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Originally Posted by Tamerlain
Oh, I know something else I wanted to ask. Euros are accepted in any country which is part of the European Union, right?
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Not all EU countries use the Euro for currency. Of the original 15 EU countries, the UK, Denmark and Sweden do not use the Euro. In May 2004 10 new countries joined the EU and of those, only Slovenia switched to the Euro on January 1, 2007. Also on January 1, 2007 Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU, neither country is on the Euro.
Also I see your current itinerary has you going through Switzerland. Switzerland is not an EU member, that means that they do not use the Euro, and at the Swiss border you will have a passport check.
Countries using the Euro:
Austria
Belgium
Finland
France (and Monaco)
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy (and Vatican City)
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain (and Andorra)
Slovenia
For that amount of time you are visiting way too many cities. Even if you travel on the high speed trains such as the Eurostar, ICE, TGV, or Thalys; you will still be forced spend way too short a time in each city. For example, Paris to Zurich without getting off anywhere along the way is about 6-8 hours using high speed trains.
I've done a lot of traveling in Europe, but my specialty is Germany so if you change your itinerary to include any German cities, let me know.
A lot of good travel information can be found at
www.wikitravel.org Just enter in a country, city or sometimes region and you'll get lots of good info as only the wikipedia people can give you.