Holy crap!

The reality is sinking in that in just over 24 hours, I'm going to be in Italy.

This being but a side trip from this rather significant primary adventure has kept me from realizing just how cool this trip is going to be in its own right. But its hitting me like a load of bricks now. Wow. I'm stoked!

I've never been to the mainland of Europe before. I guess I've been to non-English speaking nations before--even travelling by myself when I went to Tel Aviv. But that was for work and all I really had to worry about was getting up and getting a taxi to the office each morning, so its not quite comparable.

The language thing though really shouldn't be a problem, from everything that I've heard. But you never know what interesting experience you might run into!

The plans are about as firm as they're going to get at this point. Nothing much has changed from my last post, other than that I've decided Venice will be the end of the trip. I've made reservations in what seems like a nice place there for Saturday and Sunday nights. So I'll have from Wednesday to Saturday to get from Florence to Venice, via whatever circuitous route I may take. I'm definitely hoping it includes Munich, and I've heard from multiple sources that Salzburg is a can't miss, but who knows what might come up along the way.