france germany spain even greece all easy as most people speak english and the languages are easy enough to pick up the basics enjoyed – hungary and budapest, if you can get there for sziget festival in August has a great line up and is much cheaper than uk festivals (but the language is tough!)
ime just go with the flow and make lots of new friends, some will be awesome (some may be muppets) but its all experience,
take condoms
you can get massive travel towels that pack up tiny
a comfy backpack and shoes and some flip flops