It's late, but you're not tired. You open your computer and buy that plane ticket to Europe you've wanted for a while now. Now that you have three whole months to visit all the great places and all those countries. The excitement is growing. You start packing three suitcases. Bathing suits, dresses and jeans, pajamas, T-shirts and hoodies, a raincoat and of course the umbrella. Sunscreen, sunglasses, and all your beauty and hair products. Almost good to go! Some books and trashy magazines to entertain yourself on the road and the plane ride. Passports, wallet, and keys. Now, let's head out to the airport. You're making one more stop, to pick your best friend, who is coming with you.
The clock is ticking, your best friend is late, as usual. When she finally gets in the car, you almost immediately start the engine and race to the airport. Thank God the plane hasn't left yet! Ticket and passport and just like that you are searching for your seat.
You don't even realize how fast you're up in the sky. Some reading, looking in those fashion magazines with expensive clothes that you probably don't even afford in your dreams, some sandwiches, and a nap later, the pilot announces the landing. First stop: London, UK. Got your luggage and took a cab to a Motel near the center of the city. Too excited to catch up on some sleep, so you start visiting the city. The following two days you spend in the city you visit museums, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and London Eye, which are, now, checked off from your bucket list, and finally, you did some shopping at Oxford Street. You rent a car and head to Scotland, but first, Cambridge and Oxford. You were dying to see the city and the university's campus. You finally arrive in Edinburgh. You have four days to visit the city as well as Glasgow. The Edinburgh Castle, National Museum of Scotland and The Royal Botanic Garden, some shopping on Royal Mile and Princes Street and off to Glasgow, where you visit the Glasgow Cathedral, the Science Center and Gorge Square, and you guessed right: more shopping on Byres Road!
You find yourself again in an airport, heading to Belfast and then Dublin, Ireland. The points on your bucket list are checking themselves. Titanic Belfast, checked! Belfast Castle, checked! Grand Opera House, checked! Now, before heading to Dublin, MORE SHOPPING! Victoria Square is the best place for that. Live is easy when you travel.
Afterwards, you visit Dublin Castle, Dublin Bay, the National Museum of Ireland, and the National Gallery of Ireland. This capital is a city of art: full of art galleries and museums. You did not miss the Dublin zoo. I heard it has giraffes too! Before you leave for your next destination, the Guinness Storehouse was an important point on your list, alongside shopping at Temple Bar.
And just like that, you are on a plane, again, heading to your next destination. Now that you saw UK and Ireland in 11 days, are you ready to see all of Europe in 92 days? That's a challenge that must be completed. 81 days left and 22 more countries to see!
Editor- Alexandru Săsărman
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