i’ve got about 2 weeks worth of vacation time this aug/sept and i’m deciding where to go. received the promotional email from malaysia airlines and it’s only $1300+ to fly to either london, rome, paris or frankfurt. and then another email from singapore airlines – 800 bucks to melb, brisbane or sydney and $1500(!!!) to auckland. my heart is pretty much set on london, but i have till next week to decide.

tentatively if i’m going to london, my itinerary would look somewhat like this - 1 week in london, 3 days in paris and 3 days in sevilla/barcelona. i’m not sure why i’m still thinking of going to paris – i’ve been there twice already – but there’s something magical about paris or maybe it’s the disneyland calling out to me. i fell in love with barcelona when i was there last may, i thought this will be a good time to revisit. since i’ll be traveling alone, it will be nice to just laze beside the beach with no particular agenda.

i’ve read through many travel blogs and the urge to backpack and travel with the dirty 6 letter word (budget) seems interesting enough. but i’m not gonna lie, i’m much of a brat. i like my hot showers, room service and privacy. can i still backpack and stay in 3/4 star hotel?