Arrivederci!
Less than 12 hours until take off! Someone's heading off on a great Italian adventure and she's excited! The teeny suitcase is loaded up with books, art supplies, and a few pairs of underpants. I may have thrown in some lipstick, I can't remember. The camera is fully loaded with a fresh memory card.
I leave you with some final glimpses of the travel journal pages.
Here is where we're headed.
Arrivederci! See you on May 1st! Talk amongst yourselves!
Thinking of you eating pasta and smiling.
Posted by: karen cole | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 11:03 AM
omg IM SO JEALOUS!!! Hope you had wonderful weather and a wonderful time..i cant wait to see pics when you get back....ps LOVE your blog
Posted by: Terri | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 04:39 AM
Hi.
I'm very lonely.
Have fun on your obviously endless trip.
Posted by: Chris | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 04:10 PM
Sister...
Hope you are having fun. Check out what happened at YOUR HOUSE while you were gone! OY!!!! (dead animal alert)...but NOT one of your cats!!!!!!!
http://www.pookieville.typepad.com/
Brotha
Posted by: BROTHA | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 12:14 PM
As we say around here:
"I'm a Jealous Wreck"....for REAL.
Soak it up, soak it in...
report back and stay in CLOSE RADIO CONTACT.
Via Con Dios....
Lisa Hoffman
Posted by: Lisa Hoffman | Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 08:02 PM
So glad to see that you are taking Crossing to Safety along with you! Wonderful companionship if there ever was. Be sure to read Angle of Repose if you've not already! And fun travels.
Posted by: Kristina | Friday, April 18, 2008 at 03:44 PM
Italy is so beautiful!! YOu will have the best of times!
Posted by: sherry | Friday, April 18, 2008 at 11:20 AM
oh!!! have a wonderful time, enjoy every minute of your trip....can't wait to see your pix when you get back!!! who knows, you might decide to stay in italy and teach english!! how fabulous is that!!!
Posted by: liz | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 06:11 PM
I could not envy you more. Have a fantastic trip!
Posted by: corine @ Hidden in France | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Have a grand time!!!
Can't wait to see all of your photos and journal pages.
Posted by: Karen Cole | Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 07:13 AM
How very exciting! I hope you have a wonderful time in Italy. Have you been there before?
Posted by: Dale | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Bon voyage and Godspeed. Can't wait to hear ("see"!) all about your trip! Have an esspresso for me!
best,
Michele
Posted by: Michele | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Have a wonderful trip, Mary Ann! I look forward to reading your stories, seeing your photos and whatever other treats you share with us on your return.
Posted by: Jamie | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 07:38 PM
We will be talking about YOU! and anxiously awaiting photo's and journal extravaganza!
safe travels...
x..x
Posted by: stephanie | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 07:24 PM
I cant wait to see your pics when you get back!!!
I'm glad you didn't say talk to yourselves...that would be scary!!! karen
Posted by: karen benson | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Bon voyage! I love traveling vicariously with you. Mexico was great. I'm looking forward to reading about and looking at Italy through your eyes.
Posted by: Dawn | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 04:30 PM
Cool, you lucky girl! Have Great fun!
Sandra Evertson
Posted by: Sandra Evertson | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 03:57 PM
You are reading Wallace Stegner!?! What kind of RENAISSANCE WOMAN are you?!?
I can't wait to see your journal. I also can't wait to see your pictures. You take good pictures. I would say I can't wait to see which underpants you took, but then people would assume things that are true, so I won't.
(I hope you took the ones with the red-orange swirls and miniature TV's on them.)
I'LL BE IN MAUI WHEN YOU GET BACK, so adjust your account to 'unlimited free'.
TTFN, Pookie!
Posted by: Chris | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 02:04 PM
My wish for you is that this trip is all you hoped it would be - and more. Much more. We'll be here waiting to share your travels when you return.
Have a splendid time!
Anne
Posted by: Anne | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Have a wonderful trip! I just found your blog through Stephanie Lee and am going to go back and enjoy while you are gone ;) Bon Voyage - Gina
Posted by: gina armfield | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 07:54 AM
I haven't been THERE, but I've been to Italy twice ... you will possibly find yourself so transported that art becomes ... impossible! My reaction was to be so overcome that all I could do was shoot pictures -- even my written journal was silenced. I wish you an equally spectacular journey, dear woman!!!
Posted by: Toni Brown | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 06:55 AM
Lucky lucky lucky...you have have a most fantastic and wonderful time! Can you fit me in your suitcase?
Posted by: Barbara | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 06:39 AM
Have a wonderful time! This is a beautiful place, been there. I will return one day.
Safe journey!
Posted by: Andrea Forgnone | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 06:30 AM
Sister, Bon Voyage! Having been to Italy, there is one thing to remember.....COCONUT GELATO!
Be safe, and don't drive to close to the edge!
Love, Brotha
Posted by: Brother | Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 06:15 AM
can't wait to read about your trip and see the pictures~
Posted by: donna | Monday, April 14, 2008 at 10:19 PM