You know the saying, right? So we will be able to finish that sentence sometime tomorrow afternoon when we will be IN ROME. Cool, huh? Yep, we are going on our first REAL trip, none of that pansy-wansy day-trip-to-Venice stuff, no sir-eee. And if any of us remembers my LOVELY post after our trip to Venice (see: hot, sweaty, yucky, ucky, tired) then you can only imagine how much I am truly looking forward to our WEEK-LONG trip to Rome and Naples. << sigh >>
But seriously, we are excited that daddy has finagled a week off from work, which would normally be some miracle act of god but in this case is because he has a week of leave he will lose by the end of September so he was forced to take it - thank you U.S. goverment for MAKING my hubby take a vacation : ) But since he IS so terribly busy I was left to stress over the plans for our vacation for the last several weeks, aahhh, no problem, right? A week of traveling in assorted foreign countries, train schedules, hotel reservations, woo-hoo! It'll take me five minutes, no problem...
Actually, we decided a week-long vacation would be good time to do a big trip, like England or Ireland, sooo, I looked online for flights, read through a bunch of travel books from the library, seriously researched hotels and then... those terrorist threats in the UK kindof made us think we should postpone the galavanting to England bit, um yeah. So hubby said, let's do a big Italy trip, like Naples, Pompeii, etc., and after another few weeks of intensive online research into trains and hotels and the like I caved and went to a travel agent in town, thank god. An hour or so later and they had the whole thing booked - hotels, an inclusive tour from Rome to Naples, even had the train tickets printed right there in there office, whew - and not a moment too soon, that was only two days ago < blink > < blink > Nothing like last minute plans, or a matching pair of hubby and wife procrastinators : )
So, wish us luck on our FIRST big family trip cross-country here in Italy. We're excited about the trip but totally nervous about how Ella will do on the 5+ hour train trip, hmmm, restless toddler + stuck in a seat for what seems like an eternity = FUN! Stay tuned - we'll report back here next week, same bat-time, same bat-channel...
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How exciting! Can't wait to see pictures of this adventure. Enjoy the time with hubby and Ella!
I am sure Ella will handle the trip beautifully. :)
Sweetie -- however it turns out, just think of the really (select as many as apply) fun, exciting, funny, horrible, adventurous, frightening, laughable, sad, embarrassing, romantic, panicky, proud, (write in your own) __________ stories you will be blogging now -- and recollecting later at parties with friends or family events, etc. I know you can't see this until you return -- but now you will know you survived!! And can write about it -- keep in mind, most people don't remember anything from when they were two years old or under! Much love, mom
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