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2018 is a long way off. How long are you going for. What time of the year?


I've tried doing what you have in mind. The problem comes when trying to pack all you need. Some cheap hotels are not much more than a camp site for two. So mixing hotels and camping could be worth looking at. Go south as soon as you can. Warmer weather, and the money goes a lot further.
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To buy petrol in Europe. Pull up at station. Wait. Get out a 20 Euro note, then ask someone to fill up the bike. Give person money. Ride away. Simple.
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Couchsurfing and bush camping indeed.
Some countries/areas have dedicated wild camping spots

E.g. Bivakzone - Overzichtskaart
and https://sites.google.com/site/paalkampeerders/kaart

For camping I have two strategies:
1) camp somewhere out of sight where nobody knows you're there
2) camp with permission in a location with social control (e.g. on the village square)

Never had any problems (except from the once in while friendly forester urging us to break up camp at 6 a.m.)

Eating: I often prepare lunch in a thermos can. bring some rice (oats, patatoes, whatever...), vegies and oil to a boil, poor in the thermos, and it will cook while you're on the way. Get's you a nice hot lunch for pennies.

As said above, cooking your own food doesn't expose you to local quisine as much, but neither does McDo or many road side restaurants. I'm sort of forced because of allergies. And yes, I hate having to miss out on that.
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I would concur with some others here. If you do 100% of your own cooking, you will miss out on a huge part of what makes seeing all these wonderful places unique and terrific. I'd suggest modifying the trip to include more local foods if possible. I don't know if that entails increasing the budget for food, shortening the trip to put more money towards eating at some restaurants, shops, and vendors, getting couch surfing hosts to cook for you, or what. One of my favorite parts of being other places is eating all the different foods areas specialize in.
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2018 is a long way off. How long are you going for. What time of the year?


I've tried doing what you have in mind. The problem comes when trying to pack all you need. Some cheap hotels are not much more than a camp site for two. So mixing hotels and camping could be worth looking at. Go south as soon as you can. Warmer weather, and the money goes a lot further.
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Yeah, its long time until 2018.
The reason to plan so far ahead is to get the chance to save some days of from work.

Im planning to do this in may or june.

Since reading all comments above i have done some research for hostels and airbnb places.
Also looked up the couchsurfing site.
The CS sounds quite interesting for my idea of seeing the real europe on budget.
That kind of living gives me also the chance for meeting new people/friends on my way through europe.
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Get a simple petrol stove, you'll always have fuel with you in bikes tank.
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