It has been a long time coming....but in about a month we leave for Italy!!!

June and I have talked and talked about going to Italy for years and years...and I worked for IBM for over 30 years....and you know the old joke:

Three women sat discussing their husbands and their sex lives.

"My husband's a wrestler," said the first. "He's really strong and aggressive in bed."

"My husband's an artist," said the second. "He's really gentle and sensitive."

"My husband's an IBM salesman," said the third. "He sits on the edge of the bed and tells me how good it's going to be when I finally get it."

Well I don't work for IBM anymore and we are done talking!

We have booked a tour with our good friends Bob and Maribeth Malloy. We debated doing a self guided tour versus a guided tour, but in the end we decided it would just be easier to do the tour. If there is a next time, maybe we will wing it more.

We are booked with Trafalgar on their 'Wonders of Italy' tour of 9 cities in 11 days.  It sounds a bit packed but given we have a guided itinerary all sorted out for us, hopefully it won't seem that way.

So, June is listening to Italian CDs to and from work, I expect the Malloys are doing the same, I guess I will be the primary American on the tour. You all know that joke:

What do you call a person who speaks three languages: Trilingual

What do you call a person who speaks 2 languages: Bilingual

What do you call a person who speaks 1 language: American

So with about a month to go it is time to start making lists of things to remember to pack etc.....