Lucky for Katie, she has a friend as fantastic as Nicole. She sat right down and figured out the most logical and least stressful itinerary for as many places as she thought humanly possible on Katie's colossal list of places to go. We will both be surprised if we even visit all of the places on our current itinerary...
The tentative plan as of current is to start in the Netherlands and work our way counter-clockwise through Europe, stopping in Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Germany.
Anyway, the reason Katie is lucky to have a friend like Nicole is because Katie is the ultimate slacker when it comes to planning. She likes to call herself a "free spirit," while Nicole likes to call her crazy. We both realize that Nicole is right in this situation; Katie would have been screwed without some kind of plan.
However, in one case Katie's laziness may end up saving us hundreds of dollars. We were looking at hostels and watching them get booked up by the minute. Nicole calculated that for all 36 nights in hostels we would spend an average of $50 per night. Each. That's over $1,800.
Good thing Katie was too lazy to put the deposit on any of the rooms because a few days ago she found out about one of the coolest programs on the planet: Couchsurfing. Learnaboutit.
(sidenote: we also found this really great program called "like a local," which can be found at http://www.like-a-local.com/. It is rather pricy but it might be something to look into if you are planning a trip somewhere soon)
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