Comments on: Top 10 Backpacking Europe Experiences

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 06:53:33 +0000

In reply to Sara. thanks!

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 06:47:11 +0000

This is an awesome list!!
I look forward to reading more of your blog!

By: LeAnna

LeAnna — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:52:29 +0000

Great Post! I think traveling to Europe in general is just a great way to start backpacking and traveling in general. While it is still “different” from home, there are still many cultural similarities that help make it not so crazy. We backpacked for a month in Europe, fell in love and now live in Germany! This was the perfect gateway for travel to other parts of the world including Asia and Africa!
(PS~ Glad you included Interlacken, this is one of my favorite places!!!)

By: Hannah @ Traveling Banana

Hannah @ Traveling Banana — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:06:35 +0000

I’ve traveled in Europe but never done a real backpacking trip. I’d love to do a few months like this, what a cool way to travel :)

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 11:46:57 +0000

In reply to Sarah Lynn. That's a good one to add!

By: Sarah Lynn

Sarah Lynn — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:34:17 +0000

Great list Rachel!
I would have to add Oktoberfest in Germany, by far one of my favourite European backpacking experiences!
Sarah Lynn

By: venus john

venus john — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:46:25 +0000

very useful..i travelled to Europe alone from Dubai in 1998 .I was there only for a week.i stayed with some relatives in Geneva.,sued the eurorail and swiss pass.
visited paris ,rome,vatican,liechtenstein, took city tours,cam back home the same day or at least started back to Geneva by train on the same day,and sometimes reached the next day.sleeping in the eurorail trains was very comfortable.
I packed ham sandwiches from home in Geneva before setting out early in the morning.. so the whole trip was very affordable..my thoughts at the time were..but Europe is so overrated,we have all this and more in india..but its not so famous…I was probably expecting another world after reading so much about Europe in school textbooks and hearing so much about it..at the time,i guess I felt like an explorer from india in Europe,a bit like marco polo in china..i liked france ,the Italian part of Switzerland, people were very friendly there..i was surprised that I wasn’t allowed to eat chocolate in the city tour bus in paris,probably because it had a carpet,and they didn’t want food crumbs and ants on it..

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 04:13:24 +0000

In reply to Marissa. I did take hindi classes for a little bit here, but found them hard to stick with. You can DL duolingo app and learn a little of a variety of languages - it's great!

By: Marissa

Marissa — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 03:36:13 +0000

I absolutely love your blog! I was just wondering if you dapple in any languages and if not how you end up getting around, and if so, how you can pick up on them easily and learn the most important things.

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 03:14:51 +0000

In reply to Luka. ugh the travel snobbery! lol

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 03:10:42 +0000

In reply to The Common Wanderer. It is a great sight out the train windows!

By: Luka

Luka — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 21:30:34 +0000

As a european myself – i haven’t done half of those things :D but definitely some nice ideas. Very true with the trains; i also agree completely on travelling slow to get to FEEL the city/country more than only checking off lists. I also don’t like the travel-snobbery either, what’s wrong with having a look at popular cities or main attractions when you have never been there before? :)

By: K

Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:01:40 +0000

Ahhh… It ALL looks so amazing! :)

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:32:39 +0000

Great post – thanks for sharing such great and unique tips for travellers.

By: The Common Wanderer

The Common Wanderer — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 11:18:56 +0000

Great post! Ah, Europe. The excitement of strapping on that backpack and exploring this part of the world is something i”ll never forget. It sounds silly, but travelling through Europe via train was as good as seeing all those amazing sites!