Now my biggest worry is packing... I have to pack one bag for 4 months. At first you think, 'Four months? No big deal. Besides, Europeans generally own only a couple of outfits anyways.' And let me say, I am all for outfit repeating and getting clever with my wardrobe by turning five articles of clothing into twenty different looks. But the big problem is weather. I'm going to get there in the tail end of summer (which still means it's in the mid/upper nineties) and I'll be leaving in January... So I'm up against extremely humid heat and crisp chills at the same time. I'm thinking my plan is going to revolve around layers. This way I can switch things up while still having room for climate change.
I'm looking forward to getting lost and discovering amazing things by accident. That's how I found the Trevi fountain the first time! I was walking down a tiny street lined with vendors and all of a sudden it opened into a large space and the Trevi fountain was right there! As much as I love tours and am grateful to the people who do them and supply the masses with information that they otherwise would not have known, I still prefer to discover things on my own. Probably because I dislike people scheduling every moment of my exploration time, and because I have an insatiable curiosity, but most of all because I am generally more well educated about some of the things that the tour guides have to talk about. I don't mean to sound like a snob, but I just get irked when people make blanket statements about history without going into the meaning and significance of specifics. So I'm going to get purposefully lost (don't worry, my sense of direction is impeccable!) and see what I find whether it be a hidden historical landmark or a really good gelatto shop!
I am way too excited to even wait for this week to pass! I'm about to just start jumping about and packing everything and anything! Just wait... I'll end up at the airport way too early and be vibrating with uncontrollable joy mixed with impatience and everyone is going to just assume I'm on drugs... oh dear.
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