studentsineurope

I am a devout fan of public transportation and of any city that has it together enough to have one card that works on every form of public transport on offer. London is most definitely that city. The Oyster Card is an awesome top up card that you can swipe and use on any and [...]

Peggy Retka has had a passion for travel ever since her first international experience. When she was fifteen, Peggy traveled in France for three weeks with her high school language teachers. She discovered a fascinating world that offered different experiences and perspectives from her hometown of Hastings, MN. From that point on, she was hooked.
Peggy [...]

Forget booking a hostel or hotel online. Book on your iPhone. Thanks to a new app called Hostel Hero, tech-savvy backpackers can book on the go using on their iPhones and iPod Touches!
Now, here is where I must admit that I don’t have an iPhone. Or a Blackberry. Or an iPod Touch. But I admire [...]

Travel containers are pretty much a necessity for air travel nowadays, especially for those planning on taking only carry-on luggage. Unfortunately, with the majority of travel bottles made of hard plastic, squeezing all the contents out of the tubes is nearly impossible. Luckily, this is where the fabulous GoToob steps in.
Made of soft, yet durable [...]

When overseas, you are unlikely to see a branch of your local bank on every corner.  The best and easiest way to deal with money is by having the right type of ATM card and easy access to online banking so that you can check on and move your funds when you need to.
Visa and MasterCard [...]

Oh, the precious tenner. It may seem like a trivial amount, but you can actually do a lot with one €10 euro bill. As a student in Europe, sometimes having ten euro is lifebread. You can eat with it. You can entertain yourself with it. You can get around with it. You can even find [...]

As a student, what is the most important thing you look for when buying flights?  Comfort?  Style?  A specific airline?  Or, like me, is cost always your main priority?
If so, you’re in luck: low cost is what Fly.com does best.  A flight comparison web site that works with hundreds of airlines, big or small, Fly.com is [...]

As you get ready to leave for your trip abroad, you may find you’re a little nervous. Don’t be embarrassed. Foreign travel is a big deal, and that goes double if you’ll be gone for more than two months and triple if this is the first time you’ve done it. Culture shock is real, you [...]

March 7 marks the end of National Foreign Language Week and, now that I think about it, the language bug seems to have bitten everyone around me. My boyfriend’s mother and I have each embarked on a quest to master the other’s language (in her case English, in mine Czech), my father has applied, on a [...]

During the day, the numerous ruins of Rome may seem like nothing more than jumbled heaps of crumbled stone. Yet as the sun begins to set and the ruins start to glow, those illuminated piles of rocks slowly begin to transform into the magnificent famed forums, churches and temples of yesteryear. Trajan’s Market is one [...]