As the wedding continues to come together, I realize that there are a lot of things about wedding that I had zero idea about until I got engaged. For instance, did you know that you’re supposed to have a date and venue set within 24 hours of getting engaged? That timeframe seems a bit aggressive…
Tag: Italy
Day Six: Hello, Venice!
“The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” – Saint Augustine As the sun rose over the Florence skyline, I was just finished packing and ready to head downstairs for an early breakfast. Today was the first of two city transfer for the trip and I was required…
Day Two: Ill After Effects of Transatlantic Flights
“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” -G.K. Chesterton We landed in Florence with such a change in climate that most of us were appalled by how much we should be living here instead…
Day One: It Begins
“Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo” -Al Gore If you ever want a work day to seemingly last forever, the best way to do this is to plan a extensive vacation because the last workday before you leave will undoubtedly feel this way. I can’t say I was…
Round Two… (36 Days to Departure)
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” -Mark Twain It’s February and those close to me know…
