So I'm in my first year of college (one step down from university, Americans) and starting to make plans for my http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFjWR7X5dU. Some friends and I want to tour Europe. It's still a way off and Russia will probably have lapped up most of the Eastern Bloc again by the time we get round to it, but I would still appreciate any information on how to make it an economic reality (or, in absence of me being able to provide any estimations on how much money we have to play with, just the cheapest way to do it).

We know we want to go to Holland (we have a Dutch guy in the crew), Germany (most of us did a German GCSE which is obviously a great excuse to go to a beer fest), little bit of France, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic (pretty much just Prague and then we're out), Croatia (amazing beaches apparently) and probably Greece (and we'd probably spend a few days enjoying Montenegro and Albania on our way from Croatia to Greece).

Much of our travel would be taken care of with InterRail passes, but some advice on how to live cheaply in foreign countries for stints would be appreciated (or, indeed, more cost effective methods of travelling. They don’t need to be particularly flexible – our route will be almost completely planned before we leave).

Also appreciated would be suggestions on where to go and where is overrated and should be avoided or skimmed through, as well as opinions on either trying to squeeze a round trip into a month’s rail pass or doing a one way trip and just getting back to England with a cheap flight. A suggested route would be brilliant, but somewhat above the call of duty.

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

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A credit card or a trust fund is usually the best way to approach these things. :tongue:

The pound is strong right? Come to America our economy svcks and you'll get a great exchange rate .

If you are going though Europe might I suggest Stockolm in Sweden because from what I've read it sounds like a beautiful city and might be well worth a visit?

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Well, maybe compared to the dollar :shrug:

Sweden is a little out of the way. Denmark, Norway, Spain and Sweden are all somewhat dead-ends geographically if one intends to tour Europe efficiently. Thanks for the contribution though. My cousins live in Sweden anyway so I get to go there fairly often


America is too expensive and too vast. I will get around to it one day, but I'll most likely move there after getting my degree rather than tour.