Amadeus C asked:

Hi, I am going on exchange to France for one year, and I plan to travel around Europe while I am there (mostly weekend and holiday trips plus the summer vacation)

I want to do the budget thing, living in hostels, and traveling by discount airlines or train, my goal would be to visit most countries in europe, and see the capital cities as well as the major historical sites…

i plan to go to every country in western Europe/Scandinavia, plus some countries in eastern europe (prague, budapest, krakow, warsaw, moscow, st. petersburg, odessa) and the balkans, (croatia, greece) as well as north africa (morocco, tunisia, egypt) and the near east (turkey, syria, lebanon, jordan)

would 10,000 euros be a realistic budget? 15,000?

i am living with my parents and working all year in order to save up, if needed, i’ll borrow from my parents as well.