Traveling Europe on a $10,000 Budget: The real life guide for 23 year old’s who are sick of reading the generic Google responses for to-do tips!

In 2014, I travelled to Europe for my second time. The first time, I was 20 and went over with a family I worked for. I spent most of my time in England, travelled to Barcelona for a week by myself and then traveled around 8 countries on Contiki. This past year, my fiance and I travelled around 7 countries by ourselves for 6 weeks, we visited everywhere we wanted to go, did everything we wanted to do, and only spent $9,000 Australian dollars.

Before leaving, I spent countless nights lying in bed Googling this I HAD to visit, and after a while, I started to realise that these to-do tips must have been written by someone well in their 40's. They were generic, simple and although I constantly used the word ‘budget’ in my search column, it was clear that their idea of a budget was much different to my idea of a budget (which lead me to my previous assumptions about the age gap, as being a Uni student working at a Juice bar, I wouldn’t call a day trip to the French Rivera via private car a budget choice!)

Below, I have written about the places where we stayed, how we got around, and what we visited while we travelled, which happened from September 27th to November 6th (depending on when you decide to travel, the prices may be higher or lower, we were in off season so prices were low!) I’m very new to Medium, so I’m not sure if you can inbox me or leave comments asking questions, but if you have any, well I hope you figure out a way to ask because I love helping fellow budget backpackers out!

Money

Flights — $1,700
Spending money , for 6 weeks we each took over $7,000, and this was to pay for all our accommodation, all our transport, all food and all site-seeing. We ended up coming home with $1000 each and didn’t miss out on anything we wanted to do!
We put our money on a Commonwealth Bank Travel Money card, $6,000 in euros and $1,000 in pounds, as we were only in England for 5 days.

International Fights

We flew from Adelaide to Frankfurt (6 hour stopover in Kuala Lumpar) and then London back to Adelaide (5 hour stopover in KL). We flew with Malaysian Airlines and loved it; great service, good food and planes weren’t full so we got to spread out. Flights were $1,700 which is awesome for the service and the short stop over times.

In the KL airport, there is a Kuala Lumpar lounge where you pay $40-$50 each for all you can eat and drink, but it wasn’t until we got in there that we found out it was only soft drinks, some beer and dry white wine, and all the food had curry powder in it, not ideal for flying. Better off skipping it and going to Burger King or the Sushi Train!

Take an eye mask on the plane, absolute life saver for sleeping on the plane. We also took Phenergan (anti-histamine tablets) which knocked us out pretty good. Try and be the very last people on the plane so you can see if there are any empty rows that you can pick from, we did this on the way back and each had a 5-seat row to ourselves!

Eurail Pass

Website: http://www.eurail.com/

We bought a Eurail pass for Germany and with an extension to Austria (don’t remember the price, but it’s easy to find on the Eurail website). We chose to only get a pass for Germany because trains outside of Germany are relatively cheaper so you’d be spending more money buying a Eurail pass for all the countries you’re going to. When you have a Eurail pass for a county, you then get extremely cheap country train tickets (like $40 off the normal price) but you still need to go into the train station and buy the tickets like normal (Eurail pass needs to be ordered online a few weeks before you leave).

Other Transport

There is absolutely no reason to use the Taxi services in Europe as their train and bus systems are fast and reliable. In Germany and Austria, the buses and trains come at the exact minute they are meant to come, and you can grab a free timetable from any of the major train stations or if you’re using data, you can just look it up.

When you get into London, you will need to by yourself an Oyster Card for the metro system, they don’t have tickets on the London Underground, instead you need to load up an Oyster card as it is pretty much impossible to get around London without one. They cost 5 euro to buy, and then you put on as much money as you’ll need (we ended up using about 30 euro over 5 days) and then when you leave, you can either keep the card of get a 5 euro refund at the last train station you exit from before the airport (there’s an Oyster card office at the train terminal before you head upstairs).

Staying in Hostels

In the past, hostels have been given a bad rap by travellers for a variety of different reasons, but I think that is absolute bullshit. Whether you’re travelling by yourself, as a couple (like we did) or in a group of people, I would recommend a hostel over anything, including a hotel.

Hostels create an atmosphere that encourages the meeting of new people, they have chill out lounges and communal kitchens, host pub crawls and walking tours daily, and try to get all the guests to meet and talk with one another and share ideas. This sort of communal atmosphere can’t be found in a hotel, as unfortunately, most of the people who stay in hotels aren’t there to meet new people. By meeting and talking to people who are at you’re hostel, you are getting firsthand knowledge of the best hostels to stay in for the best price, where to drink/eat in dozens of different countries, and the best hidden site seeing destinations that you simply can’t look up on Google.

