youngin europe ::: about us ::: story
The Story So Far
Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down, what? That’s been done? Damn. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, what? That too? Ok start again.
Once upon a time on a smelly bus from Split to Dubrovnik, Benji had an idea. It was shit so he went to sleep. Then he had another idea. Wouldn’t it be great if he could get to Dubrovnik, already knowing where the best place to stay was, where to party, and where to chill? Unfortunately, the forty-something travel writer in his Lonely Planet suggested about six things to do, seven of which were rubbish. God knows how, but a text message managed to find its way from Croatia to Dan in Vietnam, reading “I’m excited, Gimme a ring when you get back”. Youngin Europe was born.
Dan was the man who could make a silly pipe dream something cool, and after slapping Benji in the face he started to make the whole thing work. The final piece of the jigsaw came when Dan got Jack drunk, and convinced him to become the artistic director. A few hundred cups of tea and packs of fags later they were there. An online travel guide to Europe for young people, students and backpackers…written by the people it is for. Lonely Who?
Since then, Benji got heavily into orange juice and has eloped to Hawaii with that bird off the telly, Dan invented the Crazy Frog, and Jack is living in Berlin in a caravan. But somehow, Youngin Europe is rolling on, getting bigger by the day.