Counting down-Italy 2022
Today marks 30 days till we fly out to Rome, our first significant trip since 2019. Our path will take us on a similar route to our last trip when we toured Sicily, the main difference being that we will not be joining a tour group but will be exploring on our own. That opens up a whole other world of opportunities or, to put it another way, to screw up! The plan will keep us busy for about 30 days if all goes as scheduled. I said at the end of my last trip that I would do things a little more spontaneously, leaving more things to chance. Yet here I am, 3 years later, with most of the T's crossed and the I's dotted as usual. Starting with 3 days in Rome, the balance of the trip is evenly divided into 2 fourteen day segments, one in Tuscany followed by a second 2 weeks in Sicily. I had hoped to squeeze in a few stops in SE Italy ( the heel area of the boot) but decided that adding 6 extra stops was pushing things, so that will wait for another trip, This being our third...