As for safety in hostels, that have changed drastically in the past 20 years. Apart from 1 hostel, all the ones I have ever stayed in came with lockers large enough to store my back pack, most came with locks but on the lockers that didn’t, I just used the lock that was on my back pack instead. They all came with bedding and each hostel had extra bedding or bath towels for rent at the reception.

Majority of our hostels either had free breakfast each morning or all you can eat breakfast for a small fee (usually about 5 euro), and you’d be very very lucky to find a restaurant close by that allows you to eat 5 servings of eggs, beans and bacon for 5 euros without passing judgement!

If you are still skeptical about staying in a hostel after reading this, then don’t read any further, as my style of traveling probably won’t suit you. Traveling below the age of 30 is meant to be fun, you are meant to spend more time exploring and less time sitting in your lavish hotel room! Use your common sense when you book, ask other people who have travelled, read reviews on Trip Advisor or equivalent and make up your own judgement, hostel backpacking is beneficial on so many levels!!

Frankfurt

We flew into Frankfurt first because we were going to be at Oktoberfest in the first week of our holiday and Frankfurt was the cheapest city in Germany to arrive at. This was the only place where we chose to stay in a hotel (it was called MGallery or something like that, we booked it when we confirmed our flights, only place we booked before we left) and I would recommend it, purely to allow yourself to get over jetlag in your own privacy. The all you can eat breakfast here was unreal (make sure you always take a bag to breakfast and fill it with enough fruit/cheese and meat bread rolls/Nutella sachets to get you through the day so you don’t have to spend much on lunch).

Frankfurt was pretty boring, it is the business capital so there’s not much to see in terms of culture, we went to the botanic gardens and rented a row boat, went to the shopping centre, went for a run down the river with half the city’s population and had dinner at a local German restaurant (if you’re going to Germany, you MUST try the sauerkraut and pork knuckle, UNREAL!)

We were meant to stay two nights but it was pretty boring and we just wanted to move on so the next day, we went to the train station in the morning and booked a train to Berlin the next day.

Berlin

Hostel: http://plushostels.com/plusberlin

We got into Berlin train station and then used the McDonalds internet to find a good hostel to stay at (use websites like booking.com, hostelbookers.com or hostelworld.com and read the reviews). We decided on PLUSBerlin hostel, and then just asked around the train station on how to get to the address. We then caught a city train to the closest bus stop and asked around again on where to go from there (some locals used Google Maps to show us where to go, literally around the corner). We had a private room the first night and then a 4 bedroom dorm for the next 3 nights (shared with 2 Aussie girls who are living in London).

This was one of my favourite hostels while away, they had an awesome all you can eat breakfast for 5 euro a day, a delicious Italian restaurant in the hostel, a pool, sauna, massive games room, morning yoga, a fake beach area, good pub crawls and a REALLY good walking tour (Sanderma’s Free Walking Tour). They also rent bikes for 15 euro a day which you will want in Berlin, it is the city of bikes because it is flat everywhere. The hostel is also right at the beginning of the East Side Gallery (aka the Berlin Wall) which is awesome! Really good pricing too!

The city centre is a few train stops away (you don’t actually need a ticket for the trains here, it runs on an honesty system, we never bought one haha but if you get caught without a valid train ticket, it’s a 40 euro fine), and apart from that, every other main landmark is covered on the tour, except for the Jewish Holocost Memorial Museum (you do go past it and talk about it, but you don’t actually enter (the museum has free entry and is very moving, worth a look.)

Spreepark is about a 10 minute bike ride away (abandoned amusement park with all rides still there, you need to jump the fence, but it’s really cool/unique). West Berlin is just across the bridge, lots of cool street art and cafes, also lots of gangs in this area so don’t go into the park and definitely don’t ride/walk through there at night unless you want to run the risk of being mugged.

We loved Berlin, could have spent more time there easily! However we needed to get to Munich for Oktoberfest (YEAAAHHH). We caught an overnight train there so we could save money/time (train from Berlin to Munich is 8 hours, done overnight means you don’t need to pay for a night of accommodation and you get there in the morning, as the overnight train is 10 hours instead). We had a private 2 bedroom sleeper, it is fucking tiny and you don’t really get food so many take some stuff for your breakfast in the morning.

