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From religion and reformation to chocolate and cheese, Geneva is a city rich in history and high on taste!

Sometimes here on Students In Europe, it is easy to take for granted our collective travel wisdom and forget that there are travel newbies out there that know nothing at all about traveling. In chatting yesterday with an American friend who is about to embark on her first international journey, I [...]

I’m a nomad. I haven’t stayed in one apartment for more than eight months since I moved out of my parents’ house, and that was twelve years ago. Four-to-six months is my average length of stay. The residence on my driver’s license is three years out of date and being asked for my permanent address [...]

And now, I bring you the best of budget travel, cheap backpacker and student-minded bang-ups, bites, affordable beds and inexpensive beers throughout Europe via my new weekly column. A variation of it will be featured by our new partner, Sosauce, under the title of Thrifty Thrills.

Now, I’m aware of the reputation that Bratislava has [...]

If you’re a student traveler, there’s a good chance you’ve run across this problem: RyanAir (or your budget airline of choice) flew you into the tiniest and most unused airport around and now you don’t know how to get to the city. Or perhaps you’ve run into a related problem: you want to get to [...]

Our Playing Favorites Giveaway has come to its close, and we are ready to choose the winner of a ReboundTag – a microchip luggage tag that can be traced from anywhere in the world.
Thanks to everyone who participated!
photo of Copenhagen by brianholsclaw

I love swearing in Italian. The words are fun to say and the phrases conjure up images that I, at least, think are funny. Of course, by now you’ve realized that I’m not going to teach you any of the really nasty swear words – I’ll let you learn those on your own (if you [...]

We’ve all run into that kind of tourist. The one who’s so intent on doing the city that they spend more time looking at their guidebook than the monuments, the ones who can only admire a beautiful view from from behind a camera lens. Done-it-all tourists are a pain once they get back home. You’re [...]

I love English. English has elegantly simple grammar paired with a lexicon as decadent as a pre-industrial monarchy. English has a subtle and variable cadence. Much as I love speaking Italian, you’ll never convince me that Romance languages are more “musical” than English: English is like jazz while Italian is like opera.
But when I’m abroad, [...]

Most of the time when you’re backpacking, you have your itinerary planned. You know which cities you want to visit, you know how many days you’re going to spend in each, and you’ve planned which sites you most want to see. Perhaps most importantly, you have a guidebook or a map.
Sometimes, though, you find yourself [...]