Backpacking around Europe, need help from experienced people please?

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After years of hard thinking and a lot of suffering, I recently discovered who I am and what I want out of life. For now, I want to know the world, and the cheapest way of doing so is backpacking, starting in Europe, and completely alone.
I was wondering if there was any website or such that could help me get started since I don't know what exactly to do. The dream sounds amazing, pulling it off however might be harder than it sounds. All I want is a place that helps beginners when it comes to backpacking basics such as what to bring, budget, tips, etc. Or even people that could help me out!

For the second one, MSN would greatly help :]
 
the FIRST thing you need to do is BUY some travel guides. You can take them with you and read them on the trains and they are much more informative than asking about backpacking here on Answers... GET OFF THE INTERNET and BUY SOME BOOKS.

I went to Europe the first time when I was 17. I had a ONE MONTH Youthrail pass (at your age you can get a EURAIL PASS) and that is a great bargain... you sleep on the trains at night and sightsee during the day)

Anyway, I was 17... had a one month Youthrail pass and $1000 which was a graduation present from High school from my parents.

I had my guitar and a SMALL backpack... NO SLEEPING BAG.. POTS AND PANS... ENTIRE WARDROBE and all that other crap AmeriKans think they have to drag along...

Get a SMALL backpack... and NEVER... and I do mean NEVER pack MORE THAN 40 POUNDS in it.. I know you've probably seen all the AmeriKan movies that show people taking 5 steamer trunks with them... WELL IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY...

Remember, I was 17 years old and I found that, after lugging that backpack around for a couple of weeks... I ended up cleaning out about half that 40 pounds of crap because it was just too heavy to drag around.

BUY a copy of EUROPE BY EURAIL and that will give you some inspiration about HOW to travel and WHERE to travel....

BTW... I practice what I preach.. I can STILL go to ANY FOREIGN COUNTRY with nothing more than a tooth brush and a small camera case and be gone for several MONTHS... I just learned that I didn't need to drag a bunch of crap with me... and that I can BUY anything I need in almost ANY country... so I buy it... use it... and leave it in the last hotel room

There are 2 ways to travel.. you can travel LIGHT AND FAST or HEAVY and SLOW... and light and fast means LIGHT... not more than 40 pounds TOPS.
 
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