Allright, perhaps not the best places to travel with the greenback, but at least the places that are far more affordable now than they were a year ago when your Benjamins were worth their worst, as listed by Forbes (whose basement dwelling number-crunchers looked at all countries where the USD gained 15% over the past year and figured out where the dollar now goes the furthest and where cheap flights can still be had).

Hungary comes in at number one, with the dollar gaining 30% and airfare coming in under $600; Sweden and Poland came in at number two and three respectively with the dollar gaining 31% in Sweden and a whopping 50% in Poland (airfare around $700 each). For the full list of 15 click through here.

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BootsnAll has your guide to getting around Eastern Europe cheap, from the low-cost airlines you’ve likely never heard of (BlueAir, Air Balitc, and the unfortunately named “Wizz Air” — so many jokes, way too easy), to the low-down on train travel (much slower, much less of a deal than in Western Europe).

Of course, the cheapest, least safe way to get around is the ever-so-declining art of hitchiking. But utilizing this form of travel would deprive you of the opportunity of telling all your friends back home how you flew from Poland to Romania on a plane named after an important bodily function.

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