Blogging on the go is a go!

The side effect of my new phone is I can now post updates by phone once again, wherever I have service. Ironically, it was one more attempt at getting the settings right for that on my old phone that apparently did it in.

I'm not certain what my international roaming is going to be like, but I'm pretty sure I'll have service and therefore be able to post a few very brief updates from Italy/Germany/wherever I end up.

Which, omigosh... I leave for tomorrow!

Kind of funny that something like that is enough of a sidenote to hardly get mentioned, but I've been scrambling this week to try and make my arrangements. I underestimated how busy Rome would be this time of year and finding a room for this weekend was tough, but I've got one now.

I don't have a full itinerary, but this is roughly what it is looking like...

Thursday - head down to Shannon in the afternoon, fly out to Rome in the evening.
Friday and Saturday - explore Rome
Sunday - head up to Florence, meet up with Jen and her cousins
Monday, Tuesday and maybe Wednesday - explore Florence--and maybe Pisa?

Now here's where it gets a bit fuzzy... I'll have until the following Sunday--correction, Monday--when I fly back to Shannon from Venice. Originally, it sounded like Jen and her cousins were going to head up to Venice on maybe Tuesday or so, but I'm not sure if that's still the case. Either way, I'll be heading north from Florence on Tuesday or Wednesday, either to Venice, or possibly straight up to Munich. I'll kind of see where the wind takes me, I suppose, but am hoping to spend a few days each in Venice, Munich, and possibly Salzburg.

Unfortunately, I never managed to track down my relatives who are supposedly living just outside Munich, so that'll have to be saved for another time. I might like to try and get to the town of Ulm, which is close to Munich, though. My great grandmother's maiden name was 'Ulm', so I'm going to assume there's some family connection there.

Whether I'm able to blog-by-phone or not, I'll try and hit a few net cafes along the way to keep you posted and keep in touch a bit more.

Whatever happens, I'm sure its going to be a great ride!