Thursday, June 28, 2012

TWO DAYS AWAY

BAH!!!!
I need to write a schedule. I am losing my head!
Tonight: Hair done, Burgers (YUM), then I need to pack, write a note, download a ton of music for my Ipod so I don't get bored on the plane, and locate my cell phone charger... oops.
Tomorrow: Pack.. because I have a feeling it wont get done tonight... write down alllllll of the contact #'s for banks and hotels and EF College Break and my tour guide, and the addresses for places I want to go to... anddddd.... make sure I have my tickets for Wireless Festival 2012, Airplane, passport, State ID, Ursuline ID (sidenote, my photo is me wearing sunglasses with two thumbs up - which is semi-offensive in Italy, I just read about it, looks like I won't be flashing that around)

I think that might be it? YIKES!

Friday, June 22, 2012

My Trip Itinerary

I hope to write this so later on I can remember how everything went... so it doesnt end up like a huge blur like my childhood! ha!

My Flight leaves Cleveland at 2:49 PM then I go to Newark and have a layover from 4:45 - 7:10 (Hopefully goes as scheduled!) THEN I'll arrive in Dublin at 6:55 AM on July 1st! (I did the math, that means I'll arrive in Dublin when its 2AM in Cleveland... bah!!)

I'll be in Dublin for 3 days
Take a ferry to Holyhead (Wales)

Stratford then London for almost 4 days
(Pride Parade!)

Night ferry to Holland
I'll be in Amsterdam for 2 days

Travel via Brussels to Paris
I'll be in Paris for 4ish days!
(Yay!! I'll be a part of Bastille Day!! Free fireworks at the Eiffel Tower!)
(I'm also visiting Versailles!! I won't lie, I loved learning about Marie Antoinette in school - I was told the classy folks would wear a red velvet ribbon around their necks after she was beheaded)

Travel via Burgundy to Lucerne (be there for 1 1/2 days)
(I'm travelling to the foot of the mountain by boat across Lake Lucerne, and then riding the Pilatus cog railway—the steepest in the world- to the top of Mount Pilatus!) (Hope my asthma doesn't flare up!)

Florence for 2 nights
(I get to sample some wines at a "scenic winery" and then visit San Gimignano - I guess they have some fantastic gelato! yum.)

Travel via Pisa to the French Riviera for 2 nights

Barcelona for 3 nights

I'm leaving Barcelona at 11:55 AM (6AM Cleveland time) stopping in Toronto from 2:50 - 4:20 and I'll be back on C-Town soil at 5:27 PM, July 24th! woo! Home at last! (Hope my bags don't weigh more than 40lbs. yikes.)


My Pre-Europe To Do List

I have to write this out so I won't forget what I need to do!!

1. Go to AAA and buy some Euros!
2. Buy a new charger for my Tablet =(
3. Pack my bags!!! Then repack so I can fit everything and figure out what clothes to bring :/
4. Look up some French and Spanish words! Oy Vey!
5. Waterproof my Toms
6. Buy the text messaging phone plan
7. Write out addresses for Ponts Des Arts Bridge in Paris and the World Pride Parade in London
8. Photocopy my passport!!
9. Stop spazzing.
10. Continue to research places to go