In 3 months

STUFF TO DO WHILE IN EUROPE:

• bring back UCSM transcript for UW
• syllabi of courses for transfer credits
• one-page summary of experience
• register with the Canadian Embassey in UK
• watch David Beckham play in a professional soccer game (Real Madrid)
• JK Rowling/Harry Potter stuff
• buy a real Swiss Army knife (Switzerland)
• get Swiss/Belgian chocolates
• The Sound of Music tour - Salzburg, Austria
• The Da Vinci Code tour - Paris, France/London, England
• Angels & Demons tour - Rome, Italy
• Orlando Bloom
• look up museums in each city
• get a Eurail train pass?
• go to Fifteen - Jamie Oliver's restaurant
• go to Ikea in Sweden
• go to H&M in Sweden
• go on a gondola in Venice, Italy
• see the Coliseum and the fountain in Rome, Italy
• go to a mass by the Pope in Vatican City
• see the Swiss Alps
• take B&W pictures
• take a video in each city; upload pictures right away

STUFF TO BUY BEFORE I LEAVE:

• 4 NiMH 2100 mAh batteries & charger (for digital camera)
• get a book on art history
• get a travel book on Europe; highlight all the stuff I want to see
• get a laptop (early-mid August) [Sony VAIO VGN-T150 Intel Pentium M 735 1.7GHz laptop ($2,700.00) ; Dell Inspiron 700m Intel Pentium M 12.1' screen (very basic $1,460); slightly heavier & larger than Sony; get Intel Pentium M and good warranty]
• get phone cards
• extra passport pictures
• get a bathing suit
• get an international cell phone
• European transformers for outlets (3)
• good fall jacket
• get a UW agenda
• bigger backpack for traveling? Boblbee??
• side bag with zipper for traveling
• shower slippers
• USB key
• travel sleeping bag
• locks for backpack
• travel alarm clock (bring separate batteries, don't use rechargeable ones)
• compression bags with air-release valves
• individually wrapped laundry detergent
• cup/utensils/bowl?
• cable & lock for laptop
• Bounce dryer sheets
• santiary hand gel