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I've been racking my vacation days and now I have about two weeks, and I want to travel somewhere. Husband just started new job so he doesn't have much vacation these days so it'll just be me ( Read more... )

I am planning a trip to Germany next year and want to camp for most of it in an effort to save money. I plan to go along the Neckar and Rhine and visit as many castles/ruins as I can. Because of this I will be walking just about everywhere. My first concern is safety, of couse. Will I be ok sleeping in a tent alone (I am female and will be 23 next ( Read more... )

Yay I'm excited I found this community. The tags seem very helpful. I'm planing a 3-6 month Europe trip in a year or two. I'm looking into getting my backpack now, just for fun, and to use until then. So far the backpack I like the best is the Osprey Talon 22 ( Read more... )

Hello everyone! My cousin and I are planning to go to Europe next summer, I guess I'm kind of starting early with the planing, but I'm really excited, so I thought I'd get a head start :) I just had a few general questions:
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After lots of deliberation I've finally decided to take the plunge and go to Venice and Florence alone this September. Having never travelled alone before, though, I do have a couple of questions regarding this, about safety and hostels and stuff ( Read more... )

Hi all, I'm getting ready for a solo backpacking trip through part of Western Europe and as a woman, I would like to make sure that I stay safe. Some of the more dangerous cities I'm passing through are Amsterdam, Berlin, and Paris. I've heard particularly bad things about Paris. As in the pickpockets are fierce, the subway is extremely ( Read more... )

I'm doing a bit of travelling this summer from the UK. Nothing really long, just 10-12 days, Amsterdam-Copenhagen-Stockholm with maybe a day in Hamburg or Bremen to break up the train journey from Amsterdam-Copenhagen. I plan on flying into Amsterdam on Easyjet, and out of Stockholm on Ryanair... what I really want to know is it really worth ( Read more... )

Hello! Our backpack trip is picking up momentum, many thanks for your advice and tips - they're really very helpful. We're now planning our rail travel. The countries/places we're visiting will be ( Read more... )

Hi all, many thanks for your earlier advice. The information provided was extremely helpful in getting us started ( Read more... )