fuck all that, i bummed it around europe for 2 months with a bigass backpack...best experience of my life. you'd be surprised at how cheap you can do it. if i remember correctly it was under 5 g's for two months, including plane tickets, train tickets, food, alcohol, club cover charges, entry fee to see all the museums and landmarks, EVERYTHING...my parents used to live in europe for the military back in the day, so i had some family friends all over that me and my boys could stay with for free. started in london, then went in a big clockwise loop around the continent. sure a lot of the hostels were pretty grimy, but they were cheap, and it was hella fun...if u get the opportunity, do it for sure. i love WPS.