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Packing your Outfits for a Trip to Serbia

Up next on Travel Fit Saturdays is Serbia! (When was the last one? Oops. However as it’s getting back to summer, the writing is – maybe – coming more often!) I first went to Serbia in summer 2025 with one of my best friends. Serbia is definitely one of the more conservative countries…

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Travelling as a University Student

Firstly, as tempting as it is, don’t use your entire student maintenance loan on booking flights and hostels. Trust me, you actually need that for uni. Below are 5 OTHER tips for travelling as a uni student to help you keep costs down and see the world while you can. Flight Times and…

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Can you travel to Vienna on a Budget?

Vienna is one of the most beautiful cities I’ve visited. However, it IS expensive (I had to miss out on my usual coffee shop culture here). It is STILL possible to do it on a budget though. My time in Vienna was spent at a cocktail class, visiting Beethoven’s house, wandering around the…

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Albania – What to wear?

It’s Saturday – and as of 2026 that means Travel Fit day on wanderlustandarucksack. This week’s country, keeping in theme with the Balkans as mentioned last week, is Albania. First Travel Fit Saturday Post Available here: Travel Outfit Advice for Girls Going to the BalkansNote: We’re seeing how long this lasts. The aim…

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Travel Outfit Advice for Girls Going to the Balkans

Full disclosure: did not expect to be doing any kind of fashion travel advice but since my post on what to wear as a girl travelling to North Macedonia is now one of my top posts, I thought I’d give it a go and dive deeper into the packing/fashion side of travel. First…

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My Best Travel Experiences of 2025

Okay, quick sum up of the year now that this year’s travel adventures are done. Best New Experience of 2025 – Solo Travelling Solo travelling is definitely trending on social media right now. And not without good reason. I loved my month away by myself, and made so many friends who inspired me…

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Prague at Christmas

Prague is one of the best European cities to visit at Christmas – a stunning market, amazing warm food and complete Christmas vibes. I spent (I have to admit) a little longer there than I probably needed to but overall had a great travel week again – going off my usual pattern of…

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Serbia: A Guide for the Girls Travelling

One of the countries I visited this summer was Serbia, and I have to say it was a slightly different experience to my travel in other Balkan countries. I was with my friend at this point, which I was quite grateful for due to the difficulty we had with some of the transport….

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Your Backpacker Guide to Budapest

I loved Budapest and intend to return with some of my friends ASAP. It had an amazing culture, felt safe to travel around, good public transport links, plenty of activities, lively nightlife, tasty food. Genuinely, what more could I want from a city? I was in Budapest solo travelling for a bit before…

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