Munich

Oktoberfest Tour Group: http://www.thefanatics.com/oktoberfest/

Since we were in Munich for Oktoberfest, we booked with a tour group because everything in Munich is ridiculously expensive at this time of year. If you’re planning on going to Oktoberfest, message me and I’ll give you more detail. If not, just use the websites mentioned above to find your accommodation. As for site seeing, I would recommend doing a Sanderman’s Free Walking tour, starts every day at 11 at the Giant Glockenspiel (they’re wearing red). Also check out the Haufbrau Beerhaus (you will go past this on the walking tour, or you can ask anyone and they will tell you how to get there).

We went to the Dachau Concentration Camp while we were here (tour took us there by bus, we found our own way back to Munich by train). This place was really interesting, sad and eerie, we only stayed for an hour because it was quite depressing and we were way to hungover, but some people stay a lot longer.

After Oktoberfest finished, we then caught a morning train from Munich to Innsbruck, Austria.

Austria

Hostel: http://www.chaletexperiences.com/

Austria is a beautiful, beautiful country, I cannot recommend this place enough, and photos do NOT do it justice. We read about this awesome little bed and breakfast in a small town called Fulpmes called Doug’s Mountain Getaway and this was our favourite destination of our whole holiday. Fulpmes is a 30 minute bus ride from Innsbruck right up in the beautiful lush and snowy mountains!

Doug and his friend Jamie have pimped out their house which now sleeps 10 guests, and they have everything you could ever need (sauna, hot tub, TV projector, Nintendo’s, snow boards, skiis, private balcony, mountain boards, literally everything!) The guys have heaps of books on adventures they have done and are happy to come along with you which is awesome. We had a private bedroom with our own sink, a plasma TV and a private balcony with a hammock, it was 35 euro a night each, which was one of the most expensive places we stayed but so worth it.

On one of the days, we caught the ski lift to the very top of the Tirol Mountains, breathtaking! Good restaurant up there too, we borrowed ski clothes from Doug and just rolled around in the snow! If you can ski/snowboard, you can rent them from Doug for like 15–20 euro for the whole day too! Another day, everyone in the hostel went to the high ropes course which is a 5 minute walk from the hostel, this was awesome and took the whole day, so much fun, 10/10!

We ended up spending 5 nights at DMG because it was just chilled and a beautiful place to be! We spent nights socialising with our new DMG family, playing massive rounds of Guitar hero, playing board games and choosing flicks out of their piles and piles of movies! We then caught a train from Innsbruck to Venice.

Venice

Hostel: http://plushostels.com/pluscampingjolly

In Venice, we stayed at PLUSJolley Camping grounds, it was like 11 euro a night and we had our own little cabin with a private bathroom. The place had a massive pool and cool bar/restaurant, but it wasn’t on the main island of Venice (bus in took about 20 minutes, tickets cost like 3 euro return, so saving a lot of money by staying off the island). You need to walk under a little dark alley way which goes under a bridge, so if you’re a young, female traveller, always find someone to walk with, otherwise the camping grounds has a bus service that runs to and from the island of Venice each morning and night for 5 euros.

To be honest, Venice is overrated. I have been there twice now and I believe it is talked up to be a lot better than it is. There are gypsies everywhere (black guys who try and sell you fake shit/steal from you) it is always muggy because of the water and the gondolas are boring as bat shit after the novelty of being on a tiny little boat above murky water wears off.

If you go to Italy, try to have your main meal at dinner because it is cheaper. Look for places that do a 3-course meal for a set price, in Venice, we had a prawn salad, a big bowl of pasta, and a sorbet and fruit dessert thing for 15 euro each, good quality for money. For lunch, we just took rolls from our hostel and also bought pizza slices for 1 euro. Try to stay away from areas that have 10 restaurants all bundled together, they’re normally a tourist trap and they won’t give you true, traditional food. Instead, check out back alley ways and little narrow streets for small shops, they will offer you true Nonna style food!

We decided to spend one less night in Venice and make a detour to Florence (not in our original plans), and caught the train there. The train we had originally planned to catch was booked out on that day, so instead of paying for 1st class tickets (55 euro each) we did 2 stop overs instead (one in Bologna, one in Verona (both about 30 minutes long), ended up costing us 11 euro for the entire trip #winning!

