Thursday, August 26, 2010

More good news and Italy

More good news! Our bathroom estimate came in at MUCH less than we thought. I was a little depressed that we'd have to spend almost $3000 of our winnings on it. It came in at $1200 plus the cost of tile. Woohoo!

We've just extended our Italy trip by a few days. The tentative plan is to do two nights in Siena, three nights in Lucca (countryside, on a winery in rustic lodging...maybe this one), then hit the coastal five hillside cities in Cinque Terre for a few days. After that, it's off to my preconference in Prato and then down to Rome for the actual conference for a week. When we are in Prato we'll visit Florence. Not sure if We'll hit the other major tourist cities such as Venice and Pisa. Don't want to cram too much in and make it stressful.

I've never been to Europe, so this is exciting!


5 comments:

maroonclown said...

Does the good news ever stop? Your trip sounds like fun.

Here's hoping your tiles aren't $1,800.

Breezy said...

Yay!!!

Man your trip sounds awesome!

kim (weltek) said...

I do have this "Griswold" feeling about the whole thing, though.

kim (weltek) said...

I also really want a Clarisonic, but I don't know that I can make that expensive of a purchase with a clear conscience.

kim (weltek) said...

Gah-rear brake job just cost us twice what I anticipated. There goes some of that money we "saved" on the shower estimate.