Reporter Shares Reality of Backpacking Across Europe

Disappointing photos show what backpacking across Europe is really like

Business Insider's reporter expected an Instagram-like backpacking adventure in Europe, but the reality was much less glamorous. Joey Hadden/Business Insider I spent two weeks backpacking in Europe for the first time in October 2022. My trip wasn't the glamorous, romantic adventure that it often looks like on Instagram. Overnight trains, tourist crowds, and limited outfit options disappointed me. I'd seen it all over Instagram — backpackers posing in otherwise empty cityscapes and epic natu...