The Road Less Traveled

A cathedral in Prague, Czech Republic

I started my adventure to Glasgow on an unconventional route.  I flew from Denver to Pittsburgh on one airline and then Pittsburgh to Toronto on another.  (This started the flight delay woes!)  My flight out of Toronto was delayed a couple of hours, and I finally arrived in Dublin to a very confused airport worker asking how long I would be in Dublin.  I replied. "Just long enough to go to the train station and then I am taking a train to Belfast."  He replied, "Ah, you are going to Belfast?"  I replied, "No, I am going to Glasgow, I have a flight out of Belfast tonight."  "What a peculiar route!  Why did you just not fly directly to Glasgow?" I shrugged and replied that this had saved me $200.

People often ask me how I afford to travel and presume that I must be extremely wealthy.  I am not flying first class and staying in five star hotels.  Far from that...I fly budget airlines, take buses or trains, and stay in hostels and Airbnbs.  

The most expensive part about European travel is getting to Europe in the first place.  If you live in the center of America or the west coast, it is oftentimes cheaper to fly to the east coast on an airline like Spirit, JetBlue, or Frontier and then take a European budget carrier like AerLingus or WOW to Europe.  I find that Dublin is oftentimes the cheapest place to fly into. Dublin is a fantastic city so even short layovers here are well worth it!

An inexpensive bus ride between Prague and Cesky Krumlov even includes coffee

Stay tuned for more stories of this adventure!

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