Euro-trip report- 77 spots in 7ish months

I went on 3 backpacking trips through Europe in the last 17 months (99 nights in Summer 2018, 25 nights during the winter, and 100 nights in Summer 2019). I made my way through 77 towns/cities, stayed overnight in 56 of them, slept in 101 beds and walked more than 3,256 km in 225 days. This is my ambitious attempt to summarize all that into a blog post that could be helpful to others planning a trip through Europe, and highlight some of my favorite memories. From the places I had the chance to visit, I also made a bunch of Top-5 lists for different categories of things that I found interesting (see below).

About Me

I like reading a lot of history, going to historic spots, chatting up everyone at hostels, throwing shapes to electronic music and buying pints I can’t afford for strangers when I’m going out.

Places visited (map+list)

Below is a map of the spots that I went to (screenshot of my google maps). I didn’t have a sim card the whole time I was in Europe. So I would mark every spot in a city I wanted to visit when I had access to Wifi, download offline maps, and then go exploring using GPS. Some of the spots I went to (like Cinque Terre) don’t show up unless I zoomed in more so this is not exactly an exhaustive map.