Final plans

Yesterday we visited Becky Donaldson of The Travel Connection in Aurora for our final details for our trip.  Amazing...our hole life for a month in one fat envelope.  We'll have to guard it with our lives.  She answered all the questions we could think of and explained what charges were still to be paid once we arrived.  Some of the taxes need to be paid in Italy and cannot be prepaid.  One of the tours we wanted was better selected on site because of frequent cancellations ( the tours don't always fill up).

One question we have is about cell phones.  Our phones definitely will not work in Italy.  She suggested www.callineurope.com.  We will try calling them Monday.

Our trip starts Tuesday, May 1 out of Cleveland to Newark.  Then a four hour layover and then an eight hour flight to Rome arriving at around 7am Rome time (1am our time).  I hope we can get a little sleep on the plane.  We get picked up at the airport and delivered to our apartment and then the fun begins!  

Getting Close

Two weeks to go.  Molly will be taking care of Max, Georgie (next door) will be cutting the grass, and Emma Lee will take us to the airport.  We are stopping the paper and mail, and all the bills are being paid through our banking service.  We have also bought some Euros to get us started.  We are planning to use credit cards for most  purchases and ATM machines for cash.   I will look into getting a phone in Italy.  If you have a better idea, let me know.


Passports are ready, and we are storing stuff we will be taking in the bedroom as we think of them.  If you have any suggestions, email them or post them here.