| Plan Ahead for Travel to Europe | | | | chronic ailments that may be problematic. See |
| Most people who plan a trip to Europe expect it | | | | your pharmacist to assure you have sufficient |
| to be fun. It can be if you take the time to plan | | | | quantities of medications for the trip as getting |
| for as many contingencies as possible before | | | | refills in Europe could prove difficult. |
| departure. A few tips that could help you are: | | | | 4. When planning your Europe itinerary, get |
| 1. Plan sooner, not later. Now is the time to get | | | | complete information about hours of operation for |
| the best prices, the best seats, and the best | | | | sites or departure and arrival times for tours and |
| schedules. Delays limit your options. Check out | | | | transportation. Get information on currency |
| promotional offers through airlines and travel | | | | exchange rates, what common terms would be |
| agencies and remember to use those frequent | | | | useful to recognize in the languages of the |
| flier miles! | | | | countries you're visiting, locate maps of the areas |
| 2. Get necessary documents ready. Make sure | | | | you're travelling in, and any other information you |
| your passport is current. Find out if any countries | | | | feel you need to insure an efficient and satisfying |
| on your itinerary require a visa for entry. For | | | | trip. You may want to get a book or two from |
| those that do, request visas well in advance of | | | | the library about the countries you'll be seeing. |
| the trip to avoid last-minute delays. Bring copies | | | | Getting a recording for language study is also a |
| of your birth certificate, immunization records, and | | | | good idea. Like everything else suggested here, |
| driver's license. They aren't required in most | | | | do these things long before you depart for |
| European countries, but they will help to identify | | | | Europe. |
| you if your wallet or passport are lost or stolen. | | | | Europe is a great place to visit. There is a lot of |
| 3. Go to the doc for an exam. Ask if there are | | | | living history and tradition that is waiting to be |
| any areas of Europe under any kind of health | | | | experienced by you. Do the hard work now so |
| alert. Bring your records, prescriptions, and | | | | you can take it easy later when you're supposed |
| immunizations up-to-date. Get instructions for any | | | | to! |