October 2007 - We were all set to go to Yellowstone.
We had excruciatingly researched all the plans, itineraries, and
logistics. We had cleaned, organized, modified and updated all of
our outdoor and hiking gear, snacks, boots, clothes, and so on. We
had meticulously laid out maps and routes. I had my camera finely
tuned and into championship fighting shape. We had been packing
for weeks -it was all finished. We were set to leave the next day.
Then we looked at the weather forecast ...
Ten days of 40 degree rain.
Argh! What a dismal way to spend an outdoor vacation.
After all those months of planning, we were determined to go
somewhere on vacation. We saw online that it was
80 degrees and sunny in Rome. So, on the spur of the moment, we
cancelled our Yellow-stone arrangements, booked plans for Italy, repacked
for the new trip (left the old stuff to unpack later!),
bought a guidebook enroute to the airport, and
We went to Italy for two weeks!
Our Italian Adventure
Click map locations or the photos below
to see our
travels
We flew to Rome, where we spent about a week. Then we took the
train to Venice and spent another 5 (?) days, then back to Rome for our
return flight home. The weather was spectacular, the crowds were
light, the food was stupendous, the sights were breath-taking, and the
memories are entrancing. And we came home with a couple thousand
photos, which as everyone knows, is the true measure of a vacation!
LINKS: (these will open in a new window so you won't lose this site)
Slideshow link
(this is a slideshow of some of my images)
Lonely Planet Italy guidebook
Interactive Italy map from World Atlas
