having been thru a lot of Europe many times over the years, it seems prices are expensive almost everywhere now (used to be rip-off Britain for example). The exceptions will be in the new EU countries out east like in the Baltic or Bulgaria.
However if you enjoy high quality food and booze you will in general get a much better experience for the money than you do here (so save now and spend lots on things you like there!!!!)
The other thing is on the continent you can be VERY flexible with the trains and jump around countries. For example within 24 hours you can be enjoying a northern europe climate and culture, jump on a train and be on the Mediterranean which if you can bypass/ignore the HUGE tourist traps has an utterly unique feel...
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