Thirty.
Trenta.
Dreißig.
Wait - did I read that right? Only 30 days until we're skipping our merry way over to Europe for a
bucket-list vacation?! Egad!
At this point, I didn't expect to have an underlying feeling of panic in tandem with my uncontrolled excitement, but I'm definitely experiencing a wee bit of anxiety. We've been waiting so long for this trip (it's been two years since we've taken a long vacation), and I just don't feel like we're ready yet!
Granted, I do have the big items accomplished. We booked our flights in February, our hotels in March, and mapped out all train routes including cost estimations. Last week I made reservations for the
Vatican Museum (best way to avoid lines!), and seeing that line item on my bank statement made me positively giddy! Yet many things remain on the to-do list, such as booking the train tickets from Naples to Rome and arranging pick-up at Dulles when we return (all good things must come to an end, I suppose).
Yesterday we double-checked our passports to make sure everything is pristine, and we'll need to make photocopies of them to take with us. Because my mind is in a million different directions, I feel sure that I've forgotten to do something; hopefully I'll remember in time! But I'm too busy dreaming about this...
And this...
Oh, and these, too...
And of course all of these things...
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And maybe a few side trips for...
Or...
And it would be really nice to see...
But maybe I should get my head out of picture books and focus on tackling all our to-do lists for this trip!
Do you have a standard to-do list or packing list that you use for your travels?
This looks like an amazing trip!!! Although I'm a bit partial to the Italian leg=)!
ReplyDeleteAs you should be. ;) I'm excited about that part, too. I wish we could spend more time in Italy, but family and friends await us in Germany. Since we haven't seen them in two years, we try to put in as much time with them as possible!
DeleteI'm so jealous!! I'm particularly excited to hear about your Italy portion, as I'm hoping that is our next trip (fingers-crossed next year). We booked some of our trains in advance (the train from Paris to Lyon, Lyon to Paris, and Paris to Brussels). Don't forget about switching your data plan (though you can do that the day before)...but we ran into some weird thing with the i-pad and they had to send us a new sim card.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder about our phones! We won't be bringing a tablet or laptop, but I definitely need to make sure my cell will be in working order. One more thing for the to-do list!
DeleteSounds like a top trip!
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Thanks! We've been saving for it two years now. Can't wait to finally get over there!
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