One list among many

I can't count how many travel books my mother and I have acquired over the last few weeks. All have been helpful in one way or another. Of recent note, according to the AAA Spiral Guide on Italy, when in Italy, one should:

1. Try the regional food and wine
2. Browse in a food market
3. Join the evening passeggiata
4. Walk in the countryside
5. Enjoy an excellent cup of coffee in a bar
6. Take in at least one of Italy’s great museums
7. Shop for clothes, knitwear, leather and crafts
8. Swim in the clear coastal waters

We already have plans to do seven of the above eight things.
Any idea which one we won’t be doing? ;D

Trip planning starts now

This week, my mom and I made our airline reservations for our trip to Italy in July. We'd dawdled so long in deciding when we would go that the price was outrageous, but because last year was such a nightmare for the whole family, her especially, we've decided to splurge on ourselves and push forward with this once in a lifetime trip.

This afternoon, I ducked into Borders and found a great book on daytrips through Italy. I don't have the title in front of me (it's already upstairs on my nightstand), but I'll post it in a future entry. I'm hoping that we'll see a few things that I haven't seen before--this will be my third trip--and move beyond the Rome-Florence-Venice structure that has characterized by last two visits. If anyone out there is reading this early enough in the planning stage, I'd love to hear your suggestions.