Interrailing

Dave!

hey folks,

I know there's a fair few threads on this already, but I thought I'd start a new one for the craic

I'm thinking of going inter-railing this summer! I'm willing to go on my own, but hopefully a friend or 2 will come along (I've managed to get my best mate all excited about the idea ).

I'm a little bit torn between the 22 day (2 zone) pass, and the 1 month (global) one. The countries that I mainly want to see can be seen with 2 passes... I was thinking of this:

*fly into Brussells
*head up to the Netherlands
*go back down through to Luxembourg
*head into France and go through there to Italy
*travel through Italy
*ferry from Italy to Greece
*travel around Greece to Turkey
*my friend has a villa in Turkey, so we'd stay there for a while

*then, don't know how long we'd have left, so either fly back to Dublin from Turkey, or else interrail back around again

That is of course a very basic itinerary, we could end up ignoring it, but for the purpose of booking, they're the main places we want to go. We're not too keen on E.Europe, nor the Iberian Peninsula (although Morocco would be cool ).

Thing is, 22 days isn't alot of time for that! Is it worth spending an extra €100 for just another week, though? I'd like the extra freedom to be able to head into Germany maybe, but that would mean that we'd have even less time for the main places.
Which would you recommend?

Also, how much money should we bring for each day? From what I read, €50 a day should be plenty, so the finances look like this:

€400 for interrail ticket
€100 allowed for transport to and from the continent
€50x30days = €1500

So €2000 for a month of travelling... sounds a bit steep. We'd most likely invest in some tents before we go too, and sleep in them the odd night (we're quite young and naive, so we'll take the chance of discomfort ).

That's all I'll ask ye for now. Any advice or experiences are welcome, especially of the countries I mentioned Thanks!

Dave!

nobody able to help me? I guess my post is too long, a bit daunting

Basically...

22 days isn't alot of time
Is it worth spending an extra €100 for just another week?
Which would you recommend?

Imposter

From Brussells through to Italy on to Greece and then Turkey! That's at least a months worth of travelling there unless you plan on not getting off the train.

last_orders

hey man, i did it last summer, got the global ticket an stuck the full month. overall i spent €1600 give or take a bit. we flew to dubrovnik in croatia an stayed around a week an then off to slovenia, hungry, poland, germany, autria, holland, france an back to holland an flew home from there. ya shouldent instantly dis eastern europe, cheap as anything an the people are really nice, especially in croatia and poland. as for spending the extra 100€ go for it, might aswell. best holiday iv ever had. had to sleep rough twice though, once in some random persons back garden in dubrovnik an the other time was in an olive grove on the adriatic island of split, was fun though.

psycrow

yeah me and 3 of my mates are tryin to sort out it now. nothin set in stone yet but really lookin forward to it. id say well possibly start in italy see venice and rome then go through a lot of eastern europe, as said above its cheap and supposed to be great fun. hit the likes of czech rep(prague baby!.. ive been told its the best city in europe for a night out and what not!), then on to croatia, slovenia, poland maybe germany and finish in holland.

what weve to decide basically is how long to stay in each place ive a feeling 2 nights per place would be good. we dont want to be travelling non stop. so maybe more

any recommendations?

kippy

You may want to change your estimate of €100 for travelling to and from the continent.
The flight to belgium may be cheap but if you intend flying back from Turkey (or that side of Europe) you will pay considerably more.
Did the interrail, 2 week ticket a few years ago.
Belgium, Holland, Lux and France. Flew into Belgium, back from paris.
Spend two days in about7 towns/villages all over, mostly in France.
Was fantastic. Got by on 50yoyo a day budget but spent around 20 yoyo a night on accomodation, can be done cheaper.
Kippy

failsafe

Def worth the hundred quid. On the broader scale of the whole holiday it's not a huge amount, but affords you alot of freedom. A train ticket can cost on average €30 without the interrailing pass which might make the global pass work out relatively cheap.

On a side note, the countries you're visiting are pretty expensive (living cost wise) you should consider some of the eastern european countries, especially croatia which is amazing.

e38418

try interrail.net for information.myself and a friend are goin in june but nothin sorted yet cos were in the middle of exams!
does anyone know where i could find a map of airports in central/eastern europe?

gaf1983

A group of us went in the summer of 2004 - I went to Prague, Krakow and Budapest and back to Prague some of the others went on down to Slovenia and Austria. We didn't bother buying interrailing passes cos it actually worked out cheaper buying individual train tickets, like the one from Prague to Krakow, a 10 hr journey was about 15euro. Accomodation worked out at about 10 to 15 a night, and then it's up to yourself really how much you spend the rest of the time.

