Europe Trip Omg
Anna and I are going to Europe! For 2.5 weeks! In November!...
Yes, we're really, really jumping the gun and planning way too far in advance. But what the heck there is not much else to do during downtime at work. At this point we're planning on visiting these places:
Doing this in 2.5 weeks is a little ridiculous, so we are considering dropping Rome, Venice, Amsterdam, or some combination thereof. We've never been to Rome but there are definitely enough churches to see along the way, I've been to Venice but hear that it's murky and ugly in November, and I've also been to Amsterdam and while it's beautiful, I'm not really sure what there is to do for 2 days unless you plan on taking mushrooms.
I've been nerding out in planning this thing. We're using Google Wave to collaborate on all the aspects of the trip - airfare, trainfare, lodging, things to see, dates and locations, etc. etc. The events we're proposing so far are on a Google Calendar, which I am sending through Yahoo! Pipes, entering into Google Maps, and back into an iframe in Google Wave so we can see a map of places we plan to go to. I've already put a Google Spreadsheet together of possible times, durations and fares for train travel from place to place.
The only real downside to planning so far in advance is that we have so long to wait and obsess over it. I'm hoping that when the time comes we aren't too jaded or disappointed, but it's not a genuine concern. In the meantime we can learn more about the places, cultures, and languages, so when we're there we don't just hang around the biggest tourist attractions we can find.
This also means that there's time for you out there in blogland to give us suggestions on what to see and what to skip. C'MON, DO IT.
Yes, we're really, really jumping the gun and planning way too far in advance. But what the heck there is not much else to do during downtime at work. At this point we're planning on visiting these places:
- London
- Paris
- Cinque Terre
- Rome
- Venice
- Munich
- Berlin
- Amsterdam
Doing this in 2.5 weeks is a little ridiculous, so we are considering dropping Rome, Venice, Amsterdam, or some combination thereof. We've never been to Rome but there are definitely enough churches to see along the way, I've been to Venice but hear that it's murky and ugly in November, and I've also been to Amsterdam and while it's beautiful, I'm not really sure what there is to do for 2 days unless you plan on taking mushrooms.
I've been nerding out in planning this thing. We're using Google Wave to collaborate on all the aspects of the trip - airfare, trainfare, lodging, things to see, dates and locations, etc. etc. The events we're proposing so far are on a Google Calendar, which I am sending through Yahoo! Pipes, entering into Google Maps, and back into an iframe in Google Wave so we can see a map of places we plan to go to. I've already put a Google Spreadsheet together of possible times, durations and fares for train travel from place to place.
The only real downside to planning so far in advance is that we have so long to wait and obsess over it. I'm hoping that when the time comes we aren't too jaded or disappointed, but it's not a genuine concern. In the meantime we can learn more about the places, cultures, and languages, so when we're there we don't just hang around the biggest tourist attractions we can find.
This also means that there's time for you out there in blogland to give us suggestions on what to see and what to skip. C'MON, DO IT.