New Year, BIG Adventure

Oh yeah- 167 days and some odd hours and my big BIG adventure will be here!  Italy!  I am going to go with my Seester-Rose on a big ole airplane, across the ocean to Italy for a 12 day adventure of a lifetime! We are actually taking the tour that my friend and colleague Paula is sponsoring through school. I want it known I am definitely NOT a chaperone for this trip.  I did my gig of chaperoning for band and choir tours, and most would agree I am a really good chaperone, but I am not planning to fulfill that role this time.  :)



SO damn exciting!  I have a few things that I plan to work on before this.....

First, though I am not making any resolutions or any other silly random promises, I am going to begin some pointed and regular training for this event.  Meaning I am walking whenever and where ever I can, because I plan to not do a lot of resting on this trip.  And this includes weight training to be able to drag large suitcases and carry on bags without issue.  This would be happening anyway, but I do well with having a particular goal in mind. And of course the way that this winter is going I could be kayaking in April, so there is that!  :)

NEXT, I am going to pick up the Italian language practice that I had been doing - ahem- last freaking year at this time.....  and you all know what happened in January that sucked the life out of me and allowed no mental space to learn a language.  So I will work my way, again, to the point where I can ask for a glass of wine in Italian!  YAY!!


Vorrei un bicchiere di vino

I just purchased and received a guide book and some other little goodies from the Rick Steves website!  I have a fabulous book that is all things Italy.  So I will be doing a little reading about where we are going and indeed will probably be researching the artwork that we will be seeing.  I like to have the back stories and an idea of my art work priorities.  I mean, since except for Roma, we are in no one location too long, I need to know what I want to see the most!  I am such a go with the flow girl, but this needs to be looked at.  I **might** make a presentation for the group- as far as art goes.  We shall see, I don't want to bore people with my obsession.

So as you can tell, I am a bit excited!  There are other very exciting things happening this year, most notably a new little Mad-grandchild will be born in less than 2 weeks!!!  WOO HOO!  But that will be its own post in the days to come.

I will keep you posted on all things Italy.  Which will be my pleasure and my joy!

Arrivederci!!