A Few Details of My Italian Adventure...

So here I am less than a month away from my departure date of September 18 when I will be flying the friendly skies of Air France to Florence, via Paris! I will be in Italy until October 6 and will be staying first in Florence, then out to a little hilltop medieval village in Tuscany - Montefioralle (pictured here - isn't it incredible?!)- then back to Florence and on to Bologna, which everyone seems to agree is where one finds the quintessential Italian cuisine. Since I love all things Italian, but particularly the food, I felt compelled to include Bologna on my itinerary. Notice I say "I included it on my itinerary". That's because I have planned this whole trip myself, booking all my lodgings, finding various activities to try while there (cooking classes, tours, etc.), figuring out how to get from one place to the next (which I'm still not real sure about!), and so on. I will be traveling alone and I have to admit that as the date draws closer, I find myself getting just a little nervous...or to be more blunt, I find myself periodically silently screaming "what in the world do you think you're doing?!"

Until I actually get there, I doubt if I will have too many posts after this one. I just wanted to see if I could actually set one up and figure it all out, and ... I guess I can!

Arrivederci!