They say it's all in the planning ... We'll they are right.. whoever they are must have known that planning makes things a whole lot simpler and more structured.
When it comes to planning a trip to a foreign country there are numerous things to take into consideration. Oh, if you don't have a passport ... best you run to your local authorities as quickly as possible as that is your token to freedom!
The next most important thing is getting the required VISAs for the places to be visited. Luckily now that the European Countries are all doing their thing together it makes it a whole lot easier to get just a single VISA to allow you to traverse all the countries in Europe. They call this a Schengen VISA - just in case you want to make sure you ask for the right thing at the travel agent.
The visa process is a bit of a nightmare.. They require tonnes of documentation and substantiating evidences on address and banking and income and and and .... but hey! Its all worth it at the end of the day.
For the trip the requirement was two separate VISAs, jip... One for the United Kingdom and a second for Europe.
