Hmm, I need a kitchsy name for this trip? I’ll have to think about that. Next up on my planning extravaganza: which cities to visit. My lovely Europe on a shoestring book, which is the most hilarious travel book ever, is full of countries, some not technically in Europe and they all sound wonderful and exciting and fun and it’s just so hard to choooooooooose. So below is a list of places I’d visit if I had all the time in the world in Europe which I will narrow down to manageable. If anyone reading this has a country/city that they think I HAVE to visit, post a reply with a good argument and I may even take your thoughts into consideration.

In no particular order:
edited Dec 30, 2005
Italics indicate city still under consideration
Bold indicates city is a definite

England (London)
Northern Ireland (Belfast)
Ireland (Cobh, Galway)
France (Paris, Loire Valley, Normandy)
Spain (Barcelona, Madrid)
Belgium (Brussels, Bruges)
Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Switzerland (Zurich, Bern, Luzern)
Germany (Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt)
Italy (Florence, Rome, Venice, Milan)
Austria (Vienna, Salzburg)
Czech Republic (Prague)
Poland (Warsaw, Krakow)
Hungary (Budapest)
Greece (Athens)
Morocco (Tangier, Rabat)
Luxembourg

Everyone reading this should know that I am off to Europe for two months starting in the end of April. This blog will eventually become the place where I (attempt to) keep you all updated on my (mis)adventures but for now it will be a storage room for all the planning details.

To begin: Things I Need to Do for Europe
1/ choose tentative dates
2/ buy plane tickets
3/ plan itinerary (nothing super strict but enough to know what's going on)
4/ buy rail pass (well, get parents to buy rail pass)
5/ buy Eastern Europe pass
6/ get passport
7/ get necessary Visas (probably none needed but make sure!)
8/ update immunizations (including Typhoid and Hep A for Morocco)
9/ brush up on Spanish and Italian
10/ choose dates for Morocco and buy tickets