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Essentials for Backpacking Europe | What You Need

August 30th, 2017Zachary Kenney0 Comments

You’ve got your plane tickets purchased and maybe you’ve even convinced some of your friends to come with you to Europe, but now you need to figure out what to bring. There are millions of options out there, but here is my take on the essentials you’ll need to be able to efficiently navigate and backpack through most European countries. Gear: All the stuff you’ll need to be ready for everything to Backpack (no suitcases obviously) A backpack is probably a key essential to actually backpack through Europe. It gives you the opportunity to still walk around with all your …

Norway is better than Iceland

June 16th, 2017Zachary Kenney14 Comments

This is not click-bait, as much as it pains me to write that anywhere on this Earth better than Iceland, Norway has topped the list! In 2016, my 3 friends and I took a road trip around Iceland, from Rif through Reykjavik and past Vik into Hof. We hiked, explored, partied, and soaked in all the beauty that the country could offer. It was truly a trip of a lifetime that I never thought could be surpassed. However, a trip to Norway in 2017 with my girlfriend sought to take the top spot on my list. We also took a …

Seeking Wanderlust | The Journey to Oktoberfest [video]

March 26th, 2017Zachary Kenney0 Comments

When you come across the opportunity to cross off a bucket list trip of a lifetime to Oktoberfest, you do everything you can to make it happen. And that’s exactly what happened. I was able to convince 6 of my friends to join me on a partial two-week trip that would start in Amsterdam, head south through Dusseldorf, Cologne, and Frankfurt until we reached the city of Munich for Oktoberfest! But it didn’t end there, we pushed south into the alps to hike the Zugspitze and then ended the trip in the Austrian cities of Innsbruck and Achensee. There were …

Innsbruck, Austria

March 14th, 2017Zachary Kenney0 Comments

Just a 1.5 hr train ride away from the exhausting weekend we had at Oktoberfest in Munich, rests a city at the foot of the Western Austrian Alps. That place is called Innsbruck. And even though it was cold, cloudy, and the middle of the week, Innsbruck was an incredible place on our trip. The city sits in a valley along The Inn river and is famous for hosting the Winter Olympics in ’64 and ’76. But you can find that stuff out via Wikipedia (since that’s what I just did). What you won’t find out, until you see for …

Backpacking through Europe | How to Plan a Trip

March 8th, 2017Zachary Kenney1 Comment

We all have at one point, if not every single day, stared at our cubical walls and day dreamt about backpacking through Europe. You know, the way it’s been portrayed in novels and in cinema. You can picture yourself splitting a bottle of wine in the park at the base of the Eiffel Tower in Paris or wandering through the ruins of ancient Rome. Maybe even partying all night on the beaches of Barcelona or raising your liters of beer for a cheers in Munich. If not find yourself enjoying the vices on the streets of Amsterdam or feeling the …

Visit Achensee Lake in Tirol, Austria

January 16th, 2017Zachary Kenney2 Comments

Simply beautiful. This is one of those places I’ve been, where the words to describe my first view of this place are difficult to formalize. Sounds cliché, and it totally is, but I still stand by my statement. Our taxi driver picked the four of us up from the train station and headed north, towards the mountains. The small towns we passed through were so tight, I barely thought one car could pass through, let alone us and the ones he kept passing. The road began upward from the valley, along these winding mountain roads that Zachary KenneyHi there, my …

Oktoberfest | An Unreal Experience

November 13th, 2016Zachary Kenney0 Comments

If you’re anything like me, you’ve dreamt one day of traveling to Oktoberfest, standing on a table with a full liter of beer in your hand, while singing your heart out to a traditional Oktoberfest song arm-in-arm with a local German. Quite an imagination, no? For the most part of my life I thought this would be a stretch to ever get to Oktoberfest, let alone have that quintessential moment that I’ve always pictured. One by one, a plan came together, and I ended up being able to share this exact experience with six of my friends… Lederhosens and all. …

Backpacking Europe: Oktoberfest Trip [Pictures]

October 30th, 2016Zachary Kenney0 Comments

We made it! After countless train rides and many miles walked afoot, another adventure is in the books! This trip could not have gone any smoother and I’m beyond stoked that I was able to share it with my friends. Before I dive into the 1,000 videos I shot, yes I literally have over 1K videos, I wanted to upload all the best photos I captured so that I can share them with you. Click on image to see full album Amsterdam, Netherlands Dusseldorf, Germany Cologne, Germany Frankfurt, Germany Oktoberfest & Munich, Germany Zugspitze, Germany Innsbruck, Austria Achensee Lake, Austria …

No New Updates: Backpacking Through Europe to Oktoberfest

September 23rd, 2016Zachary Kenney0 Comments

Hey there! I appreciate all the viewers that check out my page, and hope that some of my content helps you or inspires you to get out and have your own adventure. For the next few weeks, there will not be any new updates. My friends and I will be backpacking through Europe on our way to Oktoberfest in Munich! Our plan is to fly into Amsterdam, make our way down through Germany, stopping in Düsseldorf, Colone, and Frankfurt along the way. Eventually celebrate Oktoberfest in Munich over the last weekend. After the partying subsides, we plan to explore the …