Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Preparing for Europe (Also: Someone needs a geography lesson)

I've spent the past few weeks getting ready for my two-month trip to Europe. Today I called my bank to let them know that I was going to use my ATM card abroad. This is what happened:

Woman: What countries will you be visiting?

Me: Germany, Austria, and Italy.

Woman: Let me make sure they're all in Europe...

5 seconds later:

Woman: Yes, they're all in Europe.

Me: ...

I hope the bank was monitoring my call so they could give her a geography lesson.

Other than that, preparations have been going pretty well. My Eurail pass arrived a couple days ago (worth 10 days of travel within 2 months). I've been gathering everything I need to bring. There are a few items that I know I have and want to bring, but because the house is rather disorganized at the moment I have no idea where they are. Hopefully they will turn up in the next few days, though.

My flight leaves on Sunday. I arrive in Germany on Monday. You have no idea how excited I am.

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