It is the day of our departure to Italy and I have been up since 5:30. We attempted to fool around with jet lag and went to bed earlier these past fews days and then wanted to get up at the crack of dawn. Needless to say, I am up and roaming around the house as Rob enjoys the last few hours of shut eye. I don't think our plan worked.

Italy--everything we have heard and read about this amazing country will be a reality by tomorrow morning. I will be up drinking my Italian coffee, listening to the sounds of Rome as Rob snores away in bed. He will be sorry he did not adhere to our system to beat the jet lag curse. At least I hope I am right (usually am).

If you are following my blog, I hope to update our adventures every few days. I'm not sure what kind of computer access we will have, but that is the plan. I also hope to improve on my Italian, which is presently limited to five words. So far I know, hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and where is the bathroom. I really don't know how Rob can turn those words around and offend anyone but time will tell!

Let the adventure begin!