Friday, September 16, 2011

Day Zero of 25 - P3 - packing, planning and pondering

I wonder how much time will be available to blog as I get things ready to take on this trip to celebrate our 46th wedding anniversary. Here's a sample of a prior adventure:

http://mariano-smasemanasanta2010.blogspot.com/

I will select a photo for each day with a short description of that day’s highlights. Also provide a link to additional photos.

As I write this, I hear this Tom Cochrane song – Life Is A Highway.


Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside every darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where the brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate, break down the garden gate
There's not much time left today...

We all feel at times the road diverges. As the Yogi Berra, the NY Yankees manager and philosopher, would say: “ When you come to the fork in the road – take it!"

So, we are off on a new path. Carol was able to research two trips that coincide with our special day and places we have talked about visiting: The Amalfi Coast of southwest Italy and Istanbul, Turkey.

Amalfi Coast http://www.roadscholar.org/programs/programdetail.asp?RowId=1-4PCI6Q

Istanbul, Turkey http://www.roadscholar.org/programs/programdetail.asp?DId=1-5D81EZ

I know for sure – will take MANY photos. As for time and access to the internet, really don’t know what is possible. I think it might be better to make some notes each day, and then fill in the blog blanks when we return.

So, no worry about getting a daily note of what we saw and ate (-:

I will let you know as the “stories” become available. If you are not interested at all in receiving the post-trip notice – let me know. I will remove your name from my trip blog list.

By the way - the map shown in the blog header is from 1481 A.D., Byzantine, not bizarre.

See Blog Day 1 @ http://pizza-and-popes-2011.blogspot.com/2011/11/p3-day-1-of-25-monday-september-19-2011.html

Photos - Day 1 to 11

Photos - Day 12 to 21 

Photos - Day 22 to 25

Peace – Marion & Carol