Download Google Maps for your smartphone and search the city/cities you'll be traveling to. In the menu, select Offline Maps, and there is an option to download the current view to your phone as an offline map. GPS does not require data or wifi, and you can access the map you save offline while making your way through the city.
In Europe, the RailPlanner App is free and runs without data or wifi. It features train schedules across Europe.
Eurail Pass
COUNTRIES:
Warszawa - Lonely Planet
Paris - http://en.parisinfo.com/
Lyon -
- Le Petit Paumé (http://www.petitpaume.com/) *** this is the greatest directory for going out in Lyon
- Frommer's France (http://www.frommers.com/destinations/france/)
- Lyon Tourism (http://www.en.lyon-france.com/Alternative-tours/1-2-3-days
- Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/burgundy-and-the-rhone/lyon
- Cost of Living in France http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=France
- Eat in Lyon blog: http://eatinlyon.blogspot.fr
- City Vox: http://www.cityvox.fr/guide_lyon/AccueilVille
- Getting a Haircut: http://www.expatica.com/fr/essentials_moving_to/essentials/practical-french-chez-le-coiffeur-33208_10462.html
- Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time (http://www.youtube.com/user/SwedishMealTime)
- Lonely Planet (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/sweden/stockholm)
- Free Things to do in Stockholm: http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/freethingstodo/tp/freethingsstockholm.htm
- Vasa Museum
- Norway in a Nutshell (http://www.norwaynutshell.com/?gclid=CKP4qcSXvrMCFU3HtAodxmwA-Q)
- Free Things to do in Oslo: http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Where-to-go/East/Oslo/What-to-do-in-Oslo/Free-things-to-do-in-Oslo/
- Free Things to do in Bergen: http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Where-to-go/Fjord-Norway/Bergen/What-to-do-in-Bergen/Free-things-to-do-in-Bergen/
- Chocolateria San Gines, Madrid
- Fat Tire Bike Tours, Berlin
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Hostels - www.hostels.com, www.hihostels.com
- Tatamka Hostel (Warszawa, Poland)
- Le Village Hostel (Paris. France)
- Cool & Bed (Lyon, France)
- Af Chapman & Skeppsholmen Hostel (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Anker Hostel (Oslo, Norway)
- Barnacles Temple Bar (Dublin, Ireland)
- Royal Mile Backpackers (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Inverness Tourist Hostel (Inverness, Scotland)
- Gallery Hostel (Porto, Portugal) - Greatest hostel I have ever stayed in
- Gilligans Hostel (Cairns, Australia)
- Nomad's (Melbourne, Australia)
- HI Niagara Falls Hostel, Niagara Falls, Canada
- Jaeger's Hostel (Munich, Germany)
- Pfefferbett Hostel (Berlin, Germany)
- die wohngemeinschaft Hostel (Cologne, Germany)
This organization seeks to connect travelers looking for a local's experience of the places they visit. The hosts open their homes to surfers for free and share experiences with them, or surfers might up while traveling for coffee. There are also events planned in some cities where members of that city can get together and do different activities.
I have personally hosted once which was a great experience (if a bit crazy for the girl I hosted)!
Since joining, I have been a "surfer" three times. All three were extremely positive experiences and I felt like I gained a lot by staying with a local as opposed to staying in a hostel for the duration of my trip. For interesting information about Couchsurfing, have a look at this infographic!
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