Let's get it started!

I thought I should start this blog already. Putting my plan in writing may help me see the bigger picture of the trip...like what needs to be done! I cannot imagine how much time this going to take me....being the 'unspontaneous' person that I am! :p

So far the only planning I've done is dreaming about the trip. Dreaming, afterall, is a form of planning, no? Ok, so I have the dates already: that'll be August 22nd - November (basically until I run out of $$ and before I start work). So, let me check what I need to do for the rest of the week before I fly out to Taiwan this weekend: write to friends in Europe, look up flight rates within Europe: all permutation of airlines, prices, and EU destinations, look up Eurail, check out the rate difference between hostels and B&B, go to bookstore to read Lonely Planets during lunch break at work, compare Contiki and Trafalgar, compile a list of countries/cities that I def. have to go to.

Europe being my dream destination (for SO long), I wanted it to be perfect, afterall it's not something I can afford to do every year. Obviously, it's not clear yet how I want to go about it but I want to go on at least one package tour as an entree to Europe and travel around by myself and hopefully make new friends along the way :)

My 2 finds of the day:

Paris Museum Pass
Basically this will allow me to visit up to 60 musems in Paris without having to line up!!!

2-day pass: 30 Euro
4-day pass: 45 Euro
6-day pass: 60 Euro

I would probably get the 2-day pass. Which means I will be getting cultured for 2 whole consecutive days.





Laduree
Wiki: Ladurée is a luxury cakes and pastries brand based in Paris, France. It is known as the inventor of the double-decker macaron, fifteen thousand of which are sold every day

Apparently the afternoon tea there is just amazing...but will definitely burn a hole in my wallet....I shall see.

Ladurée Champs Elysées 75, avenue des Champs Elysées - 75008
ParisTel : 01.40.75.08.75
Restaurant is open daily from 7.30am to 12.30am