Whoever said that there was power and strength in numbers, definitely backpacked around Europe..
Staying in hostels can be tricky. Especially, with that small, but resilient group 'the sleeper/sightseer' who is generally the direct opposite to the 'partier/sunbaker.' With such different needs who controls when the lights go on and off, when noise is made and when quiet prevails? There are certainly no set guidelines.
In my opinion this occurs when the majority prevails. Or in our case, when 5 girls book into a hostel and become that said majority.
I'm not particularly proud of it, sometimes a little bit guilty, wouldn't ever want to share a room with us, but definitely wouldn't swap our power for the world.
There have been some notable times when we may have inconvienvced other members in the room.. slightly..
The time in Cesky when we returned home drunk, 5am in the morning, and turned the lights on.
The time in Cesky when, we were still packing at 12pm much to the annoyance of the grumpy couple in our room. The grumpy couple phenomena is another story in itself [if you want private time then stay in a hotel!]
The time in Salzburg when we had to leave at 6am in the morning so turned on the lights to pack. not to mention the talking factor..
The time in Prague when we had to catch a bus at 8am. See above.
The time in Berlin when we came home before dinner and found the lights off+someone sleeping. Lets just say they weren't sleeping for long+definitely enjoyed the music we put on.
There is also a completely separate category of: our mess. In Vienna our room mate checked in, then brought her friends up to see how we had spread our belongings over the whole room. Seriously. One of those friends realised upon previous experience+description of the room it was us+didn't need to see it. scary?..
We haven't even touched upon the bathroom issue. Surprisingly a lot of hostels have an ensuite bathroom. 5 girls, 1 bathroom. Do you think you're going to get a go???
The best part is that we are completely aware of these things and continue to do it anyway..
So if you ever see 5 girls coming towards your hostel? run.
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