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Backpacking through Europe exploded after global conflicts

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Wandering around with nothing but a canvas sack wasn't a leisure activity until the mid twentieth century. Massive surpluses of cheap military gear suddenly made roaming the continent highly accessible to broke wandering students.

Backpacking through Europe exploded after global conflicts
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