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[caption id="attachment_31" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Need Directions?"][/caption] Last spring I took a three week backpacking trip starting on Good Friday and ending in April. It took me a while to plan my trip and figure out all the details. I want to share the steps I took to plan and have an excellent trip through Europe without spending precious travel time worrying about the big picture. After however many segments I write in this I hope the end result is a good solid itinerary for a trip lacking in regrets. I feel a good place to start is in planning the trip. The first and most important questions to ask is: where do you want to go? This answer could be specific with a small german town where the family came from as the destination or even a general "Italy sounds lovely". But in either case it is an... [read full story]