3 Days in Budapest, Hungary

Duration: 3 days
Mileage: na
Starting point: Irvine, CA
Countries: Hungary
Budget for 2 people: $650 ($0* flight, $200 hotel, $300 food, $50 transport, $100 other)

• Day 0: Long flight from Los Angeles to Budapest via Vienna
• Day 1: Explore Budapest, visit St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest Eye, Parliament, ruin pubs
• Day 2: Explore the Castle Distict and Fisherman's Bastion
• Day 3: Visit famous Széchenyi thermal bath, enjoy the city at night

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2 Weeks in Europe: Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Munich

Flight: Los Angeles, LAX –> Paris, CDG –> Los Angeles, LAX
Duration: 16 days 
Mileage: 2000 by trains
Starting point: Paris, France
Countries: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria
Budget for 2 people: $5640 (1900 flight,  $1370 hotels, $970 transport, $1300 food, $100 other)

• Day 0: flight from Los Angeles to Paris
• Days 1-2: explore Paris, train to Brussels
• Day 3: explore Brussels
• Day 4: daily trip to Brugge
• Days 5-6: morning train to Amsterdam, explore Amsterdam

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