San Sebastián, a Spanish beach town just across the border from France, is incredibly expensive. As my travel partner Mel and I were searching for hostels in the area, we found that most, even the bad ones, were over 30 Euros a night. Mel told me she found a place for 15.50 Euros a night each on […]
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Getting to Know Seville, Spain in Two Days
Seville was the one place that most of my Facebook friends agreed was a must see while in Spain. We took a 3.5 hour train to Seville from Granada and arrived around 9:30 p.m. Where We Stayed We stayed at a pretty good hostel called The Garden Backpacker. Although the rooms were small and the […]
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Getting Out of Major Cities to Alicante, Spain
After Barcelona, my next Spain stop was Alicante, a small beach town in the south of Spain about four hours away. It’s always nice to get out of cities once in awhile. I feel like when you’re just in the major cities in each country, you don’t get to really feel the culture. Our first […]
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Experiencing the Food and Culture of Barcelona
Is Barcelona number 1 on everyone’s travel bucket list? Because I know it was pretty high on mine! During my European backpacking trip, my friend Chelsea and I met up with our Aussie friends, Mel and Mack, who we met in London. It was perfect timing that we were all in Barcelona! Our first night […]
What It’s Like to Take a Sleeper Train in Europe
We had our first overnight train experience from Vienna to Zurich. With the Eurail pass, you have to pay to reserve a bed for the overnight trains. We were also told to make reservations as far in advance as possible as trains fill up quickly and only a certain number of seats are set aside […]
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Tobogganing in Innsbruck, Austria on a Day Trip from Munich
If you’re looking for a day trip from Munich filled with a cable car ride, hiking and tobogganing, look no further than Innsbruck, Austria at the base of the Austrian Alps. Innsbruck is two hours outside of Munich. Less if you can catch an express train! Innsbruck is a pretty upscale ski town, almost like an […]