au revoir

it has been so very long since i've posted, and i thought that before i leave, i should tell you where we are going. the nyssens are embarking on their first ever, out of the country, family vacation. we are going to england, france, and italy for three weeks, and after that, greg is going on a week-long business trip to india. exciting! so, that is what i have been busy doing these past few months, and why i have not been blogging, or cooking, or cleaning (much!) i have been trying to plan a short-notice vacation, in the peak of summer, with the abysmal overseas dollar, and all that. i have reinforced how much i love, LOVE google. the world wide web truly is an amazing thing. if you have a question, surely someone else has had the same one. you type it in, and get all sorts of answers. it truly is a technological feat that connects the people of this big wide world and makes it a small one. how does one get to Nice, France from the Cinque Terre, Italy i wonder? i just plug it in and get results. it's truly amazing. i have been reading the lonely planet guide books. reading about cities, choosing destinations, researching train time-tables, booking B&B's with people who don't speak very good english, but better english than i speak italian. and on and on and on...

we leave in two days, and it really hasn't sunk it yet...still so much to do. but i am starting to let the excitement seep in, and hope to be fully relaxed once we touch ground on the other side.

so this is au revoir for now...

we wish you all a wonderful, hot and sunny july!

see you in august!