It's a popular idea: visit the European-named cities in Texas instead of going across the pond. Don't expect European-like distances between cities, though.
spoke with Andrew Levitt and his friends, who had big plans to backpack through Europe.He thought his European to-do list would have to wait.
"Then we realized Texas had a bunch of places and they actually had, like, an Eiffel Tower and Stonehenge and all these things you’d do in Europe," Levitt says."So what if we just took our Europe trip there instead?" In between cities like Paris, London, Edinburgh and Holland, you can hike the Texas equivalent of the Alps, visit Stonehenge or even tour a medieval castle.
"Our expectations were pretty low for that and what Newman['s Castle] gave us was pretty great," says Levitt,"so if you’re ever interested in anything like that, I would recommend that to everyone visiting.""I find when you live in a state, you don’t usually do some of the touristy things or visit a lot of the state," Levitt says."We got every taste of Texas I think you could get.
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