I assume you have a European passport or have otherwise worked out the visa issues involved in such a long stay. If you have a European passport, look into interrail instead of Eurail. You can buy an interrail pass at any major train station and the price is based on your country of residence/citizenship. If you aren’t a citizen or resident of Europe, I’d look at a couple of eurail flexipasses which are good for a certain number of days of rail travel in a 2 month period. Validate one of them right before your 1st train trip. Validate the second one two months later.

You shouldn’t need to buy anything except a good backpack. Check some old threads on our “packing” forum for tips.

Things you need to do now for an August trip:
1. Save money
2. Get passport
3. Work out the visa issues for a stay of longer than 90 days
4. Save money
5. Shop for your plane ticket (August departures and open return or long stays are expensive) Buy it if you find a good price
6. Save money
7. Shop for a pack — get fitted and try it on with weights
8. Start walking a couple of miles a day
9. Save money

Thanks for that.
Another question, if i buy a Eural pass is there any extra costs? i think i read somewhere on here that you have to pay a fee to reserve a seat? If so how much is the reservation fee?

Reservations, which are required on some trains, aren’t covered by the railpass. Most reservations are 4 or 5 euros, but some are as high as 19 euros. This list is probably the best source. It’s a link from Rick Steves: http://www.ricksteve…