T-25 Days!

The countdown is on and has been on for some time. Less than a month to get ready for Europe!
During this time I am trying to finish off the school year (marking and making exams), pack up my classroom/home and move up to Regina! We leave the evening of July 5th from Calgary to Glasgow and I return to Calgary from Paris the afternoon of August 30th.

I couldn't ask for a better summer. I will be spending July long weekend at the cabin attending a family reunion. On July 3, Roy, Deanna, Derek and Ben will arrive to spend a night at the cabin (possibly hot tubbing and wii since Derek and Sofi will be out as well) then its off to Calgary where Edith, Donny, Tyson (Roy's cousin) and friend will join us to visit friends before taking off on a trip of a life-time! I return on Labour Day weekend and finish the summer off as it began, at the cabin. University starts for me on September 2nd. I am really not leaving any time to breathe!

Our itinerary (so far) is as follows (all hostels and transportation booked):

July 6-7 - Glasgow, Scotland
July 8-10 - Dublin, Ireland
July 11-13 - London, England
July 14-15 - Antwerpen, Belgium (staying with Roy's gf Hanne)
July 16-18 - Amsterdam, Holland
July 19 - Overnight Bus
July 20 - 22 - Copenhagen, Denmark
July 24-26 - Stolkholm, Sweden
July 28-31 - Tallin, Estonia
August 1-3 - Riga, Latvia
August 4 - Vienna

After this, the plan is to hit various places in Italy, Spain and France however it is sounding like the group may split off and do their own thing.

Perhaps I will meet up with Jeffrey Greening at one point. He is a colleague of mine here at Redvers school and has travelled Europe many times.

Places I hope to include: Venice, Florence (been before), Milan, Rome (been before) Nice (been before), Versailles, Paris(been before), and Barecelona... after that I don't really care. It might be nice to take it a little bit slower...