So, my European vacation is now over! After 30 days of riding buses, trains, carpools and planes (the carpools bit will be explained later) all over the European Union, I can say with certainty that the solo backpacking adventure was a success and although what ended up being a pricey one, was an unbelieveable time. Many people I met during the trip asked me where was the best place I'd been, and the answer was that it was too difficult to pick just one place. The thing that made for a good time in any place though was the people I met and hung out with, not just the sights.

I started in Amsterdam for 2 days (but one night would've been enough), then to Bochum where I stayed with my high school friend's cousin Nina (who I never met before) for 5 days, then to Berlin (3 days), Dresden (1 day), Prague (6 days), Vienna (3 days), Budapest (3 days), Ljubljana (3 days), Trieste and Venice (in 1 day), flew to London (1 day), then flew to Dublin (2 days).

But, to narrow down the best places? Bochum (Western Germany) for my assimilation into Germanic life thanks to Nina, Berlin - just a really cool city, Prague - very old, beautiful city, although heard a lot of tourist horror stories from there, Budapest - for their awesome thermal baths, outdoor nightclubs, and beautiful Hungarian women, Ljubljana (Slovenia) - a quiet, artistic town (and a relatively unknown location to the tourist hoards), and finally Dublin was awesome, indeed! I wished I could've stayed longer... And, being in Deutschland, and even in Europe during the World Cup was incredible, I didn't go to a match but it didn't matter. I didn't see enough of London to comment, but the pound is killer so I was glad to stay only for a night, and Venice was waaaaaaaaay too touristy to even seem like a real city, more like a themepark so I was also glad to stay there just for a night.

For photography, Europe was a dream location to be in. I ended up taking more than 3000 shots, so you can imagine how long it's gonna take to sort through and post the best ones. All I did was look around and there were a dozen potential pics to take, so a lot of times I was even being conservative with taking photos, at least I tried to be. Anyways, now I'm back in the T-dot, sweating to 35 degree heat, and have a cold due to the sneezing idiot beside me in the plane. Photos and some more detailed commentary on the trip to come soon, after I recover!