Howdy,
I have my first "follower"!Very chuffed - thanks Tone! Sad to say didn't make it to the pool this morning in my commitment to getting a little bit fitter - but on the up side, had all these wonderful Positano ristorantes confirm our bookings to celebrate my birthday overlooking the Amalfi coastline, some of which are Michelin hatted restaurants. Having never eaten in such an establishment, we are v much looking forward to the priviledge.
Siobhan is currently online looking at our accommodation in Tuscany which is Fattoria Tregole, a lovely looking agriturismo of sorts which produces it's own wine and provides dinner for it's guests.
It's the combination of accommodation options that we have selected that is going to add another dimension to the holiday entirely. We will be staying in self contained apartments, agriturismos , boutique hotels and a B&B so each will bring a different perspective and enhance the experience no end - so stay tuned. No doubt some will exceed expectations whilst others may struggle to meet the mark. All part of the experience!!
As I become more familiar with how to "drive" this blog, I will be adding visuals rather than subjecting you solely to my ravings so stay with me as I guarantee it's bound to get more interesting.
Time to begin the psychological process of readying myself for exercise in about 8 hours time.
Ciao Bellas
Kelly
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
The Planning Phase
Today is officially seven weeks prior to the start of our Mediterranean adventure. Siobhan and I leave on August 17th at 11pm. Are we organized? Probably more so than some and less than others. We have booked and prepaid most accommodation. Those wonderful app thingies that one can download onto your ipad makes research, options and the currency of information just seamlessly brilliant. I for one would now never venture overseas without consulting Tripadvisor, Tripit, Places and the most ridiculously brilliant of all....."sit and squat" the app that helps you find out where you need to go when you really need to go. who thinks of these things?
The fun in planning this trip has not solely been in the anticipation you feel about an impending holiday, but in what you discover in researching what it is you should be doing or seeing when you reach a destination.
Obviously, on any itinerary will be the usual suspects, the Tower of London, Betty & Phil's humpy, the Gardens of Sissinghurst for those fans of garden rooms and Vita Sackville West, the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, Reims and the little sparrow's museum. (Edith Piaf)all before we get to Italy where we then get to look dead popes, the remains of St Peter himself, Lucrezia Borgia and other fabulous mouldy things like those black and white truffles!!!
We have purchased the latest and lightest samsonite luggage and the appropriate lightweight travel gear. our next stage of planning involves booking our tours, rental cars, trains and boats that we want to do. All good.
What is not so good is the commitment I made to some how achieve some semblance of fitness prior to travel time so I am off to the gym at O'Christ o'clock tomorrow to swim in the pool and everyday until take off to alternate days at the hellhole they call the gym!!!
Talk tomorrow without involving muscles
Kelly
The fun in planning this trip has not solely been in the anticipation you feel about an impending holiday, but in what you discover in researching what it is you should be doing or seeing when you reach a destination.
Obviously, on any itinerary will be the usual suspects, the Tower of London, Betty & Phil's humpy, the Gardens of Sissinghurst for those fans of garden rooms and Vita Sackville West, the Eiffel Tower, Versailles, Reims and the little sparrow's museum. (Edith Piaf)all before we get to Italy where we then get to look dead popes, the remains of St Peter himself, Lucrezia Borgia and other fabulous mouldy things like those black and white truffles!!!
We have purchased the latest and lightest samsonite luggage and the appropriate lightweight travel gear. our next stage of planning involves booking our tours, rental cars, trains and boats that we want to do. All good.
What is not so good is the commitment I made to some how achieve some semblance of fitness prior to travel time so I am off to the gym at O'Christ o'clock tomorrow to swim in the pool and everyday until take off to alternate days at the hellhole they call the gym!!!
Talk tomorrow without involving muscles
Kelly
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