Every year a large number of English people spend their summer holidays on the continent of Europe. It is not expensive to cross the English Channel either by sea or by air, and once on the other side, there is an endless variety of things to do and see, new countries to explore and new kinds of food to eat. Young people, mostly students, travel by bicycle or on foot, hitch-hiking when possible and staying at youth hostels. The elderly people, with less energy and more money travel by bus or by train and stay in hotel. Many people, too take their own cars with them and travel far and wide in search of enjoyment and novelty.