The Great European Backpacking Trip

The Great European Backpacking Trip
Copyright 2006 Niche Empire

"Many thousands of independent, adventurous Americans travel for extended periods in foreign lands every year. On journeys counted in week and months, the modern explorers seek to discover and desire to be amazed, following itineraries shaped more by imagination than geography. Most travel on a budget; all travel simply. For these people, the desire for freedom and experience is too potent to ignore. "
- Paul Otteson (an experienced globetrotter)

Grabbing a backpack and hitting the road for your Europe is easier said than done. But it can be done. Just be well informed regarding the following details:

1.     What are your travel goals? What motivates you to travel? This will build the foundation for your adventure through Europe. A higher and solid goal will help you achieve your dream in Europe.

2.     Know the different Travel Approaches.

3.     Preparation is vital. Plan, purchase, pack and go.

4.     Be ready in meeting the challenges of life on the road. Meet new languages, cultures and politics.

You can find numerous books about the subject matter that can be of great help for first time travelers.

Europe is a continent with 34 diverse and exciting countries. For fun filled backpacking adventure trip try spending your Easter Week at Spain. In this country Easter is one of the most celebrated, most important and deep-rooted tradition. Take part of these activities and you will take with you beautiful memories. Each different region and place in Spain lives these days (both religious and festive) in its own unique fashion.

In Spain the arrival of spring comes the Easter week. There will be religious fervor and devotion to vast majority of Spain’s cities, towns and villages. There will be a combination of grief and meditation in memory of Christ's death. Magical processions will be full of music, art and color. There will be solemn parades in which crowds of people accompany religious images on their route through the towns.

Easter is being celebrated in every nook and corner of Spain, and each different place does so in its own special way. These festivities have been rooted in popular imagination and linked with art. This can be seen, in the many images of Christ and the Virgin Mary, masterfully sculpted with incredible realism by the likes of Juan de Juni, Pedro Berruguete, Gil de Siloé o Francisco Salzillo. These exceptional works of Spanish religious art (many of which are more than 500 years old) are paraded through the streets to be devoutly and respectfully admired by thousands of people.

Discover the silence and austerity of Easter week in Castile-León, in the processions of León, Zamora, Salamanca and Valladolid. Their sober atmosphere is only broken by the sound of the trumpets and drums that accompany the religious figures as they pass. Feel the echo of the bugles that accompany the processions through the streets of Cuenca. Enjoy the color and cheer of thousands of waving palm leaves in the Elche procession. Take part in the huge Andalusia processions, especially those of Málaga and, above all, Seville, a city that lives these days of religious fervor with all its spirit.

Don't think twice. Come and experience these unique, indescribable, diverse, exciting sensations. Prepare for your backpacking experience in Europe. Release the freedom loving and globe trotting spirit you posses. Now is the time for this once in a lifetime experience!