the free interrail program is the idea of martin shapiro and vincent him on the hill who lobby of brussels to introduce a travel program for young europeans. the interest ticket itself has been around since one thousand nine hundred seventy two. vincent a man who would have been a free travel across the continent can help youngsters overcome stereotypes about their european neighbors. that's what the two of them experienced when they themselves went on an intra. spirits great hospitality we were invited to people's homes for dinner in cities we were visiting at the time. some would even let others know we were coming to the city a lot of those work he moments for us new connections those new friendships that we struck up to us that really felt like europe and. have a place we got a whole new perspective on europe and truly understand that europe is not so much about its laws or politics but about the diversity of its people. many of the lucky fifteen thousand teens are sharing their travel experiences on social media describing their encounters with the europeans but does this actually hel