Saturday, June 14, 2008

June 14th and the sun finally has come out of hiding!

If one ever wonders why I write of travels and not of home, the answer is in the weather here in the Pacific NW. This weekend is not the first we have had sun this year but for the past few weeks it has been unseasonably cold! Snow at 3000 feet in the Cascades, nighttime temps in the l0w 40s and high 30s and generally cold and blustery with rain regularly...that all day drizzle...

So...one dreams constantly of travels to sunny and warm climes. Southern Italy is but one place the weather is better than here...

Next year my spouse and I are married 30 years so 2009, for certain, is an Italy year. We will start planning now so that we can prolong the pleasure (it stretches from the days of planning right through the trip and visit and continues long after the return home...with memories that never go away...

We recall, with vivid detail, our first trip to Italy in 1984...almost as if it was just last year...that's what an Italy experience, a good Italy experience, can do! So, stay tuned, check back, because if you enjoy my musings I promise there will be more weekly for the next year and a half.

Ciao (for now)...