The Covid restrictions have eased in the US and in Italy. That's a good thing. Unfortunately, monkeypox is now a thing. What will happen with Monkeypox is anybody guess, but at the moment it's being declared an emergency in some places like Washington state.
My luggage only weighs 35 pounds but it feels like 100. I'm considering lightening it a bit but I don't know if I will. How does one go for 3 weeks to another country with next to nothing for clothing? We keep saying there will be washers in the Airbnb's but I don't think they use dryers, which is bizarre to us Americans.
Speaking of strange things, Anya says she'll believe we're going on this trip when we actually get there. The Icelandic volcano exploded, which halted all air travel the last time it did so. Luggage has been lost at an unprecedented rate. Lufthansa had a major strike and they've only settled with the ground crew so far and not the pilots, so flights have gotten canceled left and right. They canceled 800 flight yesterday and stranded 130,000 travelers. Apparently these strikes are an annual occurrence and they don't typically get resolved very quickly. It's so stressful as a consumer.
On top of all of this, my loving partner has decided he doesn't want to drive to the airport, nor drive home after our trip. So we're taking a train to Portland and two Max busses to the airport from there. This is also stressing me out. I dislike the idea of lugging very large, 40 pound luggage around on trains and busses. Then again, that's what we'll be doing in Italy. I wonder if I should whittle down my clothing I'm taking.
Last night our tour operator for the St. Mark's Basilica night-tour reached out and said they had to cancel our reservation, which we'd had since February. The only night a replacement was available is the night of our Opera tickets. Finally, this afternoon, Robert agreed to check and see if the Opera could be rescheduled. It could! So we swapped nights for St. Mark's and the Opera! I'm so relieved. The night tour is one of the few things Erin and Mui suggested. I'm glad we get to go. The new tickets were over $400 for the three of us, but they're worth it I hope. We've spent a mint on this trip. I hope it goes well.
I don't pray. I'm not religious. I've seen too much pain and heartache and senseless violence to believe in a deity. But I might hedge my bets on this one. Maybe I'll say a little prayer every night, asking that we make it to Italy and that we survive Italy.
Wouldn't that be nice??
Here's my Opera Dress:
No comments:
Post a Comment