How do you plan your trip? I usually find a hotel or a hostel somewhere in the center of a city or in an old town, buy tickets for a train or a plan and then start to put all places I want to visit on my own quick map. It is actually a map from Google Map, but it is with my own landmarks. I search sights in Google, mark places for interest and put them together in the shortest and the most convenient tourist route. Then I look for information about national dishes of the country and find cafes on the way where I can stop and have a meal.
There is the route map for my 2-days trip to Warsaw. I was there in the beginning of July, two years ago. The line on the map is my road from railway station to the hostel. It is a very important thing to draw this line, because you shouldn’t get lost in the beginning of staying at your destination. It is the actual map. You can use it.
I have one bonus for lovers of Warsaw. It is Polonez A-dur, Fryderyk Chopin. Have a good rest!