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Product Description For backpackers, cost-conscious families, first-time or seasoned travellers, these guides, updated annually, contain listings covering both cities and countryside, plus information on culture, history and people. Features include rail, city and regional maps, advice on work, study, hiking and biking, nightlife and even shopping tips. The researchers are all Harvard-Radcliffe students. They have to "make it on their own" - they have no expense accounts, no free hotel rooms and they travel on budgets as limited as do the people the books are aimed at. Review "For independent travelers on a budget, with an emphasis on whatever's hip, fun, or free."--Associated Press About the Author Harvard Student Agencies, headquartered in Cambridge, MA, is the largest student-run company in the world. Every summer since 1960, HSA has dispatched Harvard's sharpest, most tenacious students to Europe to get their candid takes and irreverent commentary on seeing the world. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. INTRODUCTION Conquering the great continent of Europe is no easy task. Many have tried—from Julius Caesar to Napoleon—and all have failed. That’s why you’ve come to us. We’ve been criss-crossing the continent for 57 years, smelling out the sightliest sights and the homiest hostels, and now, dear reader, we will pass on all of our knowledge to you. Let’s get this show on the road with the travel coverage chapters—the meat of any Let’s Go book. We’ll start off with Austria, where you can embark on your own Alpine adventure, a la The Sound of Music. From there, we trek on over to feast on frites in Belgium, enjoy Adriatic views in Croatia, and take in the old-world magic of the Czech Republic. Get a little closer to The Little Mermaid and its author, Hans Christian Anderson, in Denmark. Trek t