Backpacking

Allmusic
Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:53:01 +0000

I spent 10 weeks one summer post college graduation backpacking around Europe, sleeping in hostels, on trains, in train stations, traveling everywhere by rail, with no itinerary at all. I went with one friend; she and I split up for parts of the trip while different people joined us for others. We had a friend in Rome to stay with for three days (clean clothes, real food…yay!). We stayed with some foreign relatives too, and met interesting people everywhere we went.

I still think about that trip, 25 years later. It was fabulous. I have tried not to dissuade my children from experiences because of the current world situation. Living in fear is no way to live.