We purchased out tickets to Italy. No going back now!! Our official leave date is Oct 2nd. We fly out from Chicago at like 10:45 at night, which I am actually kind of happy about. I don't like to fly and it is a first flight for 2 of my children and the last time Alex flew he was like 6 so he barely remembers it. I think it will be good for them to be tired and able to sleep for the first part of this crazy long flight. We fly from here to Turkey and have a 5 hr layover in Turkey, then fly into Rome, Italy. Turkey is kind of on the brink of some civil unrest so some prayers for safety while there waiting for our flight out would be appreciated :) Buying the tickets was very exciting, we got an awesome deal, but it still kind of felt a little like it could just be a vacation. Not like we were leaving for a WHOLE YEAR!!! Well this next thing we did changed that for sure!!
We have officially found a home for our first 3 months in Italy!! We are soo excited! We love it!!! We will be living in Perugia, Umbria, Italy! It is a bigger city (actually the capitol in Umbria) so we don't have to worry about needing a vehicle to get places. We can rely on the public transportation, Wifi won't be an issue so communicating with family and friends will be pretty easy also. Here is a link to view the neighborhood on google maps. I am super excited!! Paying for our rent and getting a place to stay for our first 3 months over there has made it so much more real! Now I just have to start getting rid of our stuff here and packing up the few things we want to keep. Pretty much everything is going so if someone needs something make an offer!! We also need boxes so if anyone has any we will take them off your hands for ya! :)
Tim just sent me an email saying that one of these is our mailbox while there!! Yay!!
