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- I spent two weeks backpacking through Europe for the first time in October 2022.
- I found that it wasn't the glamorous, romantic adventure that it often looks like on Instagram.
- While backpacking, I was disappointed by overnight train rides and crowds of tourists in each city.
With a passion for fashion, traveling with just a backpack never appealed to me before 2022. There were always too many things I wanted to pack.