I just got back from travelling, ask me anything!

I'd love to go to Iceland! Desperate to see the northern lights but because of uni I can never travel in the winter

Probably Budapest and Copenhagen, but everywhere was great!

1. How long did you go for?
2. How much was the overall cost, including food/accommodation?
3. What was the most expensive place to visit?
4. What countries did you visit?
5. How long did you spend in each country?
6. What did you do in those countries?
7. If you done it again what would you do different?
8. Any tips on saving money?
9. How long does it take to plan a trip like this?
10. Did you enjoy my little quiz?

Everywhere? Haha, I want to explore Asia next summer hopefully. Not too keen on Thailand but Vietnam/Cambodia/Laos and Indonesia. Also India and after meeting so many lovely Aussies on my trip I'd love to go to Australia Oh and I'd like to see more of Eastern Europe like Serbia, Albania, Romania... I just want to go everywhere :P

Cool similar to me then, I was lucky enough to go to Australia as a kid but really I'd have to go back once again as its soo flippin big and there's so much to see and do I'm probably going to leave Europe for last.

P.S I see in your sig you mention the Erasmus program what was that like, was it something you thought of before or just an opportunity that came along ?

Did you get to pick from many places or was it France was available if you wanted it, did you have to learn the language; and what was it like studying abroad ?


phew... that'll do for now

Did you fall in love?

No. I was hoping for a romance but unfortunately it did not happen!

What language do you think in?

Pretty much all by train, with a few coaches in Croatia. The only planning I did was buy my ticket, have a rough idea of where I wanted to go and book the first two hostels before I left. My route changed several times. It's surprisingly easy though just to 'wing it.'

I'm assuming you bought your InterRail pass from the website, which pass did you go for and why? On the first page of this map, does it show every train service you can use and what does the dashed orange line between England and France mean?: http://www.interrail.eu/sites/interrail.eu/files/documents/interrail_railway_map_2014.pdf
With hostels did you just go to the nearest one, how did you know where they were located? And how did you know what sites each place had and how to get to them? Sorry for the many questions, I'm just really interested and would love to go some day. Thanks!

I bought the one month continuous pass (although I got mine through raildude because it was £2 cheaper..) because I wanted to go for quite a long time, although I'd say if I could do it again I'd just get a three week one and buy my own train and bus fares around Eastern/Central Europe because they're pretty cheap, but it's worth it for scandinavia/germany/france/italy. According to the key it means reduced train fare so I'm guessing it's the eurostar (which isn't included in the pass but you can get a discount on.) I assume that's most train services, but there are an infinite number of combinations, because of changes etc.

Hostels I usually booked the day before and tend to go for ones close to the train station so I didn't have to carry my luggage or just generally ones with good reviews. I put my hostelbookers app to show highest rated first and then usually just went for the cheapest amongst the best rated. Because I was a solo traveller I wanted to check the hostels were suitable for people alone and it wasn't full of groups... Usually on hostelbookers they provide directions from local train stations and airports.

You forgot to answer the last question: How did you know what sites each place had and how to get to them? Also, which flights did you get (I'm assuming one of them was to leave the UK)? And how did you change currency into the local one? Thanks!

Sites as in tourist attractions/monuments etc? I mainly just googled, wikipedia and tripadvisor are good sources and 'top 10 things to do in...x' I got easyjet flights Gatwick to Copenhagen and then Milan to Gatwick back with Easyjet. I literally just got the cheapest ones I could find from the destinations I wanted to go (look under the 'europe' option on skyscanner.) I just withdrew cash fro the cashpoint! Get a currency card as they give the best withdrawl rates