Dave!

Thanks for all the advice so far folks, and keep it coming!

With regards Eastern Europe, I really don't know that much about it, but when I hear that I think of crazy people waving Kalashnikovs in the air! lol. Sounds stupid, but the place doesn't really appeal to me compared to the other countries I mentioned. What's the appeal? cos as I said, I don't know alot about it, but it seems to be popular for interrailing, presumably, I thought, because it's so cheap. Can someone sell it to me? I've not done much travelling, so those countries I mentioned earlier are places that most people have probably been to, but not me. I wanna see Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Athens, etc.

Also, there's a chance that I'll be heading over on my own, and my mate might follow me over for 2 weeks, or else he'll come over and leave after 2 weeks. It seems to be more of a group thing to interrail, am I likely to meet young individuals, do you think? I suppose the hostels would be the best place for that.

Okay, so €400 (for ticket) + €150 (for flights) + €1500 (for accomodation and spending) = €2050 (+ I'm sure there's alot more... like a tent and a backpack! and supplements, etc)

hmmm...

Sparky

Man, I have to interrail sometime.

Chakar

Yeah me too really should try it out

Narcissus

Have you looked at interrail.com, pretty good web-site.

In Paris this year, there's a 3 day interrailing event in August.

Link Here

Sounds cool.

edit: also, according to interrail.com there are 8 zones, so I think an extra €100 for the global ticket would be a good idea as it would give you more time to do what you want.

ya-what-now?

I'm heading off inter-railing myself, tomorrow week now actually!!

I'm doing the global one...so I'm away for a month! Flying to Paris and headin to Amsterdam, Berlin, Krakow, Prague, Vienna, Venice and flying home from Rome...or well that's the rough plan....

Also, if you're interested in music check out for gigs/festivals that might be on when you're over there! I'm heading to Pinkpop festival ( www.pinkpop.nl ) when I'm in Netherlands-it's got The Flaming Lips,RHCP,David Gray,Tool,Morrissey,Franz Ferdinand,Editors, Placebo, Kaiser Chiefs...etc...

Dave!

That interrail event seems pretty cool! I'd say ya'd meet tonnes of people there!

Bit of a glitch in the plan... I got a great job for the summer, and I'd like to be able to keep it afterwards... but they only let ya take 2 weeks' holidays. The choices are (a) quit and get a new job when I come back from interrailing, or (b) just go for the 2 weeks. I wouldn't see alot in that time, though

If I did the 2 weeks(the ticket is 16 days actually), then I can only do one zone! Or I could buy the 22 day ticket and do 2... grrg, decisions! Realistically I wouldn't be able to go further South than Paris, or maybe Lyon, so if I were doing 2 zones, it'd have to be C and E. I suppose that'd be less time on trains than if I were going all the way down to Turkey, but I'm not as interested in those countries as the others.

argh, what a dilemma!!! I'll talk to the manager anyway, and see if they're able to 'let me go' for the month and then take me back afterwards, for part-time work. I did specify that it was full-time work for the summer months.

What ye think?

sound_wave

While your taking a different route to us when we went interrailling ( Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungry, Slovakia, Poland, basically zones C & D) one of our party only had 2 weeks to travel due to work arrangements while we had the 4 weeks, just to give you a sense of what he was able to take in for the two weeks, we got to Croatia before he had to go home.

If I were you, I'd say feck the job and just get another one when you come back, but then thats easy for me to say.

I still think you shouldn't discount zones C & D, there are some amazing places to visit and its a little cheaper too.

Daithio

I've been interrailing twice, kind of did Western Europe one year, and Eastern the next. France and Italy are quite expensive, and IMO are too hot during the summer. Spain although while it is very hot is much cheaper in general, but the best places I ended up were mainly the Eastern European cities. Particularly Budapest, Prague and Krakow.

