Hey Everyone -
Welcome to our new blog, and our adventure to Italy.
Let's begin with an understanding that both David and I have been wanting to visit and actually live in Italy, well before we met 10 years ago. Like most couples, we have spoken many times about going. Sharing our dreams with each other and helping to add to those dreams.
Amalfi Coast
This particular idea to live in Italy was actually pushed along by two of our most favorite couples. Anne and Lee, who have, it seems, lived everywhere and have amazing stories to share about all the incredible placed that they parked their boat, 5th Wheeler and RV. Also, Rosemary and Bob, who actually took their dream, our dream, and made it a reality. The two packed up their possessions, placed them in storage and spent the next three years traveling the Italian landscape.From these two amazing couples came the needed kick in the pants to make our own dream... our own reality come true.
The Plan -
Rome
After much research and conversations with our travel mentors, we found that Florence (Firenze) would be our starting point. It is one of the two large train hubs in Italy, Rome being the other. It is a very walkable city, as many of you know we both love to walk. And, it is the center for art. Since David is an artist and I'm a huge art lover, it makes perfect sense to start there. Florence also has a large literature community, which means that my own work, Breaking Rules Publishing, will fit right in.So we have a destination. Now we needed a time/date. This major life decision was made in late August, early September of 2018. My birthday, March 19th became the date of choice. That gave us seven months to get our proverbial shit together. With that, the language apps started to appear on our phones, tickets, B & B, areas of the city and visas were all researched. The date continued to get closer, and not until New Year's Eve did we actually say to each other - 'we just have under three months left.'
Tickets soon became the issue and we really dug in. It didn't take long to find out that April was the better month to travel. The new and final date is April 15th.
And here we are, March 14th, one month away. Tickets are purchased. B&B reserved. And a new revelation, we are purchasing a rail package that will offer us unlimited travel to 31 different European countries for three months. WHAT A DEAL!!!
Rapallo
Now comes the purging of our stuff, the giving of personal items and figuring out our baggage situation.
We are both very excited about this journey and look forward to sharing this experience with you all. So join us as we go and see the world together.
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