Wow! Three weeks from next Tuesday I will be off to Newfoundland with Ivy. Car rentals by now are IMPOSSIBLE to get, but I rented a car a long time ago, so we will be all set. Because there are so few cars there, it will cost us over $850 for two weeks. I forget how many miles or km we get, but at least we will have a way to see the spectacular countryside! We will be staying at Robin's (Ivy's daughter) house in Heart's Delight in the Avalon Region most of the time. Robin and her husband Jerry will arrive shortly before I leave,and then we'll head to a near-by B&B. From what I hear and read, there will be plenty to see and do!
The next part of my journey will start on August 4th, two days after I return from NFLD. I'm planning on having my suitcase for that trip all packed before I leave for NFLD to simplify things. We have signed up for two half day walking tours in Rome of the Vatican and the Ancient Rome sites like the Colisseum, etc. We will also take a 13 hour tour of Pompeii, Positano, and the Amalfi Coast in an eight person van to see these popular sites without the hassle of driving in the Italian countryside!
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Now it is 7 weeks to go........
A friend asked me, "What are you going to do when you get there?" And I know that lots of people wonder what I'll do because I will be travelling solo most of the time....
"I'll go to the grocery store and check out my new digs and who knows what else I might do to get oriented!" I replied. Or maybe I'll go to the beach or meet my new neighbors or_________! Well, I will let you know! I will be doing the kinds of things that you usually do when you first go on vacation-unpack, explore, etc. Once I am settled in, I will be reading guidebooks and planning my daily excursions. And now that I have learned about couch surfing, I will see if there are any folks I might meet up with!
About my "friends" at Ryanair....It turns out that while the confirmation codes are seven digits, I only needed to use the first six digits to access my flights on their websites. So while I was getting very frustrated, because I had paid for these flights and couldn't pull them up, I finally figured it out!
Perhaps I mentioned that I had signed up for Spanish and Italian at the Newton Adult Ed. I dropped out of "Italian for Travellers", because all the teacher did was go over Italian menus and tell the class of 4(then 3) about how to get from the Rome Airport into the city. Spanish has been more productive, and, in fact, I'm going to take soem private lessons from the teacher Soledad Phelan, since we don't get to the past or future tenses.
Seven weeks from today I'll be off to St. John's, or as Peter(and thousand of others) call it, "down home"! There are a few details still to be pulled together, but they will all come together! I've just finalized my reental cars. AutoEurope based in Portland, ME, seems to have the best prices and matches AAA, AARP, etc. prices.
Ciao!
"I'll go to the grocery store and check out my new digs and who knows what else I might do to get oriented!" I replied. Or maybe I'll go to the beach or meet my new neighbors or_________! Well, I will let you know! I will be doing the kinds of things that you usually do when you first go on vacation-unpack, explore, etc. Once I am settled in, I will be reading guidebooks and planning my daily excursions. And now that I have learned about couch surfing, I will see if there are any folks I might meet up with!
About my "friends" at Ryanair....It turns out that while the confirmation codes are seven digits, I only needed to use the first six digits to access my flights on their websites. So while I was getting very frustrated, because I had paid for these flights and couldn't pull them up, I finally figured it out!
Perhaps I mentioned that I had signed up for Spanish and Italian at the Newton Adult Ed. I dropped out of "Italian for Travellers", because all the teacher did was go over Italian menus and tell the class of 4(then 3) about how to get from the Rome Airport into the city. Spanish has been more productive, and, in fact, I'm going to take soem private lessons from the teacher Soledad Phelan, since we don't get to the past or future tenses.
Seven weeks from today I'll be off to St. John's, or as Peter(and thousand of others) call it, "down home"! There are a few details still to be pulled together, but they will all come together! I've just finalized my reental cars. AutoEurope based in Portland, ME, seems to have the best prices and matches AAA, AARP, etc. prices.
Ciao!
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