I'm happy to say that I decided what to do on Christmas Eve day while in Rome this year...take a walking tour of the Jewish Quarter.
I booked a walking tour with Rome Walks for 11am on Christmas Eve day. It's a 3 hour tour, so I'm thinking it will end at a good time for a late lunch in the Jewish Quarter where I'm anticipating more restaurants will be open then in most other parts of the city...keeping my fingers crossed on that one!
Other than reading some posts on the Fodor's message boards about Rome I haven't started any "heavy duty" Rome trip research yet. After all, I have my trip to Turkey first! :) And I've started the wheels rolling on some preliminary research on Ireland for 2008...I know it's a disease I have..."Travel Planning-itis! :)
Ciao!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Travel Friends Re-Unite!
It happened again last night!
CL and I had dinner with Beth and Vivian who we met on our Central Europe trip last year. Beth and Vivian have a time share here in Hilton Head every year for a week in May, and this was their week! So we were able to meet up with them and had dinner at the Santa Fe Cafe...love that place!
It worked out so well, we all pulled into the parking lot at the same time, had a great time catching up on travel stories and getting tips for the Turkey trip this year. Beth and Vivian went to Turkey last year, so we got some "inside scoop"!
It was such a nice evening, we had good food, good drinks and lots of laughs. And believe me, after the crazy week at work I had, I really wanted the margarita last night...it tasted REALLY GOOD! ;)
We commandeered our table for almost 3 hours! I even brought my pictures from the trip last year so Beth and Vivian could see where we went after the tour ended (Hvar and Dubrovnik). Beth gave me and CL Cd's with their pictures from the trip. I haven't had a chance to look at the CD, but should have time to do that over the weekend.
They are such nice and funny ladies...and since they come here every year, we'll get to see them again!
I love reconnecting with fun travel friends...just like last month with Rosemary!
Happy Travels!
CL and I had dinner with Beth and Vivian who we met on our Central Europe trip last year. Beth and Vivian have a time share here in Hilton Head every year for a week in May, and this was their week! So we were able to meet up with them and had dinner at the Santa Fe Cafe...love that place!
It worked out so well, we all pulled into the parking lot at the same time, had a great time catching up on travel stories and getting tips for the Turkey trip this year. Beth and Vivian went to Turkey last year, so we got some "inside scoop"!
It was such a nice evening, we had good food, good drinks and lots of laughs. And believe me, after the crazy week at work I had, I really wanted the margarita last night...it tasted REALLY GOOD! ;)
We commandeered our table for almost 3 hours! I even brought my pictures from the trip last year so Beth and Vivian could see where we went after the tour ended (Hvar and Dubrovnik). Beth gave me and CL Cd's with their pictures from the trip. I haven't had a chance to look at the CD, but should have time to do that over the weekend.
They are such nice and funny ladies...and since they come here every year, we'll get to see them again!
I love reconnecting with fun travel friends...just like last month with Rosemary!
Happy Travels!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
The "BIG 4-0" Celebration!
Well, I did it. After months of mulling it over in my head and talking to a few friends about the possibilities...I sent out the big email "invite" to a group of "travel junkie" friends.
And the story goes like this...
In January 2008 I will be turning the "BIG 4-0"! I can hardly believe it! And I got to thinking about how I might want to celebrate this "earth-shattering" event. Now, I'm not keen on big birthday celebrations for myself in general...but I started to think 40 is a milestone, why shouldn't I celebrate it in a way that would make me happy?
CL and I had been talking about going to Ireland for a week (maybe 10 days) over the last few months and I keep thinking about when friends Sandy and Alan did their 5th anniversay trip (with 20 of us!) in Tuscany. Renting a villa for a week and having a blast...that was one of the best vacations I've had. So I had it lodged in my brain that I might want to plan a trip like that some day.
Well, the more I thought about it the more I liked the idea. But first I wanted to find out if CL had a problem with opening the trip up to more then just me, her, and one of CL's friends. CL didn't have any problem with it...hey, the more the merrier we say!
So then I painstakingly composed the email invite...my brain was reeling...what should I say, how many people should I invite...finally after about a week of working on the invite I was happy with what it said. Then for whatever weird reason I kept hesitating to hit the send button. The email sat in my draft box for about a week.
Then I figured out why I was hesitating. I love planning trips, but taking on planning a trip for more then just me and one friend could be alot, and then what if those who decide to come don't enjoy themselves...I would feel awful. Then I remembered advice Sandy gave me...I'm not going to be able to please everyone and I need to know that going in...so going with that philosophy I started feeling better about hitting the send button. Plus I was really putting the cart before the horse because I didn't even know how many people would want to go. I may still end up going with just CL and her friend...which is ok with me, but think how much fun it would be to celebrate with a group of good friends. So I finally hit the send button and now I'm just waiting to hear back and find out how many people want to go!
Now I am anticipating planning a week in Ireland to celebrate my "BIG 4-0"! It will take a lot of work, but will be so worth it in the end!
And the story goes like this...
In January 2008 I will be turning the "BIG 4-0"! I can hardly believe it! And I got to thinking about how I might want to celebrate this "earth-shattering" event. Now, I'm not keen on big birthday celebrations for myself in general...but I started to think 40 is a milestone, why shouldn't I celebrate it in a way that would make me happy?
CL and I had been talking about going to Ireland for a week (maybe 10 days) over the last few months and I keep thinking about when friends Sandy and Alan did their 5th anniversay trip (with 20 of us!) in Tuscany. Renting a villa for a week and having a blast...that was one of the best vacations I've had. So I had it lodged in my brain that I might want to plan a trip like that some day.
Well, the more I thought about it the more I liked the idea. But first I wanted to find out if CL had a problem with opening the trip up to more then just me, her, and one of CL's friends. CL didn't have any problem with it...hey, the more the merrier we say!
So then I painstakingly composed the email invite...my brain was reeling...what should I say, how many people should I invite...finally after about a week of working on the invite I was happy with what it said. Then for whatever weird reason I kept hesitating to hit the send button. The email sat in my draft box for about a week.
Then I figured out why I was hesitating. I love planning trips, but taking on planning a trip for more then just me and one friend could be alot, and then what if those who decide to come don't enjoy themselves...I would feel awful. Then I remembered advice Sandy gave me...I'm not going to be able to please everyone and I need to know that going in...so going with that philosophy I started feeling better about hitting the send button. Plus I was really putting the cart before the horse because I didn't even know how many people would want to go. I may still end up going with just CL and her friend...which is ok with me, but think how much fun it would be to celebrate with a group of good friends. So I finally hit the send button and now I'm just waiting to hear back and find out how many people want to go!
Now I am anticipating planning a week in Ireland to celebrate my "BIG 4-0"! It will take a lot of work, but will be so worth it in the end!
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