EuroRail Clarification?

Planning a backpacking trip through Europe and looking into purchasing a EuroRail pass for a portion of my trip. My plan is to fly into Cork, Ireland, and from there I go to Dublin, London, and Paris. I want my EuroRail pass to start for an overnight train ride from Paris to Nice, and take it from there. The trips I have planned for my pass are



1. Paris-Nice

2. Nice-Madrid

3. Florence-Udine

4. Udine-Zurich

5. Zurich-Munich

6. Munich-Vienna

7. Vienna-Prague

8. Prague-Berlin

9. Berlin-Amsterdam



Then I'll be flying home from Amsterdam.



MY QUESTION IS: Would I be fine purchasing the 10 days within 2 months pass @ $509, or would it be safer to buy a continuous pass(21 days for $559?)? I'd rather just have 10 trips to use over 2 months instead of buying the 21 day pass and being confined to that time period, but does the 10 day ticket mean that I get 10 trips from point X to point Y, or if I have to transfer trains to get somewhere, does that mean that I lose two trips out of my 10 trips instead of losing just one (For example, I want to get from Udine to Zurich but need to transfer in Milan...do I lose a trip for Udine-Milan AND Milan-Zurich, or just one out of the ten INCLUDING the transfer?





sorry for writing so much information, it's just that the website is really confusing as to how each specific "Global pass" works and I want to clarify so that I'm not stranded somewhere with no train trips left! I figured by including in my question the places I want to go that someone with experience could maybe help me out.

Thank you so much!!!! I REALLY appreciate the help!!EuroRail Clarification?
You might find this site useful since it has a huge amount of information on passes and links to the various country rail sites: http://www.seat61.com/ . To answer your specific questions:



The 10 days within two months means exactly what it says - you count travel days and not individual legs on a trip. If you go from Udine to Zurich in a single day, then you've used one travel day. A travel day normally runs from midnight to midnight and you can take as many trains in that period as you want and use only one day off the pass. There is also a special rule for night trains. If you take a night train that leaves after 7 pm and you don't change trains during the night then you only count one day instead of two for the trip.



Be aware that there is no overnight train from Paris to Nice and that Nice to Madrid will cost you two travel days.