Just proves how little you know about backpacking through Europe. I met people from all over the world in those hostels and some of them ended up coming with me to the different cities. That was the nice thing about it.. you just do what you want, whenever you want without a set schedule, If you get bored in 1 city or country, just jump on a train to the next one and meet more people. Hostels are like college bars of the travel world. I knew 1 girl from columbus who happened to be in England and she flew into Prague and we hung out for 2 days then went our separate ways. I ran into 3 girls from Upper Arlington in the Prague train station on my way to Budepest. Ran into a girl from my college while I was walking around Prague. Met 2 guys from NY at the hostel in Budepest and we all ended up partying for 3 days.. Funny fucking stories there like one drunk night, the one kid had to take a piss and decides to start pissing on some random building.. That building turned out to be the American Embassy in Prague.. woops.. I actually had beers with one of them about a year ago here in Columbus. I would actually hate to travel through Europe with more then 1-2 super close friends. There is just so much to do and so many people to meet, you limit yourself from the experiences traveling in large groups. My first night in Vienna I started the night in a bar 50ft below ground in an old wine cellar and partied with the locals most of the night ther until going to some super hardcore punk bar until 5am.. there is nothing better then NOT having a set schedule while your in Europe. If I went back again, I would love to go with just 1 of my closest friends and thats it. I have more stories and pics then you could ever imagine from while I was there.