OK, seeing the real Europe:
If you do all your own cooking how do you experience the cuisine of each area? It doesn't have to be fancy but it might be authentic.
If you stay on campsites you are, I would have thought, in a tourist area and in the company of tourists (you might be in denial but you yourself are a tourist). If you stay in small B&B's etc. you may have some exposure to the locals and their culture.
I'm not anti-camping (I've done a lot of it myself) but I do find the "Adventure/Overlander" mantra of doing it "on a budget" a bit tedious. As for proving anything, for Christ sake you're only going on holiday not discovering a cure for cancer!
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