WordPress tells me it’s been 14 days since my last post. I’m not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, it implies, in a way, I’ve done nothing in the past 14 days. And on the other hand it kind of begs the question, what have I been doing these past 14 days? Well, nothing too exciting, I can tell you that; I’m not a Facebook or Instragram person, I don’t feel the need to share a picture/update of my morning’s coffee, etc.

But, for the purposes of posterity, or at a minimum to make this blog as comprehensive as possible so that I can (better try to) remember everything I’ve done and where I’ve been, I’ll recount a little of what’s taken place in preparation for my 3-month trip to Italy.

Rental car. Ended up going with Autoeurope (a group out of Maine). I found their prices, availability, terms and service to be very fair/reasonable. In the end, I have rented a car (10 days) in Sicily with them, and another rental period out of Turin airport (60 consecutive days, many places won’t/don’t even offer that) with them as well.