Italy HO!

Hello all,

So it's been awhile but we finally have a plan of action! In a more an intelligent decision, Joe and I decided that getting one of these round the world trip tickets for a longer trip like ours wasn't practical given that we could get sick or hurt and need to come back early... Instead we calculated how much our trip would cost if we just bought cheap one-way tickets, and found it to be surprisingly much more affordable. After dallying with the idea of going to Brazil, buying tickets and the WWOOF list, we decided it would be ironically more inexpensive to go straight to Italy (a ticket from Brazil to Europe ran about $800).

Joe found a great fare across the pond to England on SEPTEMBER 4th! Then we got a ridiculously cheap fare from RyanAir (10 bucks) to Italy. We are flying into Bologna, staying at the beach with our good friend David and then meeting up at our first WWOOF farmstay. The farm is called L'Ape Regina. www.laperegina.com. Read about their TREEHOUSE! Apparently it causes young couples to conceive....so if you are having problems....

Anyways, after a couple weeks here we are moving south to a lovely farm in Campania, 1 mile away from the beach and also in the middle-of-nowhere-gorgeous-Italy.

All this sounds wonderful, but I am beginning to realize that farm work is going to actually be really difficult.

I am also beginning to work on my Italian, so from here in Tennessee: Arrivederci Y'all.