MANY people long to travel but feel that they can’t afford it — one man has proved this need not hold you back.

    Homeless Kris Mole visited almost every capital city in the European Union for charity — without spending a pound, euro, krone or lev.

    Kris, 24, who has since settled in Spain, took 165 days to complete his 23-country quest, traveling an incredible 9,763 miles (15,912 km) and seeing amazing sights along the way.

    He found himself on the streets in Brighton, East Sussex, after developing drinking and gambling problems and a fear of responsibility.

    But Kris decided to change things after his aunt, Susan Proto, was diagnosed with cancer.

    Kris embarked on a charity challenge to travel Europe for free by hitch-hiking along motorways and risking arrest by traveling on trains without a ticket.

    The English teacher often slept rough although he occasionally slept on stranger’s sofas — whose kindness shocked Kris.

    He even stayed at a hotel when he found work as a motivational speaker in Slovakia.

    Kris, who nicknamed his task “The Great Euro Freebie Challenge,” said, “There were so many people who helped me when I didn’t expect it.”

    Kris discovered his love of Europe from watching the Eurovision Song Contest as a kid.

    He started his journey by flying one-way to Stockholm, Sweden — paid for by his dad — where he swore that he would not return to the U.K. until his task was completed.

    He had eight rules: no money will be spent, no credit cards, visit every EU capital on the physical continent, say yes to everything, accept every donation which isn’t cash, update his blog, begin the challenge in a foreign country and he was not to allow women to compromise the challenge.(SD-Agencies)