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Helping You Travel More With Less
Hi there, I’m Chris, author of One Small Bag. I’m glad you found me. I’m a frequent traveller, for both work and fun and a lifelong light packer.
For me, travel doesn’t have to be expensive or conventional to be life-changing. Here I’ll be sharing stories of trips around Europe with just a small bag including itineraries for point to point travel by public transport. I’m particularly keen on the Balkans and countries from the former USSR, including Moldova. I’m also fascinated by European microstates and other geographical oddities too.
And if you’re looking to lighten your load, so you can adventure with baggage freedom, do check my light packing content.
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- London to Paris by night bus, twice! And how it went…
- Georgia by public transport
- Bus trip around Albania
- Bus trip around Bulgaria
- Country hopping in the Baltics
- Genoa and the Ligurian Coast
- City Hopping in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Armenia!
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