Tuesday, May 24, 2005 - 12:22 AM PST
I've got a confession to make. The University of Waterloo doesn't really exist.
After I made tentative reservations with STA Travel (cleverly pretending to still be a student), I called back the next day to book the reservations and pay for the tickets. The person on the phone sounded confused as he looked over my info. "There's some fake school in here," he said. "It's called the University of Waterloo."
Sorry to have mislead you all for so long.
So, I should probably mention that starting this Wednesday, Heather and I will be in Europe for 3 weeks. Here's our tentative schedule:
Wednesday, May 25th: Depart Seattle at 6:00am, arrive in London at 6:25am the next day (with a 6 hour stopover in Vancouver).
Saturday, May 28th: Depart London at 6:34am, arrive in Paris at 10:23am via the Eurostar train (through the Chunnel)
Tuesday, May 31st: Depart Paris at 9:56pm, arrive in Barcelona the next morning (sleeping compartment in a night train)
June 1st - June 15th: Spend 2 weeks with a rail pass travelling through Spain, southern France, and Italy -- no set agenda.
Wednesday, June 15th: Depart Rome at 11:05, arrive in London at 12:45 (via inexplicably dirt cheap Ryanair)
Thursday, June 16th: Depart London at 8:20am, arrive in Toronto at 11:15am (coming back home for convocation)
Monday, June 20th: Depart Toronto at 5:45pm, arrive in Seattle at 7:50pm
I'm very excited to be doing the Europe thing again, though sadly for not quite as long as last time. I've been brushing up on my French (and very, very limited Italian) in preparation, bought some guidebooks, and have completely neglected to start packing. I have a foolish "I know what I'm doing" attitude due to my last trip that's made me think I don't need to plan ahead.
Of course, I'll post entries and photos as I hit up 'net cafes as often as I can.