Best current advice on traveling around Europe on a budget

10 Ways to Keep Europe Within Reach

By MICHELLE HIGGINS
New York Times article featuring great suggestions on some new ways to save money when traveling overseas to Europe. There are some great websites for getting to Europe, and for traveling around. as well as advice about how to save money on food, bank transactions, and transportation. Bon voyage!

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Solid European Travel Blog

Rick Steves' Europe: Blog Gone Europe

Rick Steves does a travel show about Europe on American public TV, as well as a series of European travel books. His free guide to traveling Europe by train is the best, and it's also essential reading for choosing which tickets and rail passes to buy. He has tons of great tips!

He travels extensively through Europe, striving to show you the way through the "back door". That is, he tries to help you experience Europe like a native, and show you the secrets that only the locals know about, and his advice is invaluable.

Instead of waiting for the TV show or one of the guide books, keep up to date with Rick Steves on his blog. Rick is currently in Croatia.

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How Swiss Bank Accounts Work

Howstuffworks "How Swiss Bank Accounts Work"

Today's link is from Howstuffworks , and explains what Swiss Banks are, and aren't. There is lots of explanation of the benefits, restrictions and limits of the laws governing the Swiss banking system. Of course the article also covers the privacy and stability that comes with the famous numbered Swiss Bank Accounts.

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