The Hangry Backpacker

Whether you’re looking for a day away from the city enjoying the outdoors, exploring Spain’s storied history or tasting incredible local delicacies, there are several easy day trips from Madrid to enhance any visit. Alcalá de Henares was once a Roman city, but the reason it’s famous today is for its university, the second oldest in Spain (after the University of Salamanca). Make sure you at least visit the cathedral and the Jewish quarter on a day trip to Toledo, but there are also a whole lot of interesting museums highlighting the city’s dramatic history and famous artists. From the 12th-century Romanesque church, the Basilica de San Vincente, to the oldest Gothic cathedral in Spain, Catedral de San Salvador, and the Convento de Santa Teresa, built in 16th century to celebrate the Saint Teresa, this city will keep you enthralled for days.

The best way to ensure you travel safely with a food allergy is to attain fluency in the local language of your destination. Rather, if you’re traveling with a food allergy, and that allergy truly has deadly effects, consider the dominant cuisine in a destination before visiting. While food allergies can change the way we travel, they don’t have to limit or prohibit travel. Above all, travel allergy food cards are a simple, tangible way to ease the burden of a food allergy on travel each day.

The travel industry needs backpackers, and getting backpackers back on the road is vital to the recovery of the global tourist industry. Though backpackers may not spend as much money as other types of travelers, the economic impact of backpacking is (literally) more far-reaching than that of other travel sectors. Backpackers’ spending supports hostels, small guesthouses and local transportation companies as they travel through Cambodia. Hostels, bars, cheap tourist transport and attractions – essentially the entire landscape that makes backpacking what it is (and, in turn, that backpackers support)

Solo travel for extended periods of time is not appealing to everyone, and it can be an intimidating prospect for travelers new to the idea of wandering the world alone. Solo travelers aren’t completely devoid of human contact, but there is a reasonable chance that you won’t have any deep, personal connections with other people for extended periods. Ease into solo travel to see if it’s right for you, to see if you can handle the alone time. Waiting for the perfect time to set off on that long-awaited solo travel adventure is just waiting for something else to come up and ruin your plans.