Finalizing Itinerary of First Leg of Trip

As Gen and I prepare to make the final move out of our beloved apartment on Bocana St., I am finding time to finalize my itinerary for the first stage of my journey to Africa. Gen will be leaving for Washington DC on July 12 for a 10-day orientation and I will leave two days later. Having enjoyed our Spring-Break vacation to Prague-Vienna-Budapest-Munich, I've planned a two-and-a-half week stop over in Europe before meeting up with Gen in Kampala on August 5th. The first stop will be to Stockholm, Sweden for 2 days.

From Stockholm I will fly to Krakow, Poland where I am sure I'll be amazed by the beautifully well-preserved buildings of the old town. From Krakow, I'll catch the Polskibus to Warsaw where I hope to score tickets to the AC/DC concert that will happen later in the week.

I'll take an overnight bus to Gdansk, birthplace of Poland's Solidarity movement and where WWII began.

From Gdansk, I head to Poznan, located in western Poland. It is here where my maternal side of my family comes from and I look forward to walking the same streets as did my long-lost family members. Poznan is also where my recent Couchsurfing guests hail from and I'm excited to check out the restaurants they recommended, which serve such specialties as Gzik and Kaszanka.

It's then on to Berlin for a couple days and then an overnight bus ride to Copenhagen where I'll meet up with former Peace Corps Guinea volunteer Andrea and her Danish family.