A Train Journey Solo as an American Teenager from Vienna to Prague

“Sorry, we decided to go to Budapest instead,” the boys told me. It was the class’s last day in Vienna. Our course abroad had come to an end. They were close friends. I was their fellow student, age 18, who wanted very badly to go to Prague. I didn’t care about traveling alone, but my parents did. To keep my folks from worrying, I’d asked these two if they would join me on a train ride to Prague after the course in Vienna ended. They’d given a yes — but now I was in a jam. I couldn’t quit just because these two quit. But, there was one thing I knew: I could not tell anyone back home what I was doing until it was done. <a href="https://medium.com/world-travelers-blog/a-train-journey-solo-as-an-american-teenager-from-vienna-to-prague-730ee4ee76a4">Learn More</a>