The lists are out. What list you may ask? Well it’s our travel preparation lists and we usually start using them a few weeks before we travel – a very visual sign that we’ll be going somewhere very soon. Our travel lists serve three functions:…

Vorrei avere un trattore per il pranzo. Translation (from Italian): I would like a tractor for dinner. Yes, these fine Italian phrases and many more like them will be spoken by us as we travel throughout Italy in a few short weeks. A few weeks…

I’m thinking that the term travelling light needs to be updated. For those of you who have been following along with our trip planning, you know that I’ve been planning on taking along some extra electronic equipment. For most of our previous trips, I’ve had…

Almost 6 weeks and counting. I can now admit that the whole Italy trip is beginning to become more and more of what we’re thinking about and talking about. After Labour Day (Sept. 5th), it will be the only thing that we’ll be thinking about.…

I have managed to convince my sister-in-law Liz to write an article for the blog to share her perspectives on the planning aspects of the trip. Hopefully she will be a regular contributor all the way through our trip to Italy. …Baden Baden’s comment that…

With less than three months left before our next Excellent Adventure trip to Italy, you’d think that it would be occupying most of our thoughts these days. Sadly, Barb and I hardly even talk about it. Maybe we’re just jaded but this has been pretty…

As they say in the film industry: “it’s in the can”. As of a few weeks ago, we have received all of our confirmations for the destinations that the four of us will be staying on our fall trip to Italy. Of course when I…

As of a few weeks ago, we have officially begun our 2005 Excellent Adventure trip planning. Even by our standards we are ahead of the game as we’ve even bought our tickets to Italy already. Our trip this year will be unique as we will…