Florence

Hostel: https://www.facebook.com/duilio.hostel

In Florence, we stayed at Hostel Duilio and it was a real ‘get what you pay’ for hostel. It was something like 10 euro a night each and it was fucking shit. 6 bedroom dorm with no air conditioning, no locker systems, tiny ass bathroom with no shower curtain so the bathroom was drenched after the first person showered, only positive was that it had free wifi in the rooms and it was in a good location an(10 minute walk to the city centre).

Florence has really nice food, you just gotta walk around and find it. It is a beautiful city for walking, very old and cobblestone streets. Climb to the top of Piazza Michelangelo for postcard views of the city. Florence is also where the Statue of David is situated, if you don’t want to pay to see the real one, there is a fake David in an outside plaza, your hostel will point it out on a map (wouldn’t recommend seeing the real one, I did the first time I went to Florence and they are the same, a concrete statue with a little uncircumcised dick and saggy balls, nothing special).

We only spent 2 nights in Florence because there isn’t necessary a lot of things to do or see, unless you spend a good week and a half there and have time to do day trips away from the city. It does have delicious food, and there is a little gelati shop called Gelateria La Carraia, the taste is unreal and it is reasonably cheap!

We used Bla Bla Car to hitchhike from Florence to Rome. Bla Bla Car is an online database where people offer rides to travelles, it is very safe and a super cheap way to get around, we saved around 30 euro each by using Bla Bla Car instead of catching the train. If we were more organised, we would have used this service more often because it could easily save you a few $100!

Rome

Hostel: http://www.hostelsalessandro.com/

In Rome we stayed at Alessandro Palace which is right near the train station. It was around 18 euro a night for a 4 bedroom dorm with private bathroom which we had to ourselves for 2 nights. The hostel has a cool rooftop balcony and they have a shared dinner up there every Wednesday and Friday (don’t quote me on those exact days). They also have breakfast in the morning for an extra charge, but it is pretty average so you’re better off going across the road to eat at the restaurant as it is the same price and much nicer.

We did a real average walking tour in Rome, don’t remember the name, but it was free so just before it finished, we legged it so we didn’t feel like we needed to tip the guide because she was crap.

I would highly recommend paying to see both the Vatican Museum (includes the Sistine Chapel) and the Coliseum, I’ve seen both twice now and would still go again. Buy your tickets online beforehand so you don’t need to wait in line, we didn’t do this and waited in line for over an hour at both places. When you go to the Coliseum, make sure you rent an audio tour headset (about 5 euro), worthwhile. Also, the ticket for the Coliseum also gets you into the Palestine grounds which is across the road (acres of Roman ruins, really beautiful)

We ate at the train station most nights, they have a lot of cheap self-serve style restaurants there, good value for money.

Positano on the Amalfi coast was our next stop, and we got there by catching a train to Naples, and then catching a budget train from Naples to Sorrento (10 euros each) and then catching a bus from Sorrento to Positano (around 8 euros each)

Positano

Bed and Breakfast: http://www.booking.com/hotel/it/villaverde.html
(I’ve used the Bookings.com page, as the BnB page is written in Italian)

We stayed at Villa Verda in Positano, a cute little BnB run by a little old Italian couple. Rosaria is the main owner, and she is like the Nanna you never had. She makes you breakfast every morning on the shared balcony, and you also have a private balcony coming out of your room. Our room included a bathroom, queen bed and private balcony facing the ocean. It was the ultimate honeymoon suite!

We did 2 day trips when we were in Positano, one was to Amalfi (the town), where we did the Valla Delle Ferreri hike, took most of the day and it was like you were in a totally different side of the world, waterfalls everywhere and trees so high you can’t see the sky! About 1000 steps up to get to the walking track alone so prepare for soreness the next day. Another day trip was a boat cruise to the Island of Capri and the Grottos, this cost 75 euro each but was really nice. About 10 people on a big boat, you stop at all these hidden grottos and can jump of the boat and swim around the crystal water. Stop at the Island of Capri for a few hours, we were both fucked from hike the day before so we just laid on the beach with all the locals and ate Nutella gelato.

The Amalfi coast is an expensive place because it is targeted at rich tourists, however, it was our one luxury while we were there so it was ok, the food is really expensive there, but just lash out and enjoy it. Ask Rosaria about where to go to get the 1 meter of pizza, you won’t regret it!

From Positano, we went back to Naples via bus to Sorrento and then train to Naples and then caught a plane from Naples to Barcelona, we flew with Easy Jet (I think), and it was about 100 euro each.

