Stuff to buy

I need new good walking shoes. I need a TSA travel lock, a EU power adaptor and a neck wallet thing.

Not a big list. Which means I am likely to be forgetting a lot. I really want to pack as light as possible. One case, half empty to fill along the way. Surely this is doable!?

From there to here

Traveling is a passion. Sadly, it is an expensive one and one I have always longed to do more of. I am Australian, and live in Melbourne. I've been to the USA twice. The first trip I drove from Seattle down to San Francisco and spent a week in SFO. Beautiful city. The second trip I went to LA and NYC. The former bored me, the latter thrilled me. Both times I met someone in country to travel with, but flew to and from alone. I have children, but they are too small yet to come with me. One is close, he is 11. We are planning the UK next year together.

But this year, this year is my dream. Since I was a child I have wanted to go to Italy. Several times now I have come close, but it's never eventuated for various reasons. It's never gone away. It remains my dream. Now I am working I intend to travel more and I've just confirmed a small loan to enable me to live that dream. 8 days in Italy and 2-3 to Paris tacked onto the end. Magnifique!!!

Other places I'd love to go some day are the rest of Europe, New Zealand, South America...

So, I've paid a deposit on an 8 day tour of Italy, and I am waiting for the $$ to come through to secure my flights. Then it's no turning back! My passport has expired too, so I need to get a new one of those happening ASAP. SQUEE!!!!!!