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An Interrail Global Pass is what most people do. Its great fun and you have the opportunity to meet other young travellers too. You buy an Interrail pass for about £350 i think, and then you can get on and off the train when you reach your desired destinations. Google Interrail.

Also, if you go to the French Riviera make sure you go to Nice, I can say from first hand experience, i had the best time of my life there, the nightlife and student atmosphere is just unbeatable
And your choice of countries are great, you’ll have an amazing time for sure:) email me if you have any questions.

I have Been packpacking first time in 1976 and visited just about all the European countries. The cost steers very much where to travel. .

Travelling is not that expensive if you buy an eurailpass for youth. It costs currently $634.00 for one moth travel in Austria 3, Belgium 3, Denmark 3 , Finland 3, France 2, Germany, 3 Greece 2, Holland 2, Hungary 1, Italy 2, Luxembourg 3, Norway 4, Portugal 1, Republic of Ireland 3, Romania 0 , Spain 2, Sweden 3 and Switzerland 4.

Believe or not you can cover all those cities in a month.

You can also extend your trip to Czeck 1 and Slovakia 0, Estonia 1, Poland 1 you have to buy the train tickets (boat for Estonia), but prices of them are very reasonable and living cost make it up. I would recommend Prague (old city and center price level 3 all other 1). Other Cities definately worth seeing on top of your list are: Porto (take a tour in port cellar),Cologne, Delft (Holland), Annecy (France), Budapest, Copenhagen, Tampere (Finland), Tallin (Estonia)

I have number behind each giving idea of price level there this correspons the price level on regular towns not historic city centers etc…

4 - much higher than states
3 - somewhat higher than states
2 - states level
1 - below states
0 - way below

The same list for ability to get along with locals in English and find chat companion in PUBs among locals (not fellow tourists) 4 very easy 0 slight chance. Getting along with hotels and torist professionals is usually easy in all the countries.

Austria 3, Belgium 2, Denmark 3 , Finland 4, France 1, Germany3, Greece 1, Holland 4, Hungary 1, Italy 2, Luxembourg 4, Norway 3, Portugal 1, Romania 0 , Spain 2, Sweden 3 and Switzerland 3. Czeck 1 and Slovakia 0, Estonia 1.

So if you are low on budget go east if high west and north, very easy. My son has backpacked at your age with 15 dollat budget a day for accommodation, food and even travel in slovakia (where eurailpass does not cover)

Budjet tips:

1. Stay the hostels, you will find them there, saves a bundle over hotels or have a tent even cheaper.
2. Visit and see historical centers (and Venice), but do accommodate nor drink or eat anything there, few blocks of busstops can halve the price.
3. Spend some nights on train traveling, get more covered (one night covers cross Europe East-West) an save on accommodation.
4. Buy food at supermarkets, do not eat in restaurants more than necessary, my son even used to have a cooker with him. A noodle lunch is below 1 dollar anywhere in the world if you can make hot water.
5. If you want to eat or drink in a restaurant check the prices from menu and order from there, so you know what to pay (even if you dont always exactly know what you ordered, goes mainly for 1 and 0 on the last list) Usually the cheapest eating out is pizzas and stuff.
6. Best budjet/quality months to travel are June and September, the entire Europe is still warm, but prices (and flights from USA) much cheaper than July-August.

I would not use long ferry trips they add to cost, railpass is free once you bought it, so take trains.

Have a good trip and always ask your fellow travellers for hints, they are plenty in trains. You would no imagine how easy it is to travel a month for way under 1000 dollars (exl. flight and urailpass) if you follow even some of these hints.

Flying can be an option if you use the only real low price airline in Europe at ryanair.com. Be sure to order 6 months in advance and you get unbelieveable prices like 50 dollars for 3 hour flight return. Company works fine like Southwest in the States.