My Plans - 2018

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Heyyyyyy

Long time no see.

HA just playing - two blog posts in one night? new year, new me do I hear you say?
Ok yes I am aware its April this week and yes I am aware that I may have hibernated for like 2 1/2 years but the point is that I'm back and I'm ready to... attack? Yes.. attack the blogging scene once again!

This year, as I mentioned in my last post, is a big one for me on the travelling side. I've already been on a week trip with my boyfriend (HI ALI!!!) in February half-term (more info on that coming soon) and have got a hell of a lot planned for the rest of the year, mainly a month interrailing, a Scandanavian cruise and some christmas markets!

Over the Christmas holidays, I visited Cologne for a few days to experience the markets and they were amazing!!! I'm planning a post soon summing up that trip but I have to say that the best part was that my German improved a ton - even if my navigating skills went downhill a bit (stay tuned to hear more on this in the next month or so!!). My german classmates and me loved that trip so much that we're planning to make it an annual tradition and follow on from it this year with Vienna! On top of that, my mum got jealous of my Cologne experience so me, her and some family friends - one being Emma who loved Cologne when she visited and wants to see it at Christamas time - are planning on revisiting this year... whoever claimed that the Uni winter break was for meeting deadlines and revising for end of semester exams?

My other two big travel plans for this year are a little more on the epic side. I'll most likely go into more detail in later posts but for now, here's a summary of each trip with a basic city/country-based itinerary:

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE READ MY BLOG: all of the countries and places I've included below are going to count towards my 'country-game' count (with the exception of Hungary). I know with a cruise its not technically sticking to the rules as I only have an overnight stay in Stockholm and St Petersberg but my mum, the God and overriding ruler of the game - has allowed me to make some exceptions considering this cruise is to celebrate my 18th Birthday!

Scandanavian Cruise
 - Bruges, Belgium
 - Copenhagen, Denmark
 - Stockholm, Sweden
 - Tallinn, Estonia
 - St. Petersburg, Russia
 - Berlin (Warnermunde), Germany

Interrail - 1 month
 - Paris, France
 - Barcelona, Spain
 - Nice, France
 - Bordighera, Italy
 - Rome, Italy
 - San Biase, Italy (Abruzzo - my house!!)
 - Venice, Italy
 - Vienna, Austria
 - Budapest, Hungary
 - Prague, Czech Republic
 - Frankfurt, Germany
 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

All VERY exciting!!! (Geez I sound like my mother...)
In all seriousness though, it feels great to be blogging again and I am very much looking forward to immortalising the amazing memories I make this year on this platform.

Stay tuned for updates on plans, tips and other travelly things (I'm so professional)
Jem x ~signing off~