Considering the fact that many of my co-workers are jealous of a field assignment in Europe, I am happy to be here. I would like to tell you that things are easy for the business traveler here and that people are always friendly but then I would be lying. Doing business in Europe is much like doing business in an area of the US that you don't know at all. Many people don't speak your language outside of your customers so you do your best to get by and PROVIDED you make an effort to learn, most are happy to help. Speaking English only is not only insulting to your host country(s), it opens the door for rip-offs from every direction. The point of this trip report is basicly help those people who have to deal with a travel office that has an insufficient database or knowledge for Europe and must move around a lot. I will be covering the Eurorail and European Legacy Carrier Airlines (LCAs). I hope to cover Ryanair, (Europe's dirty secret that your travel office may not know about) ferries and the British rail system.