I would pick up a travel book for the countries/cities you will be visiting... and I strongly recommend anything by Rick Steeves.
I spent month in Europe back in Sept/Oct and used Rick Steeves' books for Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and they were extremely useful. He recommends rooms to stay at and the people in the books have to agree with Rick Steeves that they will not change their prices. He also has good tips for eating out and saving money.
Probably the most useful part of the books were the self-guided tours. I found it a lot better than joining big-ass tour groups and being herded around like cattle.
There were also a couple of occasions where people helped me out because they saw I was using the Rick Steeves book.
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