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After graduating from university, we both got full time jobs and have been working ever since... Nothing like work to make you realize how much you don't want to be working! So we're taking our savings and setting out to backpack through Europe.

Since we booked the flights in January 2008, we've spent hours researching countries and cities, planning our itinerary, and then changing that itinerary all over again. Our current route takes us all through continental Europe, as far west as Paris, France; as far north as Malmo, Sweden; as far south as Naples, Italy; and as far east as Bucharest, Romania! We hope to visit 18 countries and get a taste of the sights and culture all across the continent.

We depart September 8 and return December 1: just under three months overseas. We fly in and out of Copenhagen, Denmark!

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By Teija and TJ
November 29th 2008

The End of the Line Europe » Germany » District of Berlin » Berlin

Okay, so first we'll answer the obvious question: why are we in Berlin for 6 days after racing around the rest of the continent? Because we can! Seriously, our intent was to spend 4 nights here and then move onto Hamburg for another 2. However, there is some sort of conference being held in Hamburg and every hostel was fully booked more than a week in advance. Thus, we opted to spend the rest of our trip in beautiful Berlin, and luckily there has been more than enough to do here. On our first full day here, we joined up with [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
November 24th 2008

Prancing Through Prague Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Alright so back to the east for us! We departed Dresden and headed 2 hours south-ish to Prague, Czech Republic. We had heard really good things about the city and were excited to Czech it out.... seriously tj made me do this. Anyway, we arrived at our hostel, Sir Tobys, and quickly discovered that it was the best hostel we had stayed in on our entire trip. The rooms were clean, they served delicious cheap meals, and the staff were nice. Plus, the people staying there were incredibly cool. We spent our first day exploring the old town. We wandered around [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
November 21st 2008

Beer, Bratwurst and Oompa Bands Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich

Guten tag! We arrived in Munich about a month and a half too late to experience the infamous and legendary Oktoberfest, but we managed to have an amazing time regardless. We arrived from Salzburg after a pleasantly short train journey north. We stayed at the Euro Youth Hostel which was recommended to us by Chelsea and Peter (thanks guys!) It was fantastic! On our first day, we checked in and grabbed some food, and then joined up with the free walking tour offered by the same company as the one we went on in Paris. The tour took us around the [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
November 14th 2008

The Hills Are Alive! Europe » Austria » Salzburg State » Salzburg

Greetings loyal readers! We have arrived back in the West, in Austria to be exact. We travelled three hours from Budapest to Vienna where we spent 3 very enjoyable days. We arrived at our hostel, the famous Wombats Lounge, after walking only one block from the train station (best case scenario for backpackers!). We set out immediately to explore the city, walking along the main shopping street (similar to Robson) to the Old Town. As we walked along, we noticed a poster for Quantum of Solace, the new Bond movie! Moments later we noticed that it was playing at the ENGLISH [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
November 9th 2008

Hungary Hungary Hippos Europe » Hungary » Central Hungary » Budapest

Hello from Hungary! We have just spent 4 fabulous days in Budapest and are sad to be leaving. We arrived after a lonnnnnnnnng 10-hour train ride from Sighisoara, and after temporarily getting lost we arrived at our really nice hostel. After ditching our stuff in our room, we went out right away to explore. We walked around and saw the citadella and castle hill lit up at night, as well as the chain bridge and Independence bridge that connect Buda to Pest. The next morning we walked from Pest, where our hostel was, over to Buda and climbed to the top [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
November 6th 2008

Transylvania...Aaoooooooh! Europe » Romania » Transilvania » Mures » Sighisoara

Okay so the last time we talked we were about to head to Romania on an overnight train. We boarded the train in Belgrade, only to be told by the conductor that there was an error with our ticket we had purchased the day before. We went to the desk and sorted it out. It turns out the error was that the date had been written as 1.11.08 instead of 11.1.08. Seriously. Big f**king deal. With that fixed we boarded the train and our compartment was next to two Aussie girls we had befriended back at our hostel. It is important [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
November 3rd 2008

Halloween in Belgrade Europe » Serbia » West » Belgrade

After Slovenia, we headed south to Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. In the three hour train ride, the temperature outside rose almost 10 degrees, so we arrived to a hot, sunny day. After checking into our hostel, we took a quick wander around the old town. Since we arrived late, it was already dark, but the big old church near our hostel was lit up and quite spectacular. We stopped at a little restaurant that served Italian food and ate outdoors. Zagreb has a real coffee shop culture, where at all times of the day and night people can be [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
October 28th 2008

Slovenia Rocks My Socks! Europe » Slovenia » Upper Carniola » Bled

Greetings from Slovenia! We have just spent four days here: two in Ljubljana and two in Bled. We arrived in Ljubljana in the early evening after our time in Villach and found our hostel without incident. The hostel was really cute, with only 14 beds and a very intimate, friendly feel. It was already dark, but we decided to wander down to the river and see what there was to see. It turns out the river is the place to be in the early evening, because the restaurants lining it all lit up their patios with candles and they were all [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
October 23rd 2008

Mi Scusi!!! (Italy Part 2) Europe » Italy » Emilia-Romagna

Hi everyone! It's been ages since we last updated you so here is a quick recap of where we've been: We arrived in Rimini, Italy after a hellish day and night of travel from Corfu. After sleeping a LOT, we headed the next day to San Marino, an independent republic within Italy that I had never heard of before researching this trip. Apparently it has been around since before Charlemagne. Yes Peter, we got you a postcard (and more) from here! We left Rimini under overcast skies, but by the time we had ascended up to the main city of San [View Full Entry]

By Teija and TJ
October 21st 2008

My Big Fat Greek Detour Europe » Greece » Ionian Islands » Corfu

So we ended up taking a bit of a detour from our original plan... we have just returned from 4 fantastic days in Corfu! Originally we had planned to skip Greece and just head back up from Naples to Rimini, but our friends managed to coerce us into it. We took an overnight ferry from Bari to Igoumentisa. It was... interesting. Our Eurail passes guaranteed us free passage but not a cabin, or a seat, or even a place indoors. We lucked out and found a hidden floor spot where we slept undisturbed. We arrived the next morning and took another [View Full Entry]

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