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The Eurailpass was introduced in March 1959; it covered 13 countries for two months, for $125. Many elements of the experience have changed, including some of its touchstones.
Guidebook of choice
1960 Frommer's Europe on $5 a Day
1975 Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
1990 Rick Steves's Europe Through the Back Door
TODAY www.lonelyplanet.com
Sound track
1960 Unwashed creep in same compartment, on acoustic guitar
1975 The Stones, on hassock-sized Ampex cassette player
1990 Stone Roses, on Sony Discman
TODAY Everything ever recorded, on iPod
Method of (sporadic) contact home
1960 No. 2 pencil, flimsy airmail stationery
1975 40-lb. pay phone, 2 lbs. of strange coins
1990 20-lb. pay phone, AT&T Worldnet Phone Card
TODAY BlackBerry
Determined to meet
1960 Henry Miller
1975 Jim Morrison (even after his "death")
1990 Vaclav Havel
TODAY Audrey Tautou
Chief complaint
1960 The French squat toilets
1975 The French transit system
1990 The French labor strikes
TODAY The French
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