7 (12) day weekend

**This is the first entry ( gas on a plane is last)**



We packed our bags and left in hope of answering some lingering questions. We set aside some time to decide between two Italian cities, Livorno or Vicenzia. To make the experience a little less stressful we sprinkled some cities in-between.


In the end we did not find the answers we sought. Coming home without that clarity has proven to be difficult. We had deeply hoped to alleviate some of the stress that has come with this life change. Unfortunately now we are back to square one, exploring other countries and possibly other continents.
Although we did not find our new home some questions were answered that I didn't know I was asking. I found an important answer and that was yes. An overwhelming yes, yesIi do want to pack my bags, leave my incredible job behind and embark on an adventure with this man.  Yes I want him to pick gravel out of my cuts, and keep track of my credit cards. Yes, I want to be with him when he is jet-lagged when he is hungry and even after he has had dairy.

Over the course of the two weeks we saw the best and worst of ourselves. Without a doubt that was my favorite part. I didn't have a favorite city or a best meal, the best memories were moments in each day where I looked at him and knew we could be anywhere and wed still make it fun. It was yelling marco polo, it was listening to him speak Italian about his love for wine, it was watching his eye brows as he tried a new pasta, it was splashing in the pool, it was racing each other to the train, it was waking up to him doing yoga in the sunshine. It was wanting to kick him in the shins while still  wanting to kiss him at the same time. So yes, Italy was amazing, and we had great food and wine.

We didnt find that 'ah ha' moment with a particular city, as long as we were on the adventure together we could make any place work  ( butter rabbit, tricky slides and all)

Here is the itinerary

Day	Type	Sleeping location	Method of Travel	Arrival Time	Goals
Saturday 4/1	travel	livorno	air	1:25pm
Sunday 4/2	explore	livorno		all day	live able, jobs, water, pisa, marina, base?, scooters to beaches
Monday 4/3	explore	livorno			Florence day trip, dinner in florence
Tuesday 4/4	travel	lake garda	car	5pm	wine tour on way to lake garda
Wednesday  4/5	explore	lake garda			9-2 spa life. treatment at 11.
Thursday 4/6	explore	Verona	train to Verona  (4 euro 30 mins)	11	Juliette balcony hotel Milano for rooftop drinks (I need this) piper club lounge, dinner:
Friday 4/7	explore	Verona			vicenzia day trip
Saturday  4/8	travel	cormons	car at 10 am in Verona		get to wine country asap
Sunday 4/9	explore	cormons	car		make Keith unbearably happy dinner at la subida
Monday 4/10	travel/ explore	venice molino stucky castle of Hilton dreams	car	leave wine town at 10 am	that pool, saint marcs, just be in Venice. Buy mask for future home.
Tuesday 4/11	travel	Amsterdam	air	1:40 pm	meet up with nick, explore anmsterdam
Wednesday 4/12	travel	Amsterdam/seattle	air	11am. land in seattle at  11am	survive