Ltrain wrote:We need a separate forum for the 1% of CC so this shit doesn't piss me off
You don't have to be rich to travel. If you're willing to rough it a bit, stay in youth hostels or campgrounds, make most of your own meals, etc., you can get quite a lot of traveling done for not much more than what it costs you to live in your own home.
Also, coming from North America, you probably don't realize just how close distances are in Europe. When a guy from Holland says he's been to England and Spain, that's like a guy from Cincinatti saying he's been to Missouri and he's been to Florida. Europe is just so much more compact that Canada or the U.S. You can cross half a dozen countries in an afternoon if you plan your trip right.