Finally Going to Europe!

I can't believe that we are actually going, even after all of our preparations! Tomorrow Skyler and I leave for Italy! I've had a weird, nervous feeling all week. It's probably because I feel underprepared. Of course we have spent hours upon hours getting ready for this time, but since we've never done anything like this before, I feel like we will forget something. 

Last week we did a practice bike/camping trip to O'Neill park. (I'm waiting for pictures from a ceratin person to remain nameless.) We left Friday night and rode our bikes 25 miles to O'Neill park, with all of our stuff on our bikes. That night, we tested out our camping gear and then rode back home the next day.

We leave in the morning and will be getting to Venice on Sunday morning (9 hour time difference). We will pick up our bikes and stay in Venice for one night. On the road the next day. Four or five days of riding until Florence. One or two nights there. Five or six days of riding to Rome. We will turn in our bikes and enjoy Rome for five days. On Sunday, May 31 we will get to watch the final stage of the Giro de Italia. I am planning on meeting Lance Armstrong. Monday will be a sad day, as we begin our trip home. We will return Monday night.

I will try to post updates when I get a chance to use a computer. Ciao (that means hello and good-bye in Italian and is the extent of my Italian)!