Planes and plans

After a full day of phone calls and currency exchanges, I'm feeling one step closer to London. A quick scare last week that came in the form of subject line: "Flight Cancelled" and a phone call later led to confirmation of my booked flight to London. It's exciting, and a bit nerve-wracking, to think that in a week from tomorrow I'll be boarding a Heathrow-bound plane.

Now that I've officially exchanged dollars for pounds, I'm looking forward to my upcoming European adventures. I've scoured my travel books for some of the most beautiful and most fun places to visit in Europe. Because I'm bound to forget, here are the places I'd love to visit in my months across the pond.

• United Kingdom

1. Oxford

2. Cambridge

3. Bath

4. English countryside

5. Edinburgh

6. Dublin

7. Ireland's West Coast

Gloucester, England

• Spain, Portugal, Morocco

1. Seville

2. Granada

3. Lisbon

4. Marrakesh

• France and Switzerland

1. Paris

2. Normandy

3. Bordeaux

4. Geneva

Normandy, France

• Germany and Austria

1. Berlin

2. Vienna

• Italy

1. Venice

2. Tuscany

3. Florence

4. Amalfi Coast

• Central and Eastern Europe

1. Budapest

2. Warsaw

3. Iceland

4. Brussels

5. Luxembourg

6. Prague

Prague, Czech Republic

• Greece

1. Athens

2. Kefallonia

3. Koufansia

4. Crete

Koufonsia Islands, Greece