Basically it depends what sort of heat you can put up with, but travelling around on often un airconditioned trains (I'm talking about Italy here mainly) in sweltering heat with a backpack on your back can get to be a bit of a pain in the arse. It's not like going on a holiday somewhere hot where you can dump all your bags in one place and not have to lug them around with you the whole time, inter railing can be hard work in that sort of heat. So I'd say to stick to the Eastern European / Northern countries at that time of year tbh.

ghettogrl

im going interrailing in a couple of weeks and have just started to look at what luggage to bring. i assume a rucksack is the best? and if so what weight should i get? iv been looking at 60/70litre? iv looked in the usual travel shops in Dublin centre but has anyone got any suggestions about where would be the cheapest? thnks!!!

Daithio

ghettogrl wrote:

im going interrailing in a couple of weeks and have just started to look at what luggage to bring. i assume a rucksack is the best? and if so what weight should i get? iv been looking at 60/70litre? iv looked in the usual travel shops in Dublin centre but has anyone got any suggestions about where would be the cheapest? thnks!!!

Bring the absolute minimum. Get all the clothes you think you'll need into a big pile and half it.

paulocon

don't bother with a tent.

Hawked one around Europe and used it once (Rome) and didn't sleep a week because of the crickets!

Hostels everwhere and cheap!

We went to most of the major capitals (Paris, Rome, Amsterdam etc)
Looking back, I would go a bit more off the beaten track as I've been back to some of the places on City Breaks (married life!).

Try taking in the places you probably won't get back to.

Setun

Our itinerary is basically worked out:
Budapest 19th-22nd
Vienna
Munich
Prague
Berlin
Amsterdam 9th-12th

We'll fit the other cities in between those dates. Can't wait!

It'll be our first time away as a group, so has anyone any tips/recommendations?

solice

heading off tomorrow morn, budapest, split, hvar, zagreb, krakow, warsaw, prague. Can anyone offer any advice at all for any of the destinations, I know its late but anything at all would be great

SprostonGreen

Right, I havent read all the replies.

I did this in 2002 over about 17 days. Flew to Brussels, up to Antwerp, back to Brusels.

On to Amsterdam, then Hamburg and finally Copenhagen. Then all the way back to Brussels overnight to fly out on Ryanair.

It was great, I loved it, was never really on my own as I met people in hostels.

Those countries are part of the one region thats how Interrail tickets are split.

Crash

Hrmm - wonder will he read this:

Budapest - go to a place called cha-cha-cha. I think its in Calvin-Ter Metro station - its a nightclub in the metro station - really dodgy but really fun lots of nice places around budapest, go up to the castle. if you get a chance go see the holocaust memorial, its really quite amazingly done. erm...check if St. Steven's Basilica has the tower open yet - it was closed when we were there but I bet it has a great view. Oh, and don't worry as to whether you're staying in Buda or Pest, even if you're not in the city centre the place has a great metro and bus service.

As for me, I spent 3 weeks last summer travelling around Germany on an interrail ticket Solo. Amazing fun - went late in the season so managed to only run into Irish on my first couple of days. Mostly Aussies, Kiwi's, and a few Saffers. great fun, well worth it. Don't try and cram too much in, train journeys can get very tiresome. Remember sometimes its nice to just find a quiet city for a couple of days to chill, especially if you're not getting the chance to eat perfectly, otherwise lots of beer + not enough good food = baaad.

that said, i think for 21 days I had a minimum of two beers per day, ranging up to a possible ten. I like German beer

Dave!

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As for me, I spent 3 weeks last summer travelling around Germany on an interrail ticket Solo. Amazing fun - went late in the season so managed to only run into Irish on my first couple of days. Mostly Aussies, Kiwi's, and a few Saffers. great fun, well worth it. Don't try and cram too much in, train journeys can get very tiresome. Remember sometimes its nice to just find a quiet city for a couple of days to chill, especially if you're not getting the chance to eat perfectly, otherwise lots of beer + not enough good food = baaad.

that said, i think for 21 days I had a minimum of two beers per day, ranging up to a possible ten. I like German beer

Interesting You say that you went solo, did you choose to go on your own for independence, etc., or could you just not get anyone else to go for so long? (the fella I'm goin with is pullin out, the bastad!) Would you recommend goin on your own, or do ya think it'd be better if you went with at least 1 person? I've still got plenty of time, so I could manage to get someone, but it seems a little unlikely as most people are either goin on different holidays and aren't interested in interrailing, or they won't be able to get the time off work.
What age were the people you met, in general? Did you find yourself joining up with groups and going on with them? I don't mind goin on my own, but I'd imagine it'd suck to be on your own all the time!

