{"id":130,"date":"2018-02-14T22:30:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T02:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=130"},"modified":"2018-02-14T22:30:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T02:00:35","slug":"backpacking-across-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"Backpacking Across Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

So what started out as a joke over a great game of S.W.G. at Scout Camp has morphed into a pretty awesome pre-camp!\u00a0 So… how many countries could you visit in Europe on the way to the Jamborette if we weren’t picky about fancy things.. like beds…?<\/p>\n

The answer is, A LOT!\u00a0 As much as we always say things like “this trip isn’t for everyone”, let me be really clear – this trip is NOT for everyone!\u00a0<\/strong> First off, on the way to Rome, our flight will transfer somewhere… either Ireland or the United Kingdom. so that is country #1.\u00a0 We’d be joining in with the Switzerland crowd touring Rome, Italy and Vatican City (#2 & 3) and traveling to Kandersteg, Switzerland (#4).\u00a0 After a day or two at Kandersteg it will be time to hit the rails!\u00a0 While our exact route will need to be well researched for suitability and safety, our best case scenario for country-count would be Liechtenstein, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and into the Netherlands.\u00a0 All this acheivable thanks to our EuroRail Global Pass which will give us unlimited rail travel in Europe for a SUPER reasonable price! That puts us to 20 countries!\u00a0 Fair enough, in each of these countries we’ll get little more than a selfie and a meal, but at least we can scratch another country off the map \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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This is the one pre-trip that also turns into a post trip!\u00a0 After the closing ceremonies at the Haarlem Jamborette, instead of going back to camp we’ll be heading to the train station to scratch off a few more!\u00a0 First stop is Copenhagen in Denmark (#21), then through Sweden (#22) and finally to Oslo, Norway (#23) for our flight home.\u00a0 Unlikely to get a direct flight from Oslo, so expect a layover in Iceland (#24) before returning home to Newfoundland & Labrador.<\/p>\n

In this pre-trip you will sacrifice personal comfort for adventure.\u00a0 You will sacrifice a set itinerary for the uncertainty of public transit through countries you have never heard of.\u00a0 We will need to think on our feet, change the plan hourly as needed, and always, always be prepared for the unexpected.<\/p>\n

This pre-trip requires a truly enormous amount of work in advance as you will need to research all the cities we plan to stop in as well as alternate cities in case things don’t go according to plan.\u00a0 We need to know what to expect in the 24 countries we plan to visit and have a risk assessment plan for our itinerary as well as for our back up plans.\u00a0 This is a monster of an effort, but would add a clean two dozen countries to your list \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 This is literally the sort of trip you talk about for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n

Obviously not for everyone… but is it for you?\u00a0 \u00a0I should add that this trip is likely only feasible for youth 16+ at the time of the trip.<\/p>\n

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So what started out as a joke over a great game of S.W.G. at Scout Camp has morphed into a pretty awesome pre-camp!\u00a0 So… how many countries could you visit in Europe on the way to the Jamborette if we weren’t picky about fancy things.. like beds…? The answer is, A LOT!\u00a0 As much as we always say things like “this trip isn’t for everyone”, let me be really clear – this trip is NOT for everyone!\u00a0 First off, on the way to Rome, our flight will transfer somewhere… either Ireland or the United Kingdom. so that is country #1.\u00a0 We’d be joining in with the Switzerland crowd touring Rome, Italy and Vatican City (#2 & 3) and traveling to Kandersteg, Switzerland (#4).\u00a0 After a day or two at Kandersteg it will be time to hit the rails!\u00a0 While our exact route will need to be well researched for suitability and safety, our best case scenario for country-count would be Liechtenstein, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and into the Netherlands.\u00a0 All this acheivable thanks to our EuroRail Global Pass which will give us unlimited rail travel in Europe for a SUPER reasonable price! That puts us to 20 countries!\u00a0 Fair enough, in each of these countries we’ll get little more than a selfie and a meal, but at least we can scratch another country off the map \ud83d\ude09   This is the one pre-trip that also turns into Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}