Hello

We're leaving for the airport in an hour. This will be Leslie's first non-Canadian trip outside the US. I'll finally get to go back to Italy, a country I spent a much too short week in when Leslie and I started dating in 2005. Six years later, we'll finally get to see all the things I wanted her to be there with me to see. It'll also be wonderful to see our friends that are living in Rome now and I'll get a much needed break.

I hope to blog every night, or as often as possible. It seemed to be a great way of journaling my trip when I traveled in the past. Plus, my mother seemed to appreciate the updates.

And now, my foray into the Italian language begins with a simple...

Arrivederci!