Thanks!

Crash

I preferred to go solo tbh - there are very few people i'd be willing to compromise my own freedom to travel to head off with - and most of them had been away anyhow, so I just decided to do it solo

I'd definitely recommend it - only thing to do is remember to bring lots of books/cards with you cus train journeys can be boring - I generally just used them to catch up on sleep or read/listen to music/play solitaire.

It had the advantage that I could completely throw my itinerary out the window and make up my own mind - originally had a couple of stops planned but after getting a hostel in the second place fell through I just started taking out the map and checking where was within a four or five hour train journey that looked interesting!

For most of the trip a lot of the people I met were mid to late twenties, so at 19 I was the youngest. Luckily enough people don't think i'm 19 (worst estimate I got was off a 19 year old girl in a bar who thought i was 27(??), but i think she was just a bit weird) so didn't get any of that "aaw, little backpacker" ****e! Generally I'd travel on my own, get into the hostel, throw my stuff on the bunk or on the locker, have a shower and wander down to the common room and see who was about - people are always willing to have a chat in hostels - So usually found a couple of sound people to sit around and have a drink and chill whenever got into a new city. Some of em were the type you'd go out for the laugh with them and then do your own thing during the day, others were really great to hang around with the whole time.

I never actually ended up travelling with a group - got an offer to go to Amsterdam from three South African girls but unfortunately had to go meet some mates in Munich and then fly home (you do NOT want to know what i turned down )

Overall it really is what you make of it - if you get the chance and meet some sound people on your first night and they're heading out, i'd say go out with them. It'll help you get over the whole "...wtf am i at?" kinda deal (I spent a few hours sitting in Frankfurt train station, as well as the flight over there, seriously wondering wtf I was doing - then I got to my hostel and got chatting to people, really settled my nerves.)

Setun

Sounds good alright! I'm really looking forward to it now.

Does everyone recommend travelling as light as possible?

tinka

i'm going interrailing on the 28th of this month with four other girls. flying to berlin and travelling around mid-eastern europe, flying home from krakow. i'm so very excited. eastern europe is so appealing to me because the cities we're visiting seem to be really beautiful. i know people who have been to budapest, prague, vienna etc and have heard wonderful things. we're bringing approx. 1000 euro (can't find the euro sign!) for 26 days which works out at about 38 euro a day. this is jst an estimate obviously as some countries are more expensive than others, germany for example. at least we're ending up in poland which appears to be pretty cheap...

Crash

I lived the high life on about 50 a day around Germany - also ran into a bunch of americans on a training course who put all my drinks on the tab for 3 days - that was interesting. Daddio: pack your clothes, then look at all the duplicates (pairs of tshirts, pairs of jeans etc.) and cut out 1/3 to 1/2 - you'll rarely be arsed reaching the bottom of your bag cus of the pain in the ass it is to repack.

Civilian_Target

Thats an ambitions plan for 22 days!

LuciaD

Hi! Am going interrailing this summer and just found great website with links to all the top and cheap ticket and accommodation websites for Europe, so just thought I'd share with yer all! Hope you all enjoy your trips!:)

http://www.freewebs.com/studenttravel/

casanova_kid

LuciaD wrote:

Hi! Am going interrailing this summer and just found great website with links to all the top and cheap ticket and accommodation websites for Europe, so just thought I'd share with yer all! Hope you all enjoy your trips!:)

http://www.freewebs.com/studenttravel/

Worst attempt at covering up free advertising ever.

Dave!

Thanks for the help folks!

Right as it stands now, I'm on my own, and assuming I didn't fail any exams, I'll be goin for the month.

I took on board what you all said, and so the route will most likely be like this:

Dublin, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Brussels, Paris, [various villages and so on through to], Zurich, Milan, Rome, Naples, [over to the 'heel' of Italy and ferry to], Greece.

That seems like an alright route! I won't be goin to Turkey since my mate isn't goin anymore. I don't think that will take a whole month, so I'd say I'll end up with a fair bit of time in Greece! If I do end up with ridiculous time when I get there, then maybe I'll start goin up through E.Europe.

I'm not sure about what to do about the flight home though... Should I get the ticket and everythin before I even leave for the journey, or should I see where I am when I'm gettin close to the time, and get the ticket then?

