Details to Plan

There's so many details in a trip like this. I'm sure as I get further into it, I'll learn what's important to plan ahead of time and what isn't.

I've made plans to stay with my high-school friend Fabian in London since he lives there now; I'm also hoping to meet and hopefully to meet up with my roomate from San Diego, Jamie, who's working outside of the city. I've also made plans to meet up with another high-school friend, Hugh, in Ljubljana, since he's travelling (for a shorter time than me) before he goes to law school next year; we're going to travel together for a little over a week through Slovenia, Croatia, and Hungary.

I've got places to stay lined up for the first week in Europe: In Prauge at Junior Hostel, in London with my friend Fabian, and in Ljubljana at Celcia Hostel.
I've also got flights lined up: BritishAir 0248 SFO-Heathrow on 6 June; EasyJet 5497 from Gatwick to Prauge on 7 June at 18:20; EasyJet 5496 from Prauge to Gatwick on 10 June at 14:55; EasyJet 3245 from London Stansted to Ljubljana on 13 June at 13:30.

I've still got to figure out what I'm going to do exactly between 21 June and 30 June. I've got to be back in London in the evening of 30 June, so I can catch British Air 0676 Heathrow to Istambul on 1 July at 9:55 am. I'm increasingly starting to think I'm not going to go to Russia given how much the visa and transportation into and out of the country cost. I can get from Budapest to Berlin (EasyJet), Berlin to Riga (EasyJet), Riga to Stockholm (Overnight curise across the Baltic), and from Stockholm to London (RyanAir) fairly efficiently, cheaply and easily, so I think that's how it will play out. I also got an e-mail today from Tove, who's I met at UCSD and is Swedish/lives in Stockholm: she'll be out of town 23 June to 27 June for a big Swedish holiday weekend; she can show me around after that, but it sounds like all of Sweden might be worn out by that point.

I better get with these remaining details...