How practical would it be to camp in Europe without a car?

[GloriaInEccentrica]

am tentatively planning an expedition with the DDs in the summer.
However my driving is shite and don't really think i'd be safe on the wrong side of the road but fancy travelling around a bit.

or would it be more feasible to use youth hostels? do youth hostels still exist?

and would i get lost? would it matter if we did?

how much planning would i need to do?

and what would it cost for a couple of weeks?

any ideas? or pointers?

It really depends on where you want to go. Some countries have better public transport than others.

We holidayed on a campsite that had a bus to take travellers from the campsite to the train station, in the middle of Tuscany so it must be doable.

How old are your DD?

and youknow how students used to do eurotrain or eurorail or something? does that still happen? could we do that? where would we sleep?

DDs will be 12 and 14 by the summer so able to carry their own bags.

With DC that age, I would say definitely doable. Youth hostels and, I think it is Interrail you are thinking of, still exist.

Interrail

There is also a link from there to Hostels. I just put in a date and Amalfi coast and came up with this page

We looked into doing the Interrail thing but then the DC came along and we never got around to it.

interrail - that's the one.

will have a loosy - thanks.

i asked DH about 10 minutes ago if he would come. he said he'd get back to me
bollocks. we'll go without him.

Rough Guides are really useful if you fancy travelling about. They give the public transport routes from place to place and suggest budget accommodation/places to eat and buy food etc.

Eurolines coaches do a number of routes to/through different countries at very reasonable rates too. They generally leave from London Victoria and Dover. Not for everyone, but I did a number of trips to Spain and Eastern Europe that way in my youth.

Dh still not given me an answer.

i do fancy the train.

will make a Good Plan:

need to raise some cash.

get some passports

buy train tickets.

have an adventure.