Provo Visit/Europe Planning

Last weekend I flew home for a couple of days. It was only supposed to be home Saturday-Monday but I ended up pushing my flight back til Wednesday as we had a lot to do to get ready for Europe. Two of the nights we were there we met up with Mike and Tiffany to further plan our trip. As we were booking one of our hotels, we realized that Emily's passport said Emily Young instead of Emily Ferguson! So we tried to see if we could change the name on our plane ticket but we couldn't so our only option was to pay a hefty price to expedite it the next day and get a new one.

This is Monterossa al Mare, the fifth of the Cinque Terre cities, we are staying there for 2 nights

The planning has been a lot of fun. I am a big planner and I am grateful that the four of us decided to book all or our hostels, hotels, and train tickets ahead of time. As of last night, we finished booking our last hostel. I have a lot of spreadsheets made up to help us organize all of the information. Here is our itinerary.

London (4 days) - staying in a hostel close to downtown

Salzburg (2 days) - staying in a hostel

Venice (2 days) - staying in a hostel new San Marco square

Florence (2 days) - staying in a hotel close to down town Florence

Rome (3 days) - staying in a hostel

Cinque Terra (3 days) - staying in an apartment first night, hotel the next two nights

Swiss Alps (3 days) - staying in Interlaken the first night in a hostel, Gimmelwald the second night in a family owned place high in the mountains, and back the Interlaken in a hostel the last night

Paris (3 days) - staying in a hostel in the city

Belgium (8 days) - Mike and Tiffany leave the first day then we spend a week alone with Mom and Loel

If anyone has any strong opinions about things to do in any of these places - let us know, any advice is appreciated!

This is Gimmelwald, in the Swiss Alps. Rick Steves ranks it as his second favorite place in all of Europe - second only to Paris.

This is where we are staying in Gimmelwald.