Do you think that route is decent enough? As I say, I've not been to any of those countries whereas most people have with their family etc., so I'm eager to see them, rather than head into E.Europe.

I could end up goin in a different direction completely, but that's the plan anywho. You think it's too rushed? Not rushed enough?

Thanks!

telecinesk

For anyone doing E Europe,
If your in Prague/Budapest and part of Slovakia, its worth travelling in 1st class if you can afford it. Its NOT that much more expensive. You can pay the diff in cash to the ticket controller.
ie bring some local cash (from atm in stations usually), cos 2nd class can be grungy and uncomfortable and no aircon! Czech railways are great, the train to Krakow or Warsaw is v comfortable btw.. Avoid smoking on Platforms, the railway police love to "do you" for it, its forbidden. "ZAKAZ FAJCIT or KOURIT"

Oh and use the left luggage lockers, useful so you can wander around and not have to worry bout the load on your back for a while.

Suggest in Prague station get some food and Pilsner of course. Food isnt so expensive over here and wont kill you! Unlike British Rail(whatever its called these days). If your going to Budapest, go directly from Prague, a train runs via Bratislava daily and its nice, even 2nd class is OK.

Theres even a train going from Prague direct to Ljubljana Slovenia, worth a look.

Oh, have fun, people are v friendly here and I love it.

Dave!

Forget to mention, do ye think it would be a better idea to get a flight from Dublin to Athens, and work my way by train through the same route, the other way (ie. end up in Amsterdam, or maybe Brussels, dunno)? It would mean a shorter flight home.

tinka

i bought my ticket today! and we sat in stephen's green in the sun and made out our route. ah twas lovely.

Crash

I'd say head south - heading north in my mind would just have me thinking I was always making my way back home - which'd drive me spare :P

Dave!

That's a good point

crash_000, Do you think a month to get to Greece would be time enough? It's not too rushed is it?

And should I get the ticket home and everythin before I even leave for the journey, or should I see where I am when I'm gettin close to the time, and get the ticket then? Which did you do? I'd be afraid of losing the ticket along the way and not havin enough money to buy another one, or somethin like that!!!

Lastly (and anyone can help me here, not just crash ), do ye think it'd be best to get a flight from Greece home? Or maybe head into Turkey? Or up into Bulgaria or Macedonia? Which would be cheapest?
I'm not great at finding flights, but I can't seem to find any from Greece to Ireland

Crash

I'd say 30 days to get down from amsterdam to greece isn't too rushed, but don't be surprised if you have to jink your schedule of where you wanna be around a fair bit - cus they're impossible to stick to :P

and if you're buying a ticket before you leave, buy from someone that does E-tickets and just shove the slip of paper in a money belt or somesuch - best way to keep hold of it.

monument

Waterloo to the Arctic Circle...

Next stop: land of the midnight sun

What's the most exciting place you can get to from Waterloo Station? Clue: it's not Guildford. Rail enthusiast Robin McKie takes a train trip to the Arctic Circle and a town where the sun doesn't set

Sunday June 5, 2005
The Observer

Guardian Unlimited's rail travel section might be worth looking at

http://travel.guardian.co.uk/rail/

jrey1981

that trip to the arctic circle sounds cool. Sounds like you would get through quite a bit of cash though...

Have had the idea of a jaunt around Scandinavia for a while now - Norway, Sweden & Denmark, possibly Finland as well...

Anyone done this or something similar?

IronMan

I was thinking of going Inter-railing this summer also, all on my ownsome. It does seem quite expensive though when you add it all up. Has anyone any experience of how much a hostel costs on average per night, based on a shared room?

I intend to fly to rome, spend 3 days there, then visit a few more Italian cities, before heading to France, then Belgium for half an hour, before finishing off in Amsterdam. I see from the Interail website, that a supplement is payable on all Intercity routes within Italy. How much on average is this supplement?

I threw together a quick budget, can anyone give me idea if its anyways accurate, similar to their own experience.

Flights €170 (confirmed)
Train Ticket €275
Transfers €50
Hostels €600 (€30*20 nights)
Food/Expenses €800 (€40*20)
Bad Habits Expenses €250


Any advice much appreciated.

monument

For hostels have a look at http://hostelworld.com/

el rabitos

IronMan wrote:

Flights €170 (confirmed)
Train Ticket €275
Transfers €50
Hostels €600 (€30*20 nights)
Food/Expenses €800 (€40*20)
Bad Habits Expenses €250


Any advice much appreciated.

you might save alot of cash sleeping on the trains, if u just travel to the next city overnight

Crash

30 quid for a hostel? I dont think i've ever payed that much except for staying in Cork once - at least in some hostels you can get a room for as little as 14euro a night and i think the most I ever paid was 24 euro a night.

keithclancy

Actually... you might want to consider flying rather than rail.. works out alot cheap imo.

