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Trip Coach: April 3, 2007

Mark Pearson, editor of the anthology Spain From a Backpack, answered your questions about backpacking in Europe.
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New York, NY: I (I'm 29) will be backpacking in Eastern Europe (Prague, Vienna and Budapest) with my Mom this summer. We leave from JFK on Aug. 1, for 15 days. Do you have a suggested essential itinerary -- where to spend more of our time, etc? Thank you, D.F.

Mark Pearson: Hi D.F.,

That's great you're taking your mom to Eastern Europe. Here's a suggested itinerary:

  • 2 or 3 nights Prague

  • 1 or 2 nights Vienna

  • 2 nights Budapest

  • 2 nights Eger, Hungary

Depending on where you fly in and out of, you could add Krakow, Salzburg, or Munich.

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Dublin, OH: I back-packed through Europe for 3 1/2 months in 1970. I even met my husband that summer on a train and we have been married for almost 36 years. How do think back-packing has changed from then to now?

Sincerely, Diana

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