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Best New App for Backpacking Europe: Your Passenger Rights

Your passenger rights at hand, everywhere. That’s what the new free smartphone app, Your Passenger Rights, promises to people backpacking in Europe or frequent travelers in Europe. Released by the European Commission, this app allows travelers to be more easily aware of their rights if something goes wrong with their trip, regardless of the mode […]

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Carnival of Europe – October

Welcome to the October edition of Carnival of Europe. Enjoy this smorgasbord of articles about Europe from fellow travel bloggers from all over the world. For this edition, we’re on a whirlwind tour of Europe as we discover places and spaces and read stories from the south of France to the breathtaking fjords of Norway. […]

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Alt Spain: The Gypset’s Guide to Spain’s Most Underrated Food and Drinks

  Gypset rule #37: Eat and drink what the locals actually eat and drink (not what the tourists think locals eat and drink). Most tourists who visit Spain eat the same typical dishes that has been popularized by pop culture and the internet. I’m not saying they’re not good. I’m just saying that there’s more […]

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Video of the day: Breathtaking Paris in Motion

Here are two breathtaking timelapse and stopmotion photography of Paris in motion by Mayeul Akpovi. It’s just stunning! I’m going to stop writing and let the videos below do the talking.      

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Ridesharing in Spain: the BlablaCar Experience + Infographic

There are many ways to make your backpacking trip in Europe cheaper and more affordable and one of them is to use ridesharing when traveling between cities. Train rides, specially in Western Europe, can be quite expensive (yes, Germany I’m talking about you!) so it’s great to have cheaper alternatives like taking the bus or […]

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How much does it cost to travel in Valencia, Spain for 3 days?

  Here’s my travel expenses breakdown of my 3-day trip in Valencia, Spain. I am very transparent with my expenses because what’s a budget travel website without actually talking about money and the actual cost of traveling? See All Europe Travel Cost Reports     How much does it cost to travel in Valencia for […]

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Carnival of Europe Guidelines

UPDATE: I’m hosting the March carnival and the topic is Your Favorite Beach(es) in Europe. The deadline of submission is March 3, midnight Central European Time. The other guidelines below apply to the March Carnival as well. Thanks! —- In October I will be hosting the monthly blog carnival aptly called Carnival of Europe to […]

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Capture the Colour of summer music festivals

  I believe that I see the world differently than most people. And I mean that literally because I am colorblind. I have red-green colorblindness. I only knew about it when I was 17, when I took the medical exam to enter university. It’s not bad. I didn’t even know I had it until then. […]

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Way Out West 2012 Day 2: Wilco, Feist, Bon Iver, Blur and the beautiful Swedes

Beautiful day full of beautiful people and amazing bands. I got to see St. Vincent, First Aid Kit, Wilco, Feist, Bon Iver and Blur. No pictures of Bon Iver though and the ones I have of Blur are all, um, blurred because I was in the mosh pit. And it was pretty wild in there! […]

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Way Out West 2012 Day 1: Florence and the Machine, The Black Keys and Hot Chip!

Way Out West 2012 kicked off last Thursday at the beautiful Slottskogen Park in Gothenburg, Sweden. The line-up this year is packed with lots of amazing artists which is great since it is my first time to attend it. I’ve always wanted to be a part of this festival since 2009 but something always got […]

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