Going to Italy next month!!

At WineAndFoodPhilosophy.com our motto is "Where the wine always comes first.", so I am a bit embarrassed to admit that I am not sure which I am more excited about....the wine or the food. I mean to have that amazing first hand experience of a cuisine I teach on a regular basis, excites me in a way that causes my chest to fill with joyous expectation. Yet, as a teacher my first passion is teaching wine classes. I have traveled through many wine regions in France, lived in Burgundy and South Australia, so I am especially well versed in these wines. I crave that first hand experience with Italian wines. I want to be able to remember how beautiful the Sangiovese vines on the slopes of Montacino look in as the sun sets when I am teaching my students about Tuscany. And I want to have a funny story of wine tasting in the Chianti Classico district or in La Morra of Barolo. There is nothing like a good story to liven up a wine class.

Anyway, for anyone who has read my blog before, you know that I am a terrible blogger because I don't actually blog, not really. I posted a few entries when I signed up with ambitious intentions....yeah, yeah, yeah. So, I am trying to get back on the blogging wagon. I am travelling to Italy in October. I will post my itinerary and will blog daily during my trip, telling of my experiences and adventures and posting photos. Of course, all of this is dependent on the technology. So assuming my computer and camera works and all of the Internet connections are good, my only excuse will be if a gorgeous Italian named Paolo decides he cannot live without me and marries me. You can see how that would interfere with my blogging.

I am going to Italy October 20 and returning November 4, 2009. I will be there for 2 weeks and will spend 4 days in Rome and am renting a car for 10 days, driving through Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, the Cinque Terre and Piemonte. As the date nears I will post a more detailed itinerary.