Thinking About Flying to Rome Tonight

Up early, as tonight we fly to Rome with Nat and Val to spend a week at our rented hilltop house in the Le Marche region, near the Adriatic coast. We arrive in Rome at 7 am, then we drive the width of the country across mountains to our house.

The anticipation of flight, and thinking about waking up in another land is always intoxicating. I have never gotten over that childlike excitement, and Cindy felt it too, of counting the days and hours til we leave. The trip we planned nearly a year ago, so now as these final hours tick down to lift off, we are all nervous yet excited about enjoying time in Italy together. It will be the first time since I was 15 that I spent a whole week with my parents.

I'm not going to be hooked into email or to my blog as I usually am, so forgive me if my postings drop off a bit during this journey. You'll read about the experience in the Valley Advocate and on GoNOMAD.com. Ciao!