Summer Plans.

Listen up you guyz. (Maddy, Heather, Kristen, Julie). This is more of a planning letter to hear suggestions and ideas from everyone. It is also just to help me get my ideas out where they aren't mixed up in my head.

So my host mum has given me approximate dates and so I am drawing up approximate plans. I am working until July 8th, and my Visa for France/Europe expires July 29th. That leaves three weeks for traveling.  While I would like to see more than this, I am concerned about there not being enough time in three weeks. But I am going to do my best. My ideal backpacking trip would include all of you ladies and anyone else who wants an adventure and a stop in the following locations (I have added notes on just about everything):

London (to see "Much Ado About Nothing" on stage performed by Catherine Tate and David Tennant),
A bit of Ireland (Dublin perhaps),
Maybe a stop in Denmark (Maddy?),
Austria (I may be going sometime beforehand to Vienna),
Germany (Berlin, maybe Frankfurt),
The Czech Rep. (Prague),
Italy (just Venice because it is in the North and my sister has requested it).

I am looking at buying an Interrail pass, or a Eurail pass for the people back home. For ten days of unlimited train travel between most countries it is 575$ for those back home, a bit cheaper for me. I used this in Italy and it is great because you don't have to worry about making a specific train, you just hop on whichever train you like. I suppose the most reasonable thing to do would be to plan out a general itinerary, because hostels book up during the summer, although it is more enjoyable to just wing it. The only date that would be set would be the date of our ticket to see "Much Ado About Nothing." It would also be best for me to book a flight out of Paris on the 29th so that I could take my luggage directly from here back to the states, I can fit everything in the bags I have, but I can't carry them all around Europe.

If you want to come visit and enjoy Paris the best time would be before July, because July is going to be a huge transition period and pretty chaotic. In April I am heading to New York to visit Matthew for ten days, and if I get any time off in May I will be traveling to Spain. I have been wanting to go back there but it is always in the wrong direction. I am also looking into a weekend in Vienna to visit my friend Sara!

If you have any suggestions, please please advise! I know plenty of people have done this before and I don't want to miss this last opportunity.