Well , we did receive an email from him, but it seems we wouldn't be profitable enough. He really would rather plan the whole trip, and he doesn't do hostels OR ferries. We actually didn't ask him to do that part of it, we just wanted help with the trains and airfares, but I can understand that he would need to do a certain amount of work to make it worthwhile. He has a minimal amount he needs up front to do the planning (non-refundable) and although he may save us some money, it isn't money we want to spend if we can't have the trip we want. He did set out a tentative route, but it isn't really what we were looking for, so we are doing it on our own, for better or worse.
So I am on my way to bed with the confusion of London to Amersham (can we fit in the ancestral home of the Finals in between landing in London and taking off for Scotland the evening of the same day?), figuring out how to best get from Amsterdam to Vienna (there doesn't seem to be a direct route), and then getting us from Vienna into my real part of the trip, Italy.
Getting the Perugia lodging planned is a relief. They have been great to deal with, so far, and the deposit went off on Paypal (50€=$68) without an international blip, and we now have a place to stay near Perugia in the midst of the EuroChocolate Festival. I think we will be fine being outside of the action in town, and actually may find we only spend a short time a the festival, and the rest exploring the farm. We also think we may end up back there later in the trip for another day....OR
We have invited the daughter of a friend of Becky's who is studying Italian at University to come visit us during our trip when we are in Cinque Terre. At the same time, we are also hoping our cousin, Libby who is in Saint Gaudens, France for a year (and who may still be there in October) will be able to visit at the same time. Libby and Kim (Becky's friend) have so much in common...they are both talented musicians and love travel and languages...and we know they will be great international friends. The area we will be in at that time will be on the Italian Riviera and there are several interesting, beautiful places to see while we are there. It could be fun for all of us, and Becky and I may be REALLY tired of each other's company by then and ready for some (English) distractions.
On to bed, hopefully before midnight for the first time in weeks. So much floating around in my head. Time to go listen to Nomadi and rest my brain for another fun European assault tomorrow.
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