I love planning trips almost as much as I love taking them. Especially to Europe. In my pre-Conley days I would spend months reading different travel books and combing through online resources and blogs and write out detailed plans for every day of our trips - my school and/or work spiral would have multiple versions of proposed itineraries. I oftentimes would dream of having a career in travel - leading tours, planning vacations for people, or writing for guidebooks. For domestic trips I would plan out all the must-visit restaurants, dessert spots, and boutiques - sometimes even making a neighborhood-by-neighborhood plan. Those days of uber-planning are over but I still get pretty excited about any trip we take. We've got two big ones planned for the summer - 12 nights in Italy and then a week in London. The trip planner in me is definitely excited and I have been doing a little almost every night - albeit scaled back a bit from the old days. Rick Steves is now my guidebook of choice, but I've also been perusing some blogs as well - Italy has been my main focus as that trip is first, just a month away now! Cities are finalized, hotels are booked - so now it's on to the important details: what to see and where to eat! Ciao Italy!
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