Barcelona

Hostel: www.blackswanhostel.com/

Barcelona is a really cool city, you could spend days here (or weeks, months, even years). We stayed at the Black Swan Hostel in an 8 bedroom dorm with shared bathroom, it was about 15 euro per night each. Lots of showers and toilets, free wifi and in a good location (10 minute walk to Las Ramblas which is the main strip of Barcelona. The hostel is also a 15 minute walk to San Grada Familia church, which is a must see of Barcelona, you will understand when you see it! We did a free walking tour of the Gothic quarter (the old section) of Barcelona which was organised through our hostel. Our guide was an Aussie guy named Johnny, did a fantastic job, had lots of stories about the Catalan history and took us to a really good paella bar afterwards for lunch and got us some discount too!

Spend time walking up and down Las Ramblas during the day, go into the fresh food market on the right hand side and just try everything! The cured meat sticks at the beginning of the market are delicious and only 1 euro. Make sure you have a 1L cup of sangria, you will see them everywhere down the main strip (look for the huge straws). Be VERY careful of gypsies in Barcelona, theft doesn’t have a big penalty here so it is very very common and they are very very VERY good at it! Keep nothing in your back pockets and always keep a hand on your handbag (we were backpacks with padlocks on them).

The beach in Barcelona is a nudist beach, don’t be afraid to get naked, everyone does it and it actually feels pretty good when you do it too, plus no white boobie tan!

At night time, get the metro to the Magic Fountain, it’s a fountain show with music and lights, draws in massive crowds and is actually a lot cooler than it sounds. You can drink in public places in Barcelona so grab your booze, get on the metro and get drunk at the fountain! If Barcelona soccer team is playing, go! We went, I had no idea who Messi was but I walked out of there Messi’s biggest fan haha! Really cool!

From Barcelona, we caught a plane to Paris via Ryan Air, costs 79 euro.

Paris

Hostel: http://www.hostelbookers.com/hotels/france/paris/4493/

Paris is another one of those expensive and overrated cities, I had been there before and didn’t want to go again, but Jack wanted to see it, so we made a deal that if we went to Paris, we had to go to Disneyland (BEST DAY EVER!!)

We stayed at a little place called Hotel Saint Sebastien, it was really low class, but it was cheap, and cheap places are very hard to come by in Paris. We had a private room with 2 single beds and a private bathroom. This was the only place we experienced bed bugs, but it was bound to happen somewhere. Its not actually as bad as it seems, just like a few mossie bites. The hotel did have wifi, but only in the lobby so we had to sit down there when we wanted to use it. We did another Sandermand’s New Europe Free walking tour, this one wasn’t organised by our hotel but we used the wifi to find out where it started. It took you all around the main areas and spoke a lot about the royal families who occupied France, which was interesting.

Jack had gastro on one of the days we were there so we literally didn’t leave the hotel all day exempt to go out for dinner, we just went to a little place around the corner from the hotel called Les Anemones and it was fricken wicked! Just a little corner restaurant but sells authentic French cuisine at budget prices (get the garlic snails, so good!) We went to the Eifel tower the next day but didn’t climb it, I’ve done it before and it is expensive, there is a massive wait and it’s really not that good. Same with the Louvre, yes it is where the Mona Lisa painting is, but that is only the size of an A4 piece of paper and there is dozens and dozens of people trying to look at it at once behind 2 barriers so wouldn’t waste your time or money. Last time I was in Paris, I did the Moulin Rouge dinner and show, dinner was average but you got lots of wine and it is essentially a topless cabaret completely in French, so you have no idea what’s going on but there are titties everywhere and one girl swims around in giant tank with two massive snakes in it!

Disneyland day, the best day of my holiday. We went on a weekend so tickets were a bit more expensive (65 euro each) and you need to buy them at least a day before you go. We caught the train there, easy to find, just ask your hostel reception, and made sure we left early in the morning. Once you get through security, you enter another world, it is fun and magical from the moment you’re in the gate, and no, it’s not just filled with Disney princesses walking around. There are 5 different ‘worlds’, each with adult and children rides. The haunted house, the wild west, the Indiana Jones, pirates of the Caribbean, buzz lightyear, space mountain 2 and star wars rides are all definitely adults only and are sick (especially space mountain 2, holy shit I wanted to cry but in a good way haha). There is also America world when you first walk in so there’s milk bars and hot dog stores and even a real life barber there! We were at Disneyland from about 10am till 8pm and didn’t get bored once, we only left because we had a bus to catch, otherwise I would have stayed till it closed as there is a lot of stuff happening at night. We only got the ticket for the Disneyland park, but you can get a double park pass and also go to Universal studios across the road!

