Resigning and other delights

I handed in my resignation today. My boss knew it was coming, I had told him, but today I actually gave him the piece of paper. Hooray!!

If that sounded a little too joyous, just remember that the job turned out to be shit and every day I work there I appreciate CISRA more and more.

Other happy occasions this week have been the several bookings I have made in preparation for the trip I will be taking with Simon in just over 5 weeks.

Here is the plan:

Monday November 13:
Simon arrives in London (at 6:20am I believe)
Tuesday November 14:
Simon and I fly from London Stansted to Dublin, where we are staying for two nights (I booked a room at a hostel on Tuesday). I hope to catch up with Cormac and Susan one last time, and there will definitely be another visit to the Guinness Storehouse. I learned recently you can pour your own pint there. We (Cormac and I) missed this last time (probably in the rush to get to the bar).
Thursday November 16:
We fly from Dublin to Rome, where we are staying for three nights (I booked our accomodation yesterday).
Sunday November 19:
We will be catching a train from Rome to Florence, probably first thing in the morning as we are only staying one night. We are considering going from Rome to Pisa, having a quick look there and then going on to Florence.
Monday November 20:
From Florence, we go by train, again, to Venice, where we will stay for two nights.
Wednesday November 22:
This is where the plans cease to be certain. We will probably catch a train to Milan in the morning, where we will spend the day having a bit of a look around. We were going to catch the overnight train to Paris, which leaves Milan at around 11pm, and I was about to make the booking too, but then we realised it would most probably me cheaper and more comfortable to fly to Paris and stay an extra night there. So maybe we will fly from Milan to Paris, or we could skip Milan and fly straight from Venice. If anyone has any wisdom on the joys (or lack thereof) of sleeping on a train, please share.
Thursday November 23:
We will either be arriving in or already be in Paris.
Friday November 24:
Still in Paris, but this day gets a special mention because we are going to see a show at the Moulin Rouge. This is the booking I made today!!
Monday November 27:
The plan is to catch a train to Brussels in the morning, have lunch there and then catch the Eurostar back to London. It's just so decadent, isn't it, going to Brussels for lunch.
Tuesday November 28 to Saturday December 2:
During this time we will be staying in London, though we plan to hire a car one day to go and see Stonehenge and to visit a friend of Simon's who lives somewhere around Windsor.
Saturday December 2:
We fly out of Heathrow at 11-something am.
Sunday December 3:
We arrive in Sydney at about 7:30pm.

Well, now you all know the plan. We're trying to cram a fair bit in, but it's not seven countries in fourteen days like Gen and Damien did recently!

Advice and recommendations of things to see and do are always welcome.