Monday, February 27, 2012
Get them passports!
Hope you have your passports procured. My friend and I were going to go to Vancouver B.C. this past summer. We both applied for our visa about the same time. I received my visa in about 2 weeks, my friend's took over 2 months and countless phone calls and extra paperwork before he received his.
Of course, by this time our window of opertunity for the trip passed and we did not go. We will go sometime next summer...hopefully. We also intend to go to Mexico, to the Mayan temples, December 21,
for the end of the world. There will be millions of people from across the globe. Hundreds of religions, cults and cultures amassed in one tiny spot. It should prove to be very interesting and intense.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Planning the trip
OK, let's see how this blog thing works.
Pat and I are in the
early stages of planning for a trip to Italy. We have sought the help
of Becky Donaldson at Aurora Travel to help with the planning ...
booking flights and excursions, and finding housing. Right now we have tickets on
Continental to Rome and back from Milan, and we have booked apartments in
Rome and Sienna for the first three weeks and hotels in Venice and Lake
Como to finish our trip. She is also booking us on a few tours.
Much of the time that we are there we will be freelancing...walking, taking the local transportation, and driving to wherever we find attractive. For sure we will be visiting the usual tourist attractions, but we also want to feel free to wander about and see the real Italy and the real Italians. We have been practicing our Italian, and we think we can get along OK, as long as we have a good reference book, and I look forward to talking with the natives.
Today we investigated converting the electrical power, which is 220 volts in Italy, to 110 volts that is needed to charge our computer and cameras. The nice part is that the cameras and Pat's hair dryer will work just fine on 220 with just a plug adapter. However, it looks like we will have to seek some professional help with the computer. All of the conversion equipment we found so far says not to use with electronic equipment.
We also experimented with luggage. We each took out enough clothes for seven days to see how it would fit in our suitcases. It looks like we will be able to fit everything we think we will need into luggage we now have. More later.
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| We're getting ready to travel! |
Much of the time that we are there we will be freelancing...walking, taking the local transportation, and driving to wherever we find attractive. For sure we will be visiting the usual tourist attractions, but we also want to feel free to wander about and see the real Italy and the real Italians. We have been practicing our Italian, and we think we can get along OK, as long as we have a good reference book, and I look forward to talking with the natives.
Today we investigated converting the electrical power, which is 220 volts in Italy, to 110 volts that is needed to charge our computer and cameras. The nice part is that the cameras and Pat's hair dryer will work just fine on 220 with just a plug adapter. However, it looks like we will have to seek some professional help with the computer. All of the conversion equipment we found so far says not to use with electronic equipment.
We also experimented with luggage. We each took out enough clothes for seven days to see how it would fit in our suitcases. It looks like we will be able to fit everything we think we will need into luggage we now have. More later.
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