Itinerary

July 7- Leave from Chicago at 6:45 p.m. (Aer Lingus- booked, both)
July 8- Arrive in Dublin at 9:15 a.m.

Dublin
July 8- Staying at Jacob's Inn
(one night reserved, Dustin)

Places we want to see:
Trinity College
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Guiness Factory
Old Jameson Distillery
Temple Bar
Pheonix Park
Kilmainham Gaol (updated on June 30)

Boyne Valley
Hill of Tara


July 9- Leave Dublin for London at 7:15 p.m.
Arrive in London at 10:35 p.m.
(Ryan Air- booked, Jessica)

London (updated on June 30)
July 9- staying at Astor Hyde Park hostel
(reserved, Dustin)

Places we want to see:
StoneHenge

Westminster Abbey
Buckingham Palace
-Big Ben
House of Parliament
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
London Eye
Dali Universe
Old Bailey
St. Paul's Cathedral

Take National Rail to Brighton

Brighton
beach
anything else

Take National Rail back
leaves at 3:55 a.m., 5:09 a.m.

July 11- Leave London for Madrid at 7:40 a.m.
Arrive in Madrid 11 a.m.
(EasyJet- booked, Jessica)

Madrid
July 11- Staying at Mad Hostel
(one night reserved, Dustin)

Places we want to see:
Museo Del Prado
Nacional centro de arte Reina Sofia
Museo Thyssen

July 12-
Take plane for Pamplona 9:00 p.m.
Arrive at 9:55 p.m.
(Iberia.com- booked, Dustin)

Pamplona
San Fermines Festival!!!!

(Night of July 13th After 12 AM)
July 14- train to Barcelona leaves at 12:57 a.m.
arrive at 9 a.m.
(buy at station)

Barcelona

Places we want to see:
Las Ramblas
La Boqueria for lunch
Museu de la Xocolata
Montjuic (Castell de Montjuic)
Museu Picasso

July 14- Flight from Barcelona to Venice 6:15 p.m.
arrive at 7:55 p.m.
(Clickair.com- booked, Dustin)


Venice
July 14- Staying at Camping Fusina
(Hostels.com- reserved, Dustin)

Places we want to see:
gondola ride on the Grand Canal
Collezione Peggy Guggenheim
Giardini Publici and Sant' Elena
Cappa Cafe
Campo del Ghetto Nuovo
beach

July 15- Take train to Florence (time TBD)

Florence
July 15 and 16- staying at David Inn
(2 nights reserved, Jessica)

Places we want to see:
Wine Bar
Duomo
Giotto's Tower
The Uffizi
Palazzo Vecchio
Bargello
Museo di storia della scienza
Accademia- Michelangelo's David
San Miniato Al Monte (to hear monks chanting, go at 5:40)
Piazzale Michelangelo

July 17- Take train to Pisa (1 every twenty minutes, takes 1.25 hours)

Pisa
Tower of Pisa

July 17- Take train to Rome (12 per day, 2.5 hours)

Rome
July 17 and 18- staying at Freedom Traveller
(2 nights- reserved, Jessica)

Places we want to see:
Colosseum
Roman Forum
The Pantheon
Piazza Navona
Jewish Ghetto
Fontana Di Trevi (Chiesa del Santa Vincenzo e Anastasio preserves the hearts of popes)
Appian Way (San Callisto)
Musei Capitolini

Vatican City
July 18- The Pope holds audience on Wednesdays
Piazza San Pietro (Peter's tomb)
Sistine Chapel
Museums

July 19- Take train to Bari
Leaves Rome at 1:38 p.m.
Arrives in Bari at 6:15 p.m.

July 19- Take Ferry from Bari to Greece (booked, Jessica)
Leave Bari at 8 p.m.
Arrive in Patras at 12:30 p.m. on July 20

July 20- Take train to Athens
leave at 1:55 p.m.
arrive 5:28 p.m.

Athens
July 20 - staying at Student and Travellers Inn
(reserved, Jessica)

Places we want to see:
Acropolis (panorama view)
-Parthenon
-Temple of Athena Nike
Agora
National Archaeological Museum
Museum of Islamic Art
National Gardens
Temple of Zeus

July 21- Take plane to Berlin
(Easyjet.com- booked, Jessica)
Leave at 9:30 p.m.
Arrive in Berlin at 11:25 p.m.


Berlin
July 21 - Staying at All In Hostel/Hotel
(reserved, Dustin)

****Try to buy tickets early AM to Amsterdam

Places we want to see:
Bebelplatz (panorama view)
The Reichstag
Neue Synagoge
Bahnhof Zoo (panorama view)
Checkpoint Charlie (panorama view)
East side gallery
DaimlerChrysler Building
AquaDom
KZ Sachsenhausen
-concentration camp, north of Berlin

July 22 - Buy bus tickets to Amsterdam
Take bus to Amsterdam on night of July 22

July 23
Amsterdam
July 23- staying at Hotel Annemarie
(reserved, Jessica)

Places we want to see:
Red Light District
Nieuwmarkt (panorama view)
Homomonument
Institute for War Documentation
Vondelpark
Central Canal Ring
Rembrandtplein
Heineken Experience
Cannabis College
Anne Frank Huis
Electric Ladyland
Van Gogh Museum
Torture Museum
Rijksmusuem (updated on June 30)

July 24- Train to Paris- Leaves at 6:56 p.m.
Arrives at 11:08 p.m.
(booked, Dustin)

July 24
Paris
July 24 and 25- staying at Budget Hotel Luna Park
(reserved, Jessica)

Places we want to see:
Eiffel Tower
Arc de Triomphe
The Louvre
Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris
Ste-Chapelle, Palais de Justice, and Conciergerie
Pantheon
Jardin des plantes
Place de la Bastille
The Catacombs
Cimitiere pere lachaise (graves of Delacroix, La Fontaine, Gertrude Stein, Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison)
Musee D'Orsay
Rodin Museum (updated on June 30)
Picasso Museum (updated on June 30)

Going to London- TBD

July 26
London
anything we didn't see before

July 26- Leave at 9:15 p.m.
Arrive in Dublin at 10:35 p.m.
(Ryanair, booked, Jessica)

Dublin
Staying at place- TBD

July 27- Leave Dublin at 1 p.m.