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There are two or three alternative ways that you can travel to Europe

The first option would be to take what you might call the “traditional” budget alternative, which would traveling by train. By using a pass on the trains you can certainly reduce your spending, throughout many countries.

Secondly, trains can only take you as far as the railway station. In other words, if you have definite “target” places that you want to see, then you might end up having to take a train, then a bus or taxi (for who knows what distances) before arriving at your destination. This shouldn’t be a problem if the place you so desperately want to visit is in the city, but what if it not?

An alternative is flying within Europe is now extremely cheap, and can be reasonably convenient, especially if you are visiting a country that it widely geared up for tourism.

Travel by car. Then, you can go exactly where and when you want, I’m suggesting that you do what I did some years ago for a three month tour of Europe.

BUY a car – a used model, something relatively cheap that you can then resell at a later date, before you fly home. In my case, I traveled to Europe, bought an estate car (a station wagon) in France for $750, drove some 10,000kms throughout France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and so on, and sold it for $650 three months later. Apart from a couple of minor repairs (a new battery) and the cost of the gasoline, I lost exactly $100 on the deal.

In the meantime, I had gone exactly where I wanted, Truly, the freedom of the open road!