Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

I'm going backpacking!

*Sings* I'm going backpackingggg... but I'm not leaving homeeeeee!

We land in Madrid on 8/2 where we all meet up at Las-Musas, We will be in Madrid until Aug. 4th then we are onto Barcelona, then Montpelier, Monaco, Florence, Venice, Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris ending in London!

First prompt: Packing your backpack and familiarizing yourself with staying at hostels. Have you ever done this before? What do you think they are like? Have you traveled in Europe before, what was it like if you have? If you haven't what are you hoping to explore?

Ah poop. I'm only about five days late. I hate packing, hate it! So, instead of packing I read a book... then another... then... oh whatever, I'm late okay!?
Soooo... everyone is already in Barcelona and I'm, well, I'm still packing. But! It's okay! Ask me why...

I live in Europe. So, if I walk around my house with a backpack on, technically I'm backpacking in Europe!

Have I ever backpacked before? Nope. I hate backpacks
Do I like hostels? Errrmm... that's meant to say 5* hotels, right?? Right!!!!!!? Hmmm I'm not keen. Can you tell?
Have I travelled Europe before? Daily, yes. Seriously, yes I've been to most of it. It's alright, as continents go.

I'm not familiarising myself with the hostels. If I do that, I won't go. So, here's the plan: I'm going to chuck a few pants in my bag, fly to Madrid (or wherever I'm meant to be), do an extra quick whistle-stop tour of Madrid, then I'll catch up with the other hostel loving folk in Montpelier.

*looks up hotels in Madrid*