After a year of planning and many great adviser's of this forum, my family is taking off on May 31 for our great Italy adventure. I want to say thank you to everyone and let you know how helpful you've been. I must admit, Iv'e gone from excited to nervous and not sure why. I've thwarted a few hiccups with our plans already when our Florence Airbnb host lost 3 of our 4 days. Thank goodness I reconfirmed all plans 2 weeks before leaving. I had plenty of time to get a refund and rebook a new apartment. Then when I checked with Alitalia airlines, they gave me a new confirmation number when I couldn't find my reservation booking on line. As you can tell, I'm a bit OCD about plans and traveling arrangements.
Today we packed and weighed, unpacked, resorted and packed again our carry on backpacks. Did the 3-1-1 for wet carry on stuff in quart baggy. Proud to say, we're all under 8kg with room and weight to spare for some souvenirs! Banks have been notified, passports, credit cards, driver's license all scanned and in the cloud. We rented cell phones and all apps have been downloaded. Capital One suggested their app to lock my credit and debit cards when not in use. Made copies for me and hubby of itinerary and all voucher, rental info. Money belts all ready to go and hubby got some euros for cab and what not's when we first arrive. Tore up Rick Steve's guide book for the areas we're visiting and got some perverse pleasure out of that dangerous and destructive behavior :) LOL.
I hope I'm not forgetting anything. If so, I'll buy it there and make an adventure out of it. Now, I'm just plain nervous and don't know why. At least my hubby has extended family in Italy if anything goes wrong. Like my hubby says, "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all." I look forward to sharing our trip with you and helping others in the future when I can.
Thank you all again and my best to you.