The Excellent Adventure 2008

So we're getting ready for our excellent adventure which is happening VERY SOON! We've got all of our hostel reservations and our railpasses confirmed and so we're pretty much ready to go. As most of you probably know, I'll be in Buenos Aires the week before we're departing and will hopefully be arriving back in Knoxville for a few hours to do some laundry and possibly take a nap before heading out on a plane to Dublin! You can check out our itinerary below.

Anyway, check back here. We'll try to post updates of our travels and pictures and all!
-Lauren

European Adventure Itinerary
June 30- Monday
-Leave Knoxville at 5:15, leave Atlanta at 8:25
-Delta Knoxville->Atlanta->Dublin

July 1- Tuesday
-Arrive in Dublin at 9:25

July 2- Wednesday
-Day: Trinity College (free), Irish Film Center (free)
-Evening: Walk Macabre (10 euros)

July 3- Thursday
-Day: Dublin Castle (3.25 Euros), Irish Music Hall of Fame (7.60 Euros)

July 4- Friday
-Shopping, Old City (markets), Picnics in the Parks.
-Leave Dublin at 7:15, arrive in Gatwick at 8:35

July 5- Saturday
-Undecided? Possibly Cambridge with Karen.

July 6- Sunday
-Sleeping
-Discovering Horsham, groceries, etc.
-Britrail: $447 per person

July 7- Monday
-Canterbury and Dover Beach (aka Literary Monday):
-Canterbury Cathedral (6.50 pounds), Canterbury Historic River Tour (6.50 pounds) includes-- Canterbury Castle (free), Saint Dunstan Cathedral (free). Marlowe Theater (student stand by tickets 30 minutes prior to show).
-White Cliffs (free), Roman Painted house (2 pounds), Samphirehoe Park, South Foreland Lighthouse (4 pounds).

July 8- Tuesday
-Bath: Roman Baths and Museum of Costume (11.50 pounds), Cross Bath (12 pounds), Museum of Fashion (6.50 pounds), Assembly Rooms- tea, Jane Austin Center (4.50 pounds), Victorian Art Gallery (free), Royal Victoria Park (free), Henrietta and Parade Parks (1 pound).

July 9- Wednesday
-Horsham: Resting/Lurking

July 10- Thursday
-London: All free!! National Portrait Gallery, Picnic at Middle Temple Gardens, British Library, British Museum, National Gallery.
-OysterCard for underground travel: (23 pounds per person)
-THE FRATELLIS: the Somerset House (51 pounds)

July 11- Friday
-Morning: Stonehenge
-Afternoon: Salisbury- Chocolate Bars (2-4 pounds), Salisbury Cathedral (donation request).

July 12- Saturday
-Brighton: Beach Day! Beach and Piers, Shopping: Maze and North Laines

July 13- Sunday
-Undecided

July 14- Monday
-Arrive in Edinburgh
-Edinburgh Castle and Park (9.80 pounds), National Gallery of Scotland and National Museum of Scotland (free), Palace of Holyroodhouse (7.50 pounds with student IDs), Dynamic Earth (4.95 pounds for students), Fruit Market Art Gallery (free), Out Look Tower (5.75 pounds), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (free), Garden Parks, Elaine’s Vintage Clothing, Edinburgh University.

July 15- Tuesday
-Morning: Edinburgh
-Evening: Train to Horsham

July 16- Wednesday
-Horsham: Resting/Lurking

July 17- Thursday
-London: St. Paul’s Cathedral (9.50 pounds), Carnaby Street, Portabella Road Market, West Minister Abbey (10 pounds), Tower of London (16 pounds).

July 18- Friday
-London: All free- National History Museum, Royal Academy of the Arts, Tate Briton, Tate Modern, Victorian Albert Museum.

July 19- Saturday
-Greenwich: Primeridian Observatory (free), National Maritime Museum (free).

July 20- Sunday
-London: Museum of Childhood (free), Photography Museum (free), Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Soho, Hyde Park, Abbey Road, John Keat’s house!
-Return to Horsham

July 21- Monday
-Pack up
-Leave from Gatwick at 11:00, arrive in Knoxville at 6:25
-Delta: London/Gatwick->Atlanta->Knoxville