Last year we embarked on a one month trip around Europe. The plan to do this came from a boring afternoon spent in an even more boring marketing lecture. As the lecturer droned on I opened up my laptop and was soon lost in ideas of what to do for summer! Knowing I’d want my first backpacking trip to be close to home I googled a map of Europe and was soon plotting my way around the countries- summer plans had been decided!!
Our plans changed frequently, originally we planned to hit all the big cities in Eastern Europe- Krakow, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, Vienna etc. Then on further thought we decided it would be best to get a real mix of places and this is how in one month we visited capital cities, tiny villages, lakes, mountains and beaches! It turned out to be the best month of our lives! I’m so glad we decided to go off the beaten track a bit and leave some of the larger cities for another time. (With ryanair they’re very accessible for short city breaks from Dublin anyway! Have actually been to a couple since then!! 
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We’ll be posting about the places we visited during interrailing over the next couple of months!!
Ciara 
