Europe on a Budget
Intro: Gear Up for your Adventure | After spending the last six years living all over Europe and running my young travel company, I want to share a handful of insider tips picked up from a life on the road.
So you’ve decided to make the best decision of your life by studying abroad? Bravo! Whether you will be eating endless gelato in Italy, exploring the rainforests of Costa Rica or basking in the sun in Australia, those four months will be unforgettable. So now it's time to prepare yourself. How do you even begin such a daunting task? Well, here is a list of 15 tips to consider before flying to your new home away from home.
Whether you’re planning to travel to Europe or are just a lover of all things European, movies are the best way to temporarily transport yourself to another place and get excited for the sights you may soon see in the flesh! Here’s a list of the top movies to inspire your European wanderlust (and a few extras with some great European scenery).
There are also some really interesting and strange facts about Europe you probably didn’t know:
Did you know in Switzerland it is illegal to flush a toilet after 10pm? Yes really…
Europe is named after a Phoenician princess called Europa; she was seduced by Greek God Zeus when he disguised himself as a bull.
Check out this list of 21 bizarre facts about Europe that have been put together in this awesome infographic!
I love these double-layer Wrightsock socks to avoid blisters while traveling, spending long days on my feet.
Learn the secrets to maximizing your visit to ROME. Sean Finelli, co-founder of The Roman Guy, shares insider tips on top restaurants to taste, sights to see, and immsersing into the Italian way of life.
Barcelona has it all: surreal modernist architecture, bustling markets with fresh local produce and seafood, and nightlife that pops off 'til sunrise.
My Airbnb hosting story started in Prague, where my friend Taylor and I rented out several apartments with the intent of subletting them out to short-term visitors. Of course it doesn’t take long in Prague for there to be problems with the neighbors. Accusations of drunk guests passed out in the stairwell, things falling from windows and lost guests knocking on the wrong door soon became commonplace. Needless to say those apartments didn’t last forever, but they were beautiful!