The passports are here, the passports are here!

Now we do officially have them, they actually came last week. Only 27 more day before we head out :)

We got our passports!

Well we don't actually have them in our hands, but after 3 visits to various post offices, we finally got them ordered, should be here in plenty of time :)

We met with a travel agent this week to help us plan out some of the details of the trip. Edna has lots of experience, over 30 years, but not sure if she is the girl for us. I am going to go by another agent office this week and then decide who gets to help us make sure we make the most of our trip.

Planning

We have the flights scheduled. We will leave Birmingham on July 24th and fly to Venice. Our return is August 4th from Amsterdam.

Current plan:
July 25 - arrive in Venice
St. Mark's Basillica & Doge's Palace
Accedemia
Thin slice pizza @ Pizza Al Volo, Campo Santa Margherita
Gelato - Gelateria Squaro on the Rio San Trovaso
Pastries - Tonolo
July 28 - train through Switzerland
July 29 - arrive in Paris
August 1 - late train from Paris to Amsterdam
August 4 - fly home

We are doing a lot research and narrowing down the sites we want to make sure we see in each area.