Hey, I’ve just come up with this master-plan to keep me and my friends entertained over the summer. Neither of us have loads of cash to spare, but we are dying to see a bit of Europe (beach holidays don’t really count). So my thought was to make use of the trains Europe has to offer. I’ve been reading a lot in the news lately, that there are loads of high-speed railway lines connecting all these countries and making it heaven for backpackers to get around. All my friends agree, so we’ve decided on doing it either way. However, none of us know, if there might be an extra-cheap deal out there or some sort of ticket that will allow us to do the whole “hop on, hop off” thing, so we can be more independent and won’t have to stick to strict times. Any tips?
A Few years ago I took a trip to Germany with some classmates from my German class. While we were preparing for our trip my teacher suggested that we might get a railpass to travel very much through Europe. I have since forgotten the name, but one could purchase a railpass and ride the train so many days out of the 30 day period that the pass is valid. I found a wiki on a simalar deal called Eurail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurail
