Let's Go 2001: Western Europe: The World's Bestselling Budget Travel Series

by Inc. Let's Go

Release Date: 01 December, 2000

Edition: Paperback

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For a side of Europe that's a lot like a frat house

If you want to go to Europe and drink this is the book for you. If you want to go to Europe to "fraternize" this is the book for you too. If you're going to Europe with other things in mind, I'd find another book.

Well worth the money

I wish I'd had this book on my last trip to Amsterdam. However, it has been fantastic for planning my next European foray. It covers all the countries of Western Europe, and carries pretty detailed information about each of them. For instance, it tells women, when in Marseilles how to tell French men to piss off in French! And also tells you what streets to avoid after dark. The reason why it is detailed is because the editors not only take the trips themselves, but they also do it every year. Ah, tough job huh?

At any rate, my trip is a multi country one, and bam! Page 6 has the perfect outline for doing just that. What more could I ask for? How about the Let's Go team pays for my trip? No? Well, it was worth a try. A few of the things I like is that information is detailed when it needs to be, and vague when it needs to be. For instance, train schedules, and ticket prices are kept ballpark figure. Lists of hotels, also with curfew times, so you don't get left out in the cold. Historical backgrounds of each country so you can wow the locals with the interest you show in their lovely countries. Tongue-in-cheek humor to keep you from falling asleep. Paper back so you can beat hell out of it, and you look like you know your way around the place. What is missing though are the color maps promised on the back cover. Small enough to fit in your pack, or thick enough to beat off Parisian muggers. I just love a travel book that explains the mystical contents of Haggis, don't you?

I highly recommend this book, not only for it's value, but for the plethora of useful information hidden within it's matte finish cover. I think it will make any backpack traveler's life much easier, in both planning and execution.