Planning the adventure

March 31 2011.:
154 days till I leave home for Tuscany.  So much to do, so many things to learn about!  I need to start a list as things occur to me, as ideas seem to leave as quickly as they arrive.  At present I am:

•  monitoring flight costs,
• monitoring exchange rates between Canadian dollars and Euros 
• researching options for car rentals,
•  trying to figure out how I will get my painting supplies to Tuscany without sacrificing room in the one suitcase I am allowed gto check in on the flight,
• looking at options for travel insurance,
• dertermining what is required for an international drivers liscence,
• determining if I need a visa to visit Italy for 4 months, and
• researching local artists near Castelmuzio who give painting lessons.

I know there is much more to do as well.  Does all this planning make the adventure less exciting?  Perhaps but it provides some sense of security as well.  I am so far outside my comfort zone that a tiny sense that I know what I am doing is much needed.
More later!
Ciao for now.