Instead of spending most of my time visiting the familiar Western countries, I want to be a little more adventurous and check out Montenegro, and perhaps Greece.

Looking at rail pass prices…I can get a 4 country pass for Greece, Montenegro/Serbia/Bulgaria, Italy, and France for abut 290 Euro or a 5 country pass that includes Benelux for 320 Euro. That would be 8 days in 2 months.

I THINK that’s definitely the best buy, though I honestly don’t know where I can find the best rates on normal train tickets (raileurope seems inaccurate, as it gives me the so-called “best” eurostar prices, but they are higher than what is listed on eurostar.com, for instance). I figure I should be able to get some good mileage out of the 8 day plan, as I’d be combining most of these places into individual trips. IE. I’ll leave Brussels one week for Montenegro and Greece, staying some days in each place, and then returning home. That would be 3 days.  If I have a long weekend I’ll hopefully be able to combine France and Italy into a single trip as well…

I’m getting somewhat off-topic though. I’m posting because I’m curious if anyone’s got suggestions on the cheapest routes and the best sites to use for train travel.