Just four more nights of sleep before I get on a plane and head off to Italy.  It’s been a vacation that’s been planned, in general, for many, many months, although some of the finer details have just come together over the last couple of weeks.
Bright and early on Wednesday morning, I head off to Milan, Italy.

I plan to spend about half a day in that busy city, and then head off to Lake Maggiore for a few days of relaxation and exploration,before heading to Tuscany and a couple of weeks (a return visit) at a wonderful farmhouse on a …read more