From there, we caught an overnight bus to Amsterdam, not my choice of travel but a lot cheaper compared to everything else, and again, didn’t have to pay for accommodation.

Amsterdam

Bed and Breakfast: http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Hotelboot-Angeline/Amsterdam/46872

We were fortunate enough to have a friend working on a house boat in Amsterdam, so we stayed there (it’s called Angelina and is in the port near the Nemo Science Centre if you’re interested, amazing service, full breakfast every day cooked by a professional chef!) Otherwise, look at staying at hostels either in Vunderpark area or Nieuwmarkt area (they are both extremely close to the Red Light district, but not in them, I wouldn’t stay in directly in the Red Light District)

Amsterdam is another really good city to just walk around and enjoy, and get high in. The Jolly Joker is in the main piazza of Nieuwmarkt, has the BEST hash brownies, I’ve never been so stoned in my life, like couldn’t move stoned haha! The Bulldog cafes are everywhere in the Red Light district, they are the most popular for tourists and have the best priced joints that are pre-rolled. Wonderbar is somewhere in the red light district and has a massive couch where the window is meant to be so you just climb in and get high, it’s awesome!

Mushrooms are illegal there now, but they do sell magic truffles (most places still advertise them as mushrooms because they have the same effect). If you haven’t done hallucinate drugs before, I recommend getting a pack of Dolphins Delight and eating about a quarter of a pack each (2–3 nuggets). You need to chew them for a long time for them to work, your tongue will feel really really weird while they’re in your mouth but there is no sick feeling and they taste like walnuts which is good. The drug kicks in after about 1–2 hours (depending on how long ago you ate) and it is a body high (so your body will do funny things e.g. feel heavy, feel light, feel out of balance, grow fur, might feel like your lips have turned into marshmallows, and EVERYTHING feels good to touch and to look at) this particular truffle is really good because you don’t start seeing things and you don’t feel out of it so you know exactly what you’re doing and you’re aware that you’re on drugs, so you won’t do anything silly. The best thing about truffles is that most times, if you take it with other people, you will all have the same hallucinates which is really cool (we felt like we were going to fall of the side of the Earth when we stood up and it was hilarious). The effect of truffles lasts different time for different people, average about 4 hours. Jacks wore of quicker than mine, I went to bed still believing that I had grown horse legs like a centaur so I slowly galloped myself to sleep!

The Amsterdam zoo is also really cool, the animals run fairly freely in different sections so there’s monkeys all running around in this massive shed that you walk into, cool place to go when you’re high or sober! Most of Amsterdam is spent being high simply because it’s what all tourists do, and then all the other site seeing looks better! But don’t eat a hash brownie before you ride a bike because when I say you will get stoned, I mean your body literally turns into a rock!

From Amsterdam, we then flew with FlyBe to London, cheap flight, tiny plane, thought I was going to die because it was so small but it did the job!

London

Hostel 1: http://www.st-christophers.co.uk/london-hostels/london-bridge

Hostel 2: http://rebelionshop.wix.com/walrusbarandhostel

We flew into London city, which is about a 40 minute train ride from actual London city, if you fly into London, London City, Heathrow and Gatwick are all about the same distance from the city of London so pick whatever is cheapest.

For the first night we stayed at St. Christopher’s Inn near London Bridge, cheap 8 bedroom dorm but no elevator and we were on the 3rd floor, they do a good free breakfast and they’ve got a cool bar attatched. Our next 4 nights we stayed in an 18 bedroom dorm at the Walrus, our friend Sean was booked in there so we thought we would stay with him. I thought it was going to be horrible sharing a room with 18 people but it was the quietest of all the hostel dorms we stayed in, and like all the dorms, they have lockers for your luggage! I would recommend this easily as it is cheap and the Walrus have vegemite for your toast in the morning!!

We did another Sandermand’s tour in London, went to Buckingham palace, Big Ben, Westminster, all your typical touristic places. Make sure you go look at the shops down Oxford Street and if you’re in London on a Sunday, you MUST go to a pub and have a classic Sunday Roast including a Yorkshire pudding! We did the Camden pub crawl one night, $10 to join like 6 free shots along the night plus drink specials, would recommend, lots of fun.

Madam Tussads is a must in London, it’s the wax museum and takes a good 3 hours to get through! Lots of fun! We also did the London Dungen which wasn’t as good but was still fun!