Ok, so I have some good news and bad news. I did a little more research and found out that I misinterpreted how long I'm allowed to stay in most of the European countries (The Schengen Area). I am only allowed 90 days. That is the bad news. The good news however is that I can stay in the UK and Ireland for an additional three months after that. Because of this newfound information, I decided to take two days off (at Lake Bohinj, shown in the title of this post)... rest a damaged toe, update the website, and plan out the rest of my trip to some extent. Here is where I have been so far and my tentative plan for the rest of my travels:
Since I entered the Schengen Area on May 2nd, I have until August 3rd to leave legally. I think it is a ridiculous rule. It means in today's day and age, people can no longer travel the world freely as has been done throughout history and that bothers me quite a bit. It should be a minimum of one year allowed. It also means that I will have to cut out a little bit of my plan. I think what makes the most sense for me is to cut out Switzerland since I have already been once, and to cut out Finland, Poland, Estonia because they are out of the way. I can always plan another trip someday to see them. The orange and green lines in the map above are where I am now planning on going next. Orange lines are within my 90 day limit. Green lines I can stay until November and I won't be there that long so basically it's an unlimited timeframe for me.