Hi all!,
My husband and I will be traveling during July via Eurail pass only, so we will not be renting a car. We're starting in London and going thru Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, down to Italy and want to stay some in more rural places that grow their own food, cook meals, etc.. (like Italian agriturismos, but I don't know the proper name for them outside of Italy?!). I've read the recommendations on the graffiti wall re: agriturismos in Italy, but many really need to be practically reached by car. I've posted my inquiries about Italy in that thread, so I wanted to concentrate here on London down through Germany.
Anyone know of some that we can get to by train + a little walking? Other criteria: 1. we're grad students, so we can't afford more than 100 euro per night for a room; 2. staying only 1-2 nights per place; 3. location where the owners/hosts could possibly take us for day trips to surrounding towns since we won't have car access (in other words, we don't want to take cooking lessons all day in the same place; we like to explore towns as well).
** If we can't spend the night, we'd even be open to finding them around lunchtime to have a good meal there, then hop back on the train!*
Any takers for recommendations?! Thanks! :)