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mad summer travels, another installment
I leave today for the Big One.
Today I'm going to Atlanta. My friend Joanna is getting married on Saturday. I leave from the wedding to go to the airport where I catch a plane to London.
I have a 7 hour layover in London at just enough of an awkward time such that i can't go to church in London. Bummer. Guess I'll sit in the airport and read a sermon.
In the afternoon I'll go from London to Venice (all part of the same Brit Air flight). From where I'll take a shuttle from the airport to the main train station. I may stop and have gelato while I'm there, before hopping on the train to Bologna.
After spending the night (at last!) there, I'll hop on the train to the nearby town of Dozza. Actually, a train doesn't go to Dozza, so I'll have to take it to Imola and take a taxi to Dozza. My seminar is all week.
On Saturday, I hope to visit Ferrara where Josquin worked in the early 16th c. Then I'll go to Germany to visit my brother for a couple of days. (Can't remember the name of his town).
The following Tues. I'm off to Paris to visit Alison and Nicolas. I'll stay there until the following Monday, at which time I'll catch a flight back to Venice, where my trans-Atlantic flight starts. I have an 11 hr layover in London, starting at the convenient time of 11.30 pm. :S And arrive back in Atlanta sometime on Tues, where I'll catch a separate AirTran flight back to New Orleans.
So that's the plan.
I'm not packed. I can't find my favorite brown pants. How do you lose pants!! I don't have my passport yet. Still dealing with the whole Theft problem. I finally did find the marriage certificate after I ordered the new one. The seminar people are JUST NOW sending assignments to read beforehand! Why am I still in my pajamas!?!?!
I'll try to blog when I can while I'm mad traveling, but if I'm not and you're wondering where I am, I refer you to above itinerary.
Ciao!
Comments
katiek:
Oh I'm so jealous!! Have a blast! I expect cool pictures on your blog!
mom2:
Is the 11 hr layover at Gatwick or Heathrow? There is a Comfort Inn at Heathrow for $69 per night. There is a shuttle from the airport. Would the school reimburse you for the hotel?
I would like to know you are somewhere safe, where you could sleep securely for a few hours, rather than falling asleep at the airport where someone might steal your purse or overnight bag while you sleep.
Jeannette:
Gatwick. I'll be fine. I've spent the night in that airport before. Besides, I'll probably not be able to sleep and will sightsee some.
mom2:
won't you be too sleep deprived to sight see? And WHERE will you sightsee at midnight???
Jeannette:
I can't believe we're having this conversation like instant-messenger or something. HA! Duh. London is club city! Can't you see me out clubbing!? I'm just trying to worry you, because you're so worriable. Right now, what I will for a few hour layover is the least of my worries. I've been laidover extensively many times. I can handle it.
mom2:
sigh
Shannon:
Yay Jeannette!! You'll have a fabulous time! Too bad we don't get those old timey stickers from each foreign country we visit on our suitcases/trunks anymore. That woulda been cool. But, still, you can probably squeeze some fun out the trip. ;)
rebecca:
jeannette, have a fabulous trip!!! and do take pictures to share with us in the future. please please please give alison and nicolas my love -- how wonderful you'll be seeing them.
Erica:
LOL... I hope you got your passport. =) That's a bit of an important thing to have with you, so I assume you were just waiting for it in the mail or something? Maybe you were going to pick it up. In any case, since you haven't blogged to say something terrible happened and you aren't going, I'll assume that you'll be safely be on your way this afternoon after the wedding. Bon giorno, and bon [however you say "trip" in Italian... if it's not an opera word, I don't know it]. =)
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