Italy in a week!
Posted on September 26, 2012 5 Comments
Hello old friends. We leave for Italy in a week. I’m sorry I haven’t posted much since my last note, but you would not believe how much work is involved in planning a European getaway for eight people – sette adultos e uno bambino. We have so many issues! A crib for my nephew, two cars because we don’t trust the whole party to make the train, people with bad hips, gluten-free needs, mobile connectivity. Mama Mia! It’s been making my head spin!
Plus I’m trying to pick up a little Italian to speak there, and my eight years of Spanish are not making it easy. Who knew there were so many ways to pronounce the letter c? Or that all of them were exactly opposite of espanol?
The itinerary at this point is pretty much set: Venice, Trieste, Florence, and Rome. We hope to day trip to Slovenia (the country representing my dad’s heritage) while in Trieste and to Assisi while in Florence. For those who missed my last post, my Mom is half Italian so some of the cities we’ll see along the trip are tied to her heritage too.
Now that all the hard planning work is mostly done (and truthfully my brother did most of it) we can focus on practicing Italian, packing, and getting pumped for the trip. It will be quite a whirlwind and I’m sure we’ll all be annoyed with each other by trip’s end, but for now I’m very excited to wrap things up in Chicago and get this group in motion!
Category: Life
Tags: Italy , Travel
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September 26th, 2012 @ 8:51 am
O I am so envious and excited for you! Have fun and post lots of pics!
September 26th, 2012 @ 9:30 am
I just got back from 9 days in Italy with my mom and a friend. I just want to double thumbs up your choice to start in Venice. We ended there and, while I loved it, it was both exceptionally expensive and wildly hard to navigate. I wished I’d been fresh for the challenge. Can’t wait to hear all about it!
September 26th, 2012 @ 11:18 am
Have fun!
September 26th, 2012 @ 6:49 pm
My brother actually made that call. He has been there a few times before and said the need to take boats everywhere goes from charming to annoying very quickly!
September 27th, 2012 @ 6:37 am
Have fun, and make the trip from Trieste to Slovenia (Ljubljana if possible) you will not regret it. You can take the train or you can drive – it is only about 60 miles away. Being from former Yugoslavia – I can tell you Slovenia is beautiful.