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Everyone loves Prague.  It’s one of those places that people who have been lucky enough to visit will tell you is a must-see before you die, and almost anyone who goes there has a great time.
Under Communist rule for nearly 40 years, the city has retained much of its historic architecture (unlike much of the [...]

Professional wanderluster Wade Shepard of VagabondJourney.com shares tips and tricks about living and working in Europe. Part 2 of 2.

Europe is home to several landlocked countries.  That is to say countries that have no coastline whatsoever as they are completely surrounded by other nation states, leaving them no ownership of any coast.  Some of the citizens of these countries have literally never seen the ocean, and I don’t just mean the children.  The reason [...]

No matter how unlikely it is that we’ll all actually keep our New Year’s resolutions, those abroad should put an extra bit of determination toward keeping a journal of their travels.
Going back through the journals kept during my sojourn and other travels is as fun (and sometimes painful) to read as they were to write. [...]

I didn’t mean to sneak into Dracula’s Castle for free. I had just gotten off the train in Bran, Romania, and my eyes were fixed on the striking white turrets of Bran Castle, the medieval fortress famous as the setting for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I wanted desperately to get to the castle, which sat on [...]

The Slovak Republic is no longer the cheap backpackers’ dream that it once was, but it is well-worth a visit.

Student travellers  thinking of heading away for a pre-Christmas break should look no further than eastern Europe.
According to a survey recently revealed, eastern European countries are still offering the best valued holidays.
When it comes to buying gifts, Prague and Budapest as well as Warsaw and Krakow offered considerably cheaper prices than Berlin or Paris.
The former [...]

If you’re considering commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall (20 years ago come November 9) or if you just want see Germany this November, a train ride may be the best way to do so.
Student travel-friendly Rail Europe offers an array of more-than-decent deals on train travel, and the German Rail Pass is no [...]

A recent report in Reuters (elaborated by the New York Times) states the death of a French soccer fan due to severe injuries during Europa League, after a beating in a bar during the match between Partizan Belgrade and Toulouse.
Twenty-eight-year-old Brice Taton “sustained multiple injuries to his head and chest after a group of Partizan [...]

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued an advisory to temporarily refrain travellers and citizens from travelling to Istanbul and Edirne. Two days of torrential rain earlier this week, described as the heaviest in 80 years, triggered flash floods in northwestern Turkey, across the border from Bulgaria, which also included the main highway used by tourists travelling [...]