My good friend EIC and I began taking a "BIG TRIP" once every 5 years - our first trip was to Australia in 1995 - we tried to see the entire continent in 18 days! We remember moving our luggage ALOT! We returned again in 2000 and then again in 2005. Each time slowing the moving pace down a bit - and enjoying our favorite places for longer periods of time! So here it is 2010 - and we will find ourselves for the very first time - not working full time (EIC retires June 30 - I stopped working full time in Feb 2010).
We started planning the trips to keep us focused toward something that kept us slogging through work! It was great fun planning - and then felt even better to just get away from the rat race.
Our plan when we started this was to take a trip every 5 years for as long as we were both able to travel. So it just seems wrong to not go somewhere in 2010 - the year that we both are retired or at least now working like fools!
SO - let the planning begin - we have chosen Rome, Italy in early November 2010. Am sure this is the latest we have every started all our planning - we usually have almost everything done way way in advance. We think we are going to stay in Rome - rent an apartment / flat - and then take day trips from there. Hmm - will be interesting how the plans unfold! Great Fun!
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