Things I still need to do in Portugal

First things first: I still need to get the visa for Belarus.
Apparently the option to get the visa with the aid of that travel agency is not a valid one, since they said that, even if everything would go perfectly, it would still take about 30 days to get the visa through Paris. That way, I will try to get the visa in a country with a Belorussian embassy, most likely Hungary.
Still, I need to get an invitation letter from a Belorussian travel agency in order to get a tourist visa, and I'll try getting it here.
The other option would be to get a private visa (a visa for visiting someone there) that is cheaper. But from what I've read, it's hard to get one of those, and if I apply for one they'll check everything about the person and that can be really unpleasant for the inviter. Anyway, tomorrow morning I'll be at the portuguese travel agency (LusitanaSol, next to the Russian Embassy in Lisbon, is the one more capable of dealing with this, since it's they're core business) talking with them again to see which will be the best option.

There's a list of things I still have to get meanwhile:

• A money belt
• Centrum (I don't know what I'll be eating, so it's better to take some supplements)
•  A health insurance (it's not required for any country I'll be visiting - except for Belarus, but I have to get that one at the border - and the European Health Card will be enough for most of the countries but, depending on the cost, it may be better to get one)
• An 8-16GB micro-SD memory card (that way I can use it in the mobile phone besides using it in the camera)
• A notebook
• A Swiss Army Knife
• A small First Aid Kit (Thanks to Ferreira for reminding me of this)

And some things I shall not forget to put in the backpack:

• A shoulder strap bag, so I don't need to carry the backpack all around
• A deck of cards (and maybe some other games, like Jungle Speed or Ligretto - thanks to Felipe for introducing those to me)
• A scarf of Portugal's football team (I'll be travelling during the Football World Cup)
• A locker for the backpack (I read this at João Leitão's webpage, and it's in fact a great idea)

And some things to do:

• Learn Cyrillic
• Watch some movies about the WWII, Cold War and the Communist age in Eastern Europe
• Re-check the places I'm going to stay in
• To see how bookcrossing.com works (it's not a good idea to be carrying 6 books ;))

And before ending this post, I realized I skipped one important information about the trip:
I'll be backpacking and staying at friends' houses, or friends of friends', or even doing Couchsurfing. I'll be taking trains and buses most of the time (I thought about renting a car, but it's too expensive for just one person).

And this is all for now :)

As soon as I decide what in particular I'll be seeing in each country, I'll post images and information here, even before departing.


View Larger Map
The map, excluding Germany.