A nice quick story was from about five years ago when I was cycling home from college.
So I used to live north of where I am (Irish Border area currently) in around the Greater Belfast area. So I cycled home like usual taking the seaside route and stopped by a local 1 man shop where I used to be acquaintanced with the owner.
I met a guy from the Netherlands who told me and the man who works there his travelling. Looked around 45 I think.
Long story short he worked as a levee landscaper or something and helped check repairs. However stuff was going on in his life and he took a month off.
So on his own he travelled by picking 5 random cities in Western Europe out of about 50.
Went to Dortmund in Germany then went to Strasbourg, France, flying to Manchester after. He went to Belfast and spent a week when I was talking to him and told me he was going to finish off by going to Porto, Portugal.
Weird guy but pretty nice. Throw a few random names of cities and away he went.