For example

I've gone
Cork --> Amsterdam --> Cologne -- > Dublin --> Cork

For 115 euro .... and the most expensive part was the ICE between amsterdam and cologne, was 50 euro !! .. well worth it though .. the ICE rocks !

Best cheap airlines in europe
http://www.germanwings.com
http://www.centralwings.com
http://www.hlx.com
ryanair obiviously

skyscanner.net is a great way to lookup when its cheap

Im not saying you should go solely by plane, the trains are great .. but you could hop to the other side of europe quite easily .. and i'd recommend .. wat i normally do .. is if an airline has sale on .. buy 2 - 3 flights from different spots in europe .. works out cheaper too and gives you a couple of options

Amsterdam - obviously cool, but not just for the filth !
Prague - V.cool .. loads of history
Milan - Big city .. learn some italian .. great hot chocolate and beautiful drives out by the ALPS
Den Haag is nice too .. political capital of the netherlands and all that
Cologne is great .... the dom rocks ... and dom kolsch is a nice beer
Oslo is a cool city - Norway is pretty but its uber expensive

Europes a great place to explore ... next trip for me is Slovakia, Fly to budapest, 50 euro to get a car delivered there from Bratislava and 100 euro for the week for a Span new Skoda Octavia, 4 of us go like .. nice hotels there are around 30 euro a night / room.

Have fun !

Valmont

Great thread, I was close to checking myself into a psychiatric hospital while planning this solo interrail trip, its great to see there are loads of people that have done and are planning to do so!

For me it is partly that I think it would be a great adventure on your own and partly because my friends are all off on two weeks in the sun type of holiday, not my cup of tea!

If all goes to plan it will be december 28th to January 26th, I figure it will interesting to go off season since I have the time before college starts!

davidconf

Hi everyone! I come from Italy and my sister gave me an Interrail ticket for my 18th birthday!! I'm looking forward to leaving (alone!!) and now I'm thinking about a route to follow...
I'm arriving in France (in Savoy, in the city of Chambery) on 1st August and then I'm trying to organise the first days of the trip....

I have a question! When you went interrailing, did you organize everything (trains to catch, book hostels or budget hotels) before leaving or did you make a sort of general program of your travel!?

My "problem" are the hostels... Should I book them before, or can I arrive in a city and go to an hostel!?

My intinerary is this: southern france - southern spain - northern france and paris - belgium - holland - northern germany - scandinavia (sweden or norway) - germany... Do you think is it too much for a month?!? And, what is travelling alone like?

Thank you, and sorry for my mistakes!

pianoman

davidconf wrote:

Hi everyone! I come from Italy and my sister gave me an Interrail ticket for my 18th birthday!! I'm looking forward to leaving (alone!!) and now I'm thinking about a route to follow...
I'm arriving in France (in Savoy, in the city of Chambery) on 1st August and then I'm trying to organise the first days of the trip....

I have a question! When you went interrailing, did you organize everything (trains to catch, book hostels or budget hotels) before leaving or did you make a sort of general program of your travel!?

My "problem" are the hostels... Should I book them before, or can I arrive in a city and go to an hostel!?

My intinerary is this: southern france - southern spain - northern france and paris - belgium - holland - northern germany - scandinavia (sweden or norway) - germany... Do you think is it too much for a month?!? And, what is travelling alone like?

Thank you, and sorry for my mistakes!

good questions, i too am keen to see the answers. i'm also going solo for a month from the 1st of august. i'm in the uk, and starting in paris, will probably go france - switzerland - austria then finish up in northern italy, probably venice.

i have no idea what size ruck sack i'll need.

ScumLord

For anyone worried about traveling alone, don't be it's the only way to go. You'll never be alone at any stage.


For free accomidation sign up to couchsurfing.com I've never used it while abroad but I have hosted a few times, you get a free couch to sleep on an a local tour guide!

nedward

Man, I am so going Inter railing next summer.