Posts Tagged ‘europe’
Lounging in Madrid: 7 Ways to Spend the Perfect Day Doing Nothing
In Spain, laziness is a national pastime – right up there with futbol, bull fighting and looking all Latin lover-ish. OTP’s rounded up a list of budget ideas to help you get your Spanish do-nothing on while in Madrid. The capital city happens to host Europe’s largest open-air market – El Rastro. The famous flea fills [...]
Top 10 Things to Do in Zurich on a Backpacker’s Budget
Where the ballers at? Zurich, apparently. Famous for its super secret Swiss banks and having the world’s best quality of life, Zurich’s beautiful nature, polished culture and utopian transportation comes with a huge price tag. Don’t dwindle your wallet like an unmerry Mormon during holiday season, OTP’s here to help put some of Zurich on [...]
Top 10 Backpacking Travel Destinations for 2011
Our Top 10 Backpacking Travel Destinations for 2010, delivered an amazing list of fresh territories to explore. This year, we’re bringing you a brand spanking new, 100% all organic, freshly squeezed batch of places to ponder with OTP’s Top 10 Backpacking Travel Destinations for 2011. Get ready to rip your backpack to shreds. Beaches: Croatia [...]
Otp’s Guide to the World of Gypsy Tactics
Lost, elusive, and sneaky as hell, gypsies are out to steal your shit. You know the stereotype—long skirts, jingling bells, headscarves, living the free life. You may share the wanderlust lifestyle, but you know they’re pulling some crafty schemes to keep it going and unless you can hop on their nomadic bandwagon, you ain’t nothing [...]
Otp’s Guide to Argentinian Meat (…Food, Not People)
In Argentina, there are more cows roaming the countryside than there are people. With more than 50 million bovine grass-munchers, it’s no surprise Argentina is one of the world’s biggest beef consumers—each Argentine consumes 247 pounds of cow a year. OTP’s got this carnivorous bunch on lockdown so you can chow with the best of [...]
Backpacking in Style: How to Look Less Like a Hobo
Being mistaken for a homeless vagabond is a professional hazard when you’re a broke ass backpacker. Granted: you’re lugging everything that matters on your back, the crowded hostel only has one bathroom, and you’re too cheap for a haircut. But you don’t have to look like a hobo (or worse, an obnoxious American). Check out [...]
10 Cool Places to Stop and Take a Nap Around the World
Traveling is the best—true story—but it can be damn exhausting. Missing a train, haggling, washing your laundry in the sink or puking up that roasted grasshopper you ate can be stressful. Rough patches like these call for a time-out. OTP drowsily selected our choicest spots to lay your weary head and refuel. Don’t forget to [...]
The 10 Coolest Castles Around the World
Castles remind us of a world without elevators, electricity or flushing toilets; when revenge was best served bloody and you were likely to marry your cousin just to keep it in the fam. There’s no better time machine than a historic castle. From the serene to the haunted, OTP’s got the Top 10 Castles around [...]
Top 10 Things to Do in the Balkans on a Backpacker’s Budget
The Balkans are a cheap breath of fresh air from clichéd Europe for adventure-lust ridden backpackers. The further you wander from Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest, the lower the prices (and consequently, the higher the goat and sheep populations) Check out OTP’s List of Top 10 Things to Do in the Balkans on a Backpacker’s Budget [...]
The 10 Sexiest Spaniards of All Time
When it comes to Spaniards, their lethal sexiness has to be attributed to all that mid-day siesta beauty sleep. While munching on smoked pigs and fatty cheese, slurring every word and showing up late to any given occasion usually kills the attraction factor, Spaniards set the bar so high there is no amount of [...]
