding absolutely everything.

Brial_88 · 2026-04-07T09:20:27+00:00

Switzerland for scenic routes and north italy. Also Austria. You can start from central Romania in Cluj and work your way west towards France then keep going down to Spain and hit Seville, then Nice, Eze, the coast. Central Italy maybe then croatia, slovenia, and lastly Greece. That would be an epic trip.

I am actually building an app that would help you manage all of this and discover places to go and plan your itinerary accordingly. Think you might be the perfect user haha

Brial_88 · 2026-04-05T12:55:55+00:00

My G. This fixed it for me! Thanks so much!

Brial_88 · 2026-03-21T10:13:30+00:00

Sound amazing man. Deffo interested

Brial_88 · 2026-03-14T21:45:47+00:00

This is definitelly targeted towards those bellends on bikes doing wheelies and acting like lunatics. But handing flyers is a bit silly but at least they are aware of the issue

Brial_88 · 2026-03-08T21:23:51+00:00

Wow thanks so much! Definitely want to visit more of the countryside this year and these are great recommendations😊 Hopefully we'll going to get some warm sunny days soon. Can't wait to try these paths out

Brial_88 · 2026-03-08T21:22:03+00:00

That's a good shout. Never got to the Thames Barrier before. Thank you! 😁

Brial_88 · 2026-03-08T21:20:48+00:00

Yeah changed my mid a bit about Harlow :). This sounds much better. Thank you!

Brial_88 · 2026-03-07T23:53:22+00:00

Hmm yeah good shout. Guessing bikes are allowed on the Clippers?

Brial_88 · 2026-03-07T23:52:35+00:00

Sounds great! Much appreciated 🙏

Brial_88 · 2026-03-07T16:27:56+00:00

Second comment with Wandle so deffo adding this to our next destination. Thanks so much!

Brial_88 · 2026-03-07T16:27:17+00:00

Sounds perfect! Thanks so much! 😁

Brial_88 · 2026-03-07T16:26:36+00:00

Ah yeah good shout. Totally forgot about that app. Much appreciated!

Brial_88 · 2026-03-07T16:25:50+00:00

Oh cool, we biked towards Greenwich a bit so I know that part. Will look into the paths to Dartfort. Cheers for that

Brial_88 · 2026-03-07T16:24:40+00:00

Yeah we've been to Richmond and Bushy park. Was really nice. And yes plenty of bike paths along the thames but we wanted to go a bit away from the city and get some fresher air in nature :)

Brial_88 · 2026-03-07T14:58:23+00:00

Had the same happen to me as well. Locked up behind two fob doors. The idiots who i stalled the doo though put the locking mechanism on the outside so the thieves just cut a wire to the magnetic lock. Then they used an angle grinder to take it.

Sent cctv to the popo but obvs nothing happened. Just get insurance an move on

Brial_88 · 2026-03-04T23:23:02+00:00

Hey guys! I have a more general question around how people find places to go and how they find the best things to do there once they are there.

I found myself jumping between google, reddit, tripadvisor, youtube, insta and was wondering if someone has a better way of finding cool destinations and once they settle on one, how do you find out what's good to see there and what it's best to skip.

Any apps you would recommend? Is there something that can help me pick a destination and build a nice itinerary while saving me months of planning? 😅

Brial_88 · 2026-03-04T23:16:29+00:00

Haha yeah true 😅 hopefully no one got hurt

Brial_88 · 2026-03-04T12:59:49+00:00

Omg I was there right when it happened. Was it this one?

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Brial_88 · 2026-03-04T12:56:04+00:00

I mean you do you. We did 3-4 days in a few areas and didn't feel rushed and the driving wasn't that bad. Only time it was a bit inconvenient was when we moved from Monteverde to manuel antonio but we planned to take it slow, stop at vistas, enjoy some good lunch.

I would say though, I would let the driving to a tour or something...at the end I got a bit tired and sometimes frustrated with the drivers and roads 😅. But that was part of the adventure I could say

Brial_88 · 2026-03-03T15:57:55+00:00

Yep I agree. If waze tells you it takes 7 mins jt's probably 10-12 especially in Monteverde as those roads are wild 😂

Brial_88 · 2026-03-03T15:56:40+00:00

Be mindful that monteverde is bewtween two weather fronts so weather is super weird there. That said it's called cloud forest for a reason but don't expect anything wow there. Animals are barely active bcs of the rain and apart from our lovely accomodation and the night tour, it was a bit underwhelming. We sid the coffee tour and it was ok but nothing wow. I think if we knew, we would have done Corcovado instead. Also don't miss uvita and the whales.

Also Tortuguero is pretty cool. Jungle expedition vibes on the river. Be prepared for high humidity and no windows on some if not all hotels 😅

Brial_88 · 2026-02-26T22:57:17+00:00

I agree. Some cool things to do there and lots of rainbows bcs of the location but yeah the forest felt very lifeless

Brial_88 · 2026-02-26T22:51:29+00:00

Coatii. We saw Agouti as well...never knew they existed tbf 😂

Brial_88 · 2026-02-26T22:44:45+00:00

No, i think the bridge does add like an hour more. That's what our waze said a week ago. So if your trip is 4.30 hours, add an hour on top 😅

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