6/18 - Milan to Venice

Three and a half movies, two fabulous meals and about 8 hours later, we arrived in Milan. Milan! I'm in Milan!! I take some photos by the :Welcome to Milan" sign as any decent tourist would do and I got to embarrass my travel partner in the process. Bonus!  I even got an eyeroll, heh!

6/17 - DFW - Milan via JFK

One of the few times I'll never complain about waking up early.

As I predicted, my excitement kept me up until around 3am.  The alarm buzzes at 6am, some quick last minute packing later, I shuttled off the airport.  Hmm...seems like Sunday morning is a very popular time to travel.

I got to experience my new Bose noise canceling headsets while chilling in first class.  That thing is pretty amazing.  It's ironic how quickly we get attached to gadgets that now "can't live without" that we never thought we wanted.

6/16 - Italy [Take 2]

Yes it's decadent, some would even say it's a bit insane...but I'm not feeling the least bit guilty about heading to Italy twice in one year, not even a teensy weensy bit.

I'm packing (ok not really since I'm blogging) for the flight tomorrow and I'm ridiculously giddy.  Two weeks of mouth watering Italian cuisine (anyone who knows me even a little knows it's all about the food) in one of the most beautiful countries I've ever visited second only to New Zealand.  When I first traveled to Italy earlier this year, I was stunned by the beauty of the food, the people and the countryside.  This time, it's the anticipation of knowing what I am about to experience again and being able to finally see the Vatican and the Coliseum (that I missed the first go around to due to the freak snow storm in early February that shut down the entire city of Rome) that has me so antsy.