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Leah T
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I am backpacking for a few weeks in May with a friend. We are planning on going to Greece for 5 days, Italy for 5 days and Germany or Austria for 5 days. Then we are heading for the UK for a little over a week. We bought a eurail pass, so transportation is already taken care of. We were thinking about spending two days in Austria and 3 in Germany, but we think that might be too much in a short amount of time. What are the best places to go in Germany? Is Vienna worth the trip even though it's a little out of the way? Also, we are mostly traveling to big cities (Athens, Rome, Venice) and I would like a few days for hiking, or smaller towns. Is the Black Forest good for that? Any other suggestions about places to go or other countries to go to would be wonderful! For example, should we consider going to the French Riviera over the Black Forest in Germany? Also, should we go to the Austrian Alps instead of Vienna (we were thinking about the swiss alps but Switzerland is sooo expensive)? We are open to anything!