Wednesday, September 12, 2012

A slight detour . . .

Hmmm... Looks like I never got past the third day of our Cuba tour on this blog.   Since I wrote that last entry in June, we have made a couple of short, family-related trips, and have been keeping busy with gardening, grandkids, and the planning of another trip this fall. Those are my excuses anyway, albeit not very good ones. :(  Now, in 12 days (yikes!), we will be leaving on another adventure! It seems, we need to stay home longer so I can finish writing about and posting photos from our travels!

I did tell myself a couple of weeks ago that I could get a few more Cuba entries written before we leave, but as our departure date approaches, I am suddenly realizing how crazy that is. Sorry. I promise I will finish up the Cuba tour in the future, but it might be 2013 before I get to it. Hopefully my memory won't fail me then!

"So," you may be asking, "where are you crazy people flying off to this time?" And the answer is: mostly to places we have already been to many times in the past, but this time we will be acting as tour guides for my sister Teri. 

Teri, who has never been out of the country (except for Mexico -- I guess that counts), has always dreamed of visiting Paris, and since I love Italy so much, she has wanted to see it for herself. She is finally going to be able to do that, and has asked us to be her guides. Always looking for an excuse to visit some of our favorite European locations, we agreed to show her around Paris, Venice, Rome, and Sorrento. After she returns home at the end of her 16-day tour (and keeping with our tradition of going someplace we've never been to on each trip), Sam and I will fly to Istanbul, Turkey for a few days before returning home! 

Ciao for now, and there will be more to come soon!