My World Book 1: Hitching the Globe on $10 a Day - Ben Batchelder

Fresh out of college, a lost American despairs of his new career, chaotic life, and diseased family. When an invitation to Scotland falls into the depths of a New York winter, he grabs at the chance to renew himself.On a whim, he decides to save money, fly to Europe, and travel east to the ends of the earth, on $10 a day for a year or more.Here is the story of his odyssey: staying at German castles; losing several passports to thieves; disastrous brushes with lost bags, malicious customs officials,..