A little while back, I had written about the best method for finding and booking hostels. Having had one of my best hostel experiences while traveling around Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, I decided to write a follow up post giving a little shout out to the hostel I stayed at while on the trip: Wombat’s hostel chain. We stayed at Wombat’s in both Munich and Vienna so I was able to get a really good feel for the chain overall. Read the rest of this entry



I'm a 23 year old college grad, and during my junior year abroad in Scotland, I came to the realization that it's hard to know what you want to do in this world if you've never seen it. With that in mind, I decided to study abroad again during the 2011-12 academic year, this time in Beijing, China. Read more 