Having the right things with you can make or break a trip. Every pound matters when trekking between train stations and hostels, especially when you find yourself with four hours before the hostel opens for checkin. I prefer traveling with only one carry on bag. In that bag I fit a messenger bag for the [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Travel Light
Posted in Travel, tagged bag, clothing, guide, laundry, light, packing, security, Travel on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Where to Stay
Posted in Travel, tagged accommodation, guide, hostel, hosteling international, hostelworld, hotel, sleeping in airports, Travel, valley hostel, yha on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Staying in a great place can turn a mediocre place (maybe due to weather) into a good place while a stay in a bad place can ruin a perfectly good city. Except for Cinque Terre I have always stayed in Hostels, some have been excellent while others were disappointments.
For most booking I used Hostelworld, I [...]
Getting Around
Posted in Travel, tagged budget travel, flight, guide, night train, plan, planes, railpass, trains on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Choosing how to travel between cities and countries on a trip will determine what order you will go to those places. I planned on doing my three week trip solely by train (excluding the first flight) and so I then always moved north to minimize time on trains. If on the other hand I chosen [...]
Money Matters
Posted in Travel, tagged budget, currency, guide, money, planning on July 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tied with Time as the most important factor to consider when traveling is money. While planning the trip I recommend to carefully consider how much everything will cost and find the best deals for getting around and housing. Once out in the world and traveling just stick loosely to a budget initially set out and [...]
Budgeting Time
Posted in Travel, tagged europe, events, festivals, guide, planning, seasons, Travel, weather on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With destinations in mind it is now important to figure out how long the trip will be and what time of year to travel. The length of the trip could be determined by how much vacation time is available (be it from a job or from a school) or by how much money is available. [...]
Start Planning
Posted in Travel, tagged europe, guide, itinerary, planning, Travel, trip on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last spring I took a three week backpacking trip starting on Good Friday and ending in April. It took me a while to plan my trip and figure out all the details. I want to share the steps I took to plan and have an excellent trip through Europe without spending precious travel time worrying [...]
Travel Knowledge
Posted in Travel, tagged Travel on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have learned many things while traveling, some more important then others. Today I would like to share the tidbits and scraps of knowledge I have gathered that are not in the least bit important.
The Eiffel Tower lights up at night and sparkles.
Copenhagen is always 1 degree Celsius.
Pandas defy survival of the fittest.
Easter in Florence is [...]
Where is my room?
Posted in General, tagged moving, houses, nevada city on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My parents are looking to move out of my childhood home and move. I am waiting for the day when I come back from college or from a trip to find our house empty and the locks changed. Lucky for me they are not moving to Hong Kong or the East Coast (though I do [...]
A State of Burning
Posted in Travel, tagged arthur's seat, edinburgh, fifth of november, fire, fireworks, guy fawkes, Travel on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Remember remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot”
I celebrated Guy Fawkes day for the first time last year while in Scotland. As an American I thought that the celebrations were for Guy Fawkes and what he almost accomplished. Maybe just in Scotland.
Arthur’s Seat, an extinct volcano in the middle of Edinburgh, was the [...]
Summer at the Beach
Posted in Travel, tagged beach, california, dillon beach, mark twain, summer on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco”
When Mark Twain said this he was absolutely right.
I normally live about thirty minutes inland from the beach in Sonoma County, I spent last week at Dillon Beach at a family owned beach cabin. The week before it was between 90 and 100 degrees [...]
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