Final preparations begin. I feel very calm, not all like I usually am before a trip. Maybe because I have only myself to attend to. This will be our first journey without the kids. Alex was over for dinner last evening and getting a touch melancholy about her semester in Italy. We will miss them AND it is time for a adventure on our own.
Nature is all-powerful in Italy,
and who is it that would not prefer the sins of her exuberance
to the crimes of art?
Lord Byron
quoted by Lady Blessington,
Conversations with Byron, 1832
I plan to get my fill of both!
have a wonderful time! take lots of photos. i love your photos. most of all, do you. you've earned it, dear one.
Posted by: Angella Lister | January 30, 2012 at 10:53 AM
That Lord Byron is such a know-it-all!
Yep, I guess it is time that you grew up and went without the kids. I wouldn't know that feeling so I can't wait to see how you do on your own.
I suspect you'll have a great time.
m.
Posted by: Mark | January 30, 2012 at 11:19 AM