Word on traveling with someone
I'm generally super adamant about traveling alone, and making my own decisions about time and location. I had a tremendous time the last time I went, and feel like it's the best way to find yourself and explore a culture when you're alone. I thoroughly enjoyed my lone day in Rome, and made friends without a problem. That being said, I think if you find someone you're compatible with in terms of traveling, it could really be phenomenal. Of all the trips I've ever taken with anyone, the trips I've taken with Liam make the most sense. This time, particularly, I felt like we meshed really well and got along nicely for a full two weeks of 24/7 contact. I don't think these relationships are frequent, and I do think that it's almost impossible to do a trip like this with most people [especially with the added stressors from moving as quickly as we did]. If you can find it, definitely do it. It was nice having a co-pilot for figuring out transportation, and a drinking partner all day. We never were sitting texting [well, liam didn't have a phone, so taht could be why], and we knew when to shut up and sit in comfortable silence. A lot of it though was what we valued in terms of purchases. We agreed on which museums to pay for, and how we wanted to stay fed. There weren't really any times that we'd have to contemplate which activity we should do, because we always wanted to do the same one. I've known him for almost two and a half years now, and even though we have been physically apart for most of what isn't even such a long time, we can read eachother's minds and know eachother well enough that this holiday was awesome. If you can find this, then definitely traveling with someone is worth it. Liam starkly changed my opinion, an opinion I thought was pretty steadfast.
Word on backpacking in the winter
Surprisingly good! I think if I had been alone I would be more put-off by the idea of travelling off season, since it's harder to make friends, and less likely to be spent sitting inside cuddling, BUT for this experience, I really enjoyed having more vacancies and a less touristic venture. With Europe in the winter there are christmas markets everywehre. It's a really interesting and different cheer from the one that I'm used to having in the states. I quite liked it, and quite liked being able to wander out to cool spots to sip on some gluwine and take a break. Europe has an interesting charm at this time of year.
Surprisingly good! I think if I had been alone I would be more put-off by the idea of travelling off season, since it's harder to make friends, and less likely to be spent sitting inside cuddling, BUT for this experience, I really enjoyed having more vacancies and a less touristic venture. With Europe in the winter there are christmas markets everywehre. It's a really interesting and different cheer from the one that I'm used to having in the states. I quite liked it, and quite liked being able to wander out to cool spots to sip on some gluwine and take a break. Europe has an interesting charm at this time of year.
Word on two days per place
So aggressive, but similar to what I've done in the past I suppose. I wish we had more time, but until you race through the space, you don't know where you'd want more time to be spent. If we could go back, we both agree that Berlin would've been where we should've spent more time. I suppose it's like a little whirlwind tour of the area, figuring out what we'd want to see in the future. I like moving fast, feeling like the days are super full, but it was a massive blur, the details only to be remembered through writing.
So aggressive, but similar to what I've done in the past I suppose. I wish we had more time, but until you race through the space, you don't know where you'd want more time to be spent. If we could go back, we both agree that Berlin would've been where we should've spent more time. I suppose it's like a little whirlwind tour of the area, figuring out what we'd want to see in the future. I like moving fast, feeling like the days are super full, but it was a massive blur, the details only to be remembered through writing.
Word on eurail pass
I've been pretty back and forth about this the entire trip, not being sure if it was financially worthwhile. You pay this exorbitant fee to get this pass, and then for any night trip or on-peak trip you take, a reservation is compulsory. There's another 6-30 euros, just so that you can get a stupid seat number. We played our luck with it a bit, not booking the expensive seats on night transport, hoping we would just have an empty car [sorta worked], but as an overall it seemed very expensive. On the contrary, the few times when Iw as able to compare what the price of booking the trip on its own would've been, it may actually have been the cheaper route to use the eurail pass. More research is probably necessary, but whatever. in summary, it's very expensive to train around europe.
I've been pretty back and forth about this the entire trip, not being sure if it was financially worthwhile. You pay this exorbitant fee to get this pass, and then for any night trip or on-peak trip you take, a reservation is compulsory. There's another 6-30 euros, just so that you can get a stupid seat number. We played our luck with it a bit, not booking the expensive seats on night transport, hoping we would just have an empty car [sorta worked], but as an overall it seemed very expensive. On the contrary, the few times when Iw as able to compare what the price of booking the trip on its own would've been, it may actually have been the cheaper route to use the eurail pass. More research is probably necessary, but whatever. in summary, it's very expensive to train around europe.
Word on offline Google maps
To get around, Liam and I would spend a bit of time in or preparing for a new place, 'saving' places on a map. This would throw a gold star down on the area, and then we could take a snapshot of the map [which was accessible offline] that encompassed the whole region of stars, and use GPS [which doesn't use data] to move around. The stars were a bit ambiguous but if you tapped it you could see the name of the location. This totally saved us and made travelling around way easier. Totally worth doing again, and even in your own city.
To get around, Liam and I would spend a bit of time in or preparing for a new place, 'saving' places on a map. This would throw a gold star down on the area, and then we could take a snapshot of the map [which was accessible offline] that encompassed the whole region of stars, and use GPS [which doesn't use data] to move around. The stars were a bit ambiguous but if you tapped it you could see the name of the location. This totally saved us and made travelling around way easier. Totally worth doing again, and even in your own city.
Word on heels
So fucking unnecessary. Thank god. We didn't club/go out much in London, which I think is somewhere that heels would be recommended, but everywhere else they were unnecessary. In berlin, it would be strange to be seen in heels at clubs. Everywhere seemed way more grunge.
So fucking unnecessary. Thank god. We didn't club/go out much in London, which I think is somewhere that heels would be recommended, but everywhere else they were unnecessary. In berlin, it would be strange to be seen in heels at clubs. Everywhere seemed way more grunge.
Word on smoking rooms-Prague only?
Two of the restaurants we went to while in Prague had smoking sections and non-smoking sections. I thought this was a bit weird and a bit outdated, but interesting. I've been to a lot of places where every room is a smoking room, but this was an interesting way to see the country beginning to deal with smoking as a potential negative. I liked it.
Two of the restaurants we went to while in Prague had smoking sections and non-smoking sections. I thought this was a bit weird and a bit outdated, but interesting. I've been to a lot of places where every room is a smoking room, but this was an interesting way to see the country beginning to deal with smoking as a potential negative. I liked it.
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