Catchy Titled Travel Book: A European Road Trip: Love Letter to Europe, Then Divorce, Then Make-Up Sex

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Wow, so I have to come up with something here to entice the cool person who happened to click on this page? Basically it is Europe, in a car, in less than a month. No gimmicks! Bill Bryson for a younger crowd perhaps? (said me, the author, just now!) I am a traveler writing, not a writer traveling. I didn't go round nude or with a film crew. None of this staying in villas and castles with private chefs, none of this schlepping on a train and living in hostels without washing (although between you and me I think I did wear the same underwear two days in a row as we couldn't find a laundry place) Just making the most of an extremely modest budget showing that anyone can have a (bleeping!) great time out there if you're willing to give it a go. Hopefully this will encourage you to get out to places and also perhaps discourage you from going to certain places. Oh yes, none of that sugar coating malarkey here my amigos; if something is rubbish you will hear about it. There are some tourist hot spots, some standard bucket list places and activities and then some places that are not such tourist hot spots: Sometimes rightly so, but more often than not these places were hidden gems. Anywhere foreign and new is exciting, surely? It can't just be me, right? Everyday we tried to do something different and make the most of it. No more than $75 (50 quid) was spent on accommodation and most times we had comfort for plenty less. And never once had to share a loo or shower! Almost a dozen countries (er...so 11), 6000 kilometres of driving in just over three weeks and a bunch of affordable activities. This wasn't all museums and religious sites. This was sphereing, bobsleighing, Formula 1, rugby, spas, beaches, eating, festivals, crashing and drowning. OK, so there was one church; it felt right to go considering it was on the way to Oktoberfest. Any help ahead of that carnage is always appreciated! But NO museums.