Smackie the Frog

Is there some unwritten, or possibly written, rule that says that you have to start documenting your trip on the first day of the trip? Well if there is, I say that is a stupid rule. In fact, I claim that my trip starts now, two days before it actually does, on day -2.

So basically, what have I done to get ready for the trip? Have I packed? Do I have everything planned out? Am I ready to go? In short, no. I have done a few things, though.

- I have taken a large amount of dollars and turned them into a smaller amount of Euros.
- I have made sure I know where my passport is.
- I have printed out the train tickets for the train journeys between Brussels and Paris and Brussels and Amsterdam.

That’s about it. So as is probably pretty obvious, I have a fair amount left to do. And I’m busy tonight, so I guess this will all get done tomorrow night. Right.

I do know a basic schedule of the day to day activities that will be happening while I’m there.

Friday: Work half day. Go to airport. Fly to Chicago. Fly to Belgium.
Saturday: Arrive in Belgium. Look at things around Brussels. Probably sleep.
Sunday: More looking at things around Brussels.
Monday: Paris.
Tuesday: Paris.
Wednesday: Paris.
Thursday: Bruges (Brugge), Ghent (Gent), Soccer game
Friday: Amsterdam
Saturday: Amsterdam
Sunday: Fly to Chicago. Fly to St. Louis. Probably a lot of sleep.

So there you go. The basic itinerary.