I had high hopes for San Sebastián. Many travelers I met while backpacking around Europe raved about it. San Sebastián is a small beach town in northern Spain just over the border from Hendaye, France. It is fairly expensive and a pretty popular destination for the French and the Spanish. After spending four incredibly hot days […]
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Is BudgetPlaces.com Legit?
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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Granada, Spain: Siestas, Sangria and Free Tapas
A two hour siesta and a free tapa with every glass of sangria? Yup, Granada, Spain is a pretty perfect place for this girl. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy my time in Granada as much as I did. In fact, we even ended up booking an extra night at our hostel! But pretty much all we […]
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Photos: Inside Granada’s Famous La Alhambra
A trip to Granada is not complete without touring La Alhambra. Our guide on our walking tour even said, “You won’t leave Granada without seeing La Alhambra.” Tickets are difficult to get, especially during the summer high season. I tried to buy tickets online two days before we arrived in Granada but they were sold out […]
62 Backpacking Tips From a First Time Female Backpacker
As a first time female backpacker, I thought I was completely ready after the research I did. But there were still some tips that the interwebs didn’t give me. So I thought I would share some of the tips I learned during my three month backpacking trip around Europe: Don’t pack like an idiot. Chelsea rolled […]