It's ALL I Can Think About!

So, you know how when you are planning on having a baby, or building a house- thoughts and plans for those events consume every waking moment of your thoughts... Well, now that our Mediterranean vacation is booked- it is ALL I can think about. I'll just warn all of you right now, it's probably all I will talk about too for the next, I don't know 6 months, maybe longer! Sorry, but that's what you get when I'm planning the trip of my life (so far that is ;). I'm so dang excited I can hardly stand it, and the only reason that I'm not wishing it was sooner is that the anticipation and planning is fun too!

I have to force myself to get off the computer to clean and do my normal responsible duties, because I'm having so much fun researching our cruise ship, and our different ports of call, and where to eat in Barcelona, and what to do in Rome, and how to avoid pickpockets in Naples, and what to pack, and chocolates in Amsterdam, and even the Mall of America in Minneapolis (we have a couple hours layover), museums in Florence, bakeries in Cannes, if excursions to Nice or Pompeii are worth it, etc. etc. etc.

link for close-up pic of crusty bread

I'm even driving Chris crazy with the newest travel blog that I've found about Catalan bread, and the guy that says the seafood in La Boqueria is amazing, but the mushrooms at 16 euro aren't worth it. You get the idea. But the funny thing is that while I'm obviously excited about the museums and architecture and culture- Chris and I of course are most excited about the FOOD! Food, glorious food! I'm excited about 24/7 food on the ship, I'm excited about Tapas in Barcelona, I'm excited about Bistros and Bakeries in France. I'm excited about Pasta in Italy, pastries and chocolates in Amsterdam, thick Hot Chocolate at Dulcinea, finding the Bistros, and cafes down the alley full of locals and not tourists, fresh food in the open markets, bread, cheese, chocolate, pastries, seafood, pastas, mmmmm, yummy! My plan is to eat my way through this entire trip and I don't even care how many pounds I put on because of it. I'm going to figure out how to train myself to not sleep and eat constantly for this trip!