Lisa and Dana’s Italy Adventure

When you are ready for a vacation, perhaps nothing is more thrilling than doing your work ‘out of office’ reply on your email realizing you’ll be gone for 16 days. You actually feel gleeful when typing up your automated response. Oh, the joys of ‘checking out.’

Ten years ago, my high school BFF (Dana) and I celebrated our 40th birthday in Italy. It was the trip of a lifetime and we mused back then over wine and an exquisite plate of meat and cheese, ‘We must do this again on our 50th!’

Who knew the last decade would pass so quickly and we would be looking forward to ‘Over the Hill’ celebrations in September (when we actually both turn 50) so quickly?

You are welcome to join us for our adventures if you need a little break in the next two weeks. We’ll be traveling to Milan, Lake Maggiore, Tuscany, and Florence. Believe it or not, blogging is how I relax at night and absorb all of the magic of the day. I also do a blog to create a history and memory for myself to read at a future time.

Here is a picture of us from our trip 10 years ago. Younger then – yes, wiser now – yes. Here we go again…