marc873

So, things may be moving a bit quicker for Rox and I, and we may be heading out very early Jan. I've of course heard random things about the weather in winter. The rest of the winter stuff doesn't matter too me. Mainly I just want to know everyones experiences with winter weather. My destination countries are below.

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bibowj

Guess I can let you know cause Ill be there the whole month of jan

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noke_travel

likewise i'll be spending christmas and the beginning of january in england, holland and belgium. so i'm kind of wondering the same thing.

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aliz

I was travelling europe in November/december, and while it was cold, it was nothing I couldnt handle! I much prefer travelling in winter to summer!
Advantages:
-less crowds
-packing clothes is easy as the weather is pretty predictable - warm pants, warm coat, a hoodie and a few tshirts!
- your clothes will last longer, laundry-wise. no icky sweating from walking around in hot weather with a backpack
- additionally, this means your hostel-mates will generally smell less!

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freakypete

January and February get much colder though, especially in central europe.

Places like the Czech republic and Austria will be freezing...if I were you id head to southern Europe first, to avoid the really cold weather. But Austria is beautiful in the winter...im thinking of going in early february for a few days. It just might be a bit too much hassle having to bring warm clother for the first few weeks that you'll just be carrying round with you for the rest of your trip

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MeTurk

It's hard to tell what the weathers going to be like these days. Last year it didn't snow in countrys like Slovakia, it was even warmer than Ireland there.

I'd expect miserable weather, overcast, rain, cold but not freezing.

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