This past June Mr. C and I embarked on a week long, self-planned tour of France. Obviously, this was not the first self-planned trip we’ve done, and it wasn’t my first trip to France but planning it presented the opportunity to reflect on how travel planning works (at least for me). I’d like to share that process with you.  Step 1: What are your goals? Any country you go to, even if you choose one or two cities, will present you with so many options in terms of sites, restaurants, activities, day-trips….It can get overwhelming quickly and a voice in your head will start howling But I want to do…