Finally a Euro trip!
Me and a long time close friend, Lila were off those crazy workloads and flew to Europe last October. We took nearly a month budget trip started with Barcelona then Madrid, Paris and ended in Rome. We were very lucky we got affordable return ticket by Lufthansa, it cost us only around USD 980 for Jakarta-Barcelona-Rome-Jakarta trip. For accomodation, we choose to stayed at the hostel, not only because it's cheap but also so we have the chance to meet other traveler around the world. It was awkward moment at first, as I really not comfortable to share my private spaces with strangers, but then I get used to it and turned out I liked it! Cost in total for the accomodations are USD 517.5 for 3 weeks of stay. We budgeted USD 1000 for daily meals and ground transports and another USD 1000 for shopping. Will give you a bit details on the budget later on this post.
It was incredibly fun trip for both me and Lila, though there's a bit drama in Barcelona. So on day 3 of our stay, after heavily late night drinks at some pub named Bollocks (no joke!), we went to the Barcelonetta beach with our roomates, to celebrate the 24th birthday of one of us. That's, at the chilly and windy 12 degrees 5am in the morning temprature of Barcelona, when Lila's purse got stolen, along with her wallets (it's almost everything in it from credit cards, driving license, ID card and some cashes), cellphones (I Phone and Blackberry) and last but not least, her passport (YES! PERFECT!). It wasn't only her that lost her thing, another friends of us lost his I Phone and her pocket camera. BUMMER! I was so lucky that I didn't lose anything but still, it was sad for my friends, especially for Lila.
And there we were, all 11 of us; 2 Indonesians, 2 Australians, 1 American, 5 British, and 1 Polish, spent the next morning at the police station, a bit high, wet, starving and freezing. We're such a silly and hoodoo tourists, so sad. What actually funny is, a bit later at noon came dozens of another tourists reporting the exact same thing. Lesson learned, pick pockets in Barcelona are mean, don't leave your belongings unattended.
Oh well, it was devastating at the moment, but both me and Lila now could laugh hard of it. Really a funny story to tell.
To get her emergency passport, Lila need to took a train from Barcelona to Madrid, while I flew over. The process to get the emergency passport's done was less than 1 hour. The officer of Indonesian embassy in Madrid was very helpfull. I forgot her name, my bad, but terima kasih banyak! =)
I'll write my visit to each cities in 4 different posts, I hope you enjoy it.
Euro Trip Budget:
Flights:
Lufthansa Jakarta-Barcelona-Rome Jakarta: USD 980
Vuelling Barcelona-Madrid: USD 109.4
Easy Jet Madrid-Paris: USD 61.8
Easy Jet Paris-Rome: USD 94.3
Total Flight: USD: 1245.5
Accomodations:
Equity Point Gotic, Barcelona: USD 211.8 for two
Madrid Motion Hostel, Madrid: USD 74.5 for two
Prince Albert Opera, Paris: USD 300 for two
Young & Happy Hostel, Paris: USD 204.4 for two
Hotel Tizi, Rome: USD 243.75 for two
Total per person: USD 517.5
Meals, Ground Transports & Daily Expenses: USD 1000
Shopping: USD 1000
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