Countdown to the Mediterranean!

 89 days until we are in Barcelona, Spain and boarding the cruise to start our amazing 10 day trip (11 if you count another day in Barcelona we are staying after the cruise!) that will take us to so many amazing places I've only dreamed of seeing!  Can you tell I'm excited?! :)
Everything is finished and there is no turning back now...no matter how nerve wracking the thought of flying over the ocean is!  haha.  Somehow we'll make it through that part, I'm sure.  Conner is probably going to have the hardest time with the flight and is already mentioning that maybe Grandpa or Bryan could prescribe something to just knock him out.  I don't think that's going to happen but won't be telling him that.
This blog is really for me and to look back at as a journal type thing so I'm going to ramble about our trip!  It's going to be so neat!  We are flying to Barcelona to board the ship.  After a day at sea we will be in Valleta, Malta.  I have to admit I have never, ever heard of it before the planning for this trip.  We will be doing some kind of power boat trip where we will end up eating at a nice outdoor restaurant on a cliff overlooking the ocean.  Day 3 takes us to Tunis, Tunisia.  I can't remember the excursion for this port at the moment!  oops.  Day 4 is to Naples, Italy where we are going to split up some.  Bryan and the three boys will be traveling to see Capri and the Amalfi coast.  I will be going, along with Stephen and Leslie (I think), to see the ruins of Pompeii.  This is one of the things I want to see the most!  Bryan has already been there and while he loved it, he was excited about doing something different this time.  Day 5 is Civitavecchia, Italy where we are traveling into Rome.  We are going to see the Vatican City, the Catacombs, and the Coliseum!  Oh...and I'm totally looking forward to seeing the Trevi Fountain and make a wish. :)   Oh yeah....the Sistine Chapel should be okay too.  haha.  Day 6 will be La Spezia, Italy where we will be going into Florence.  We'll get to go into see the original statue of "David" although Bryan has said there are many replicas all over the place.  Still!  It seems like it will still be special to me.  The only thing that I'm a tiny bit disappointed in is that we won't be going to Pisa.  I'd love to see the leaning tower but it's pretty far from there and Bryan said it's overrated so I'll have to take his word on it.  I guess if we ever make it back to Europe I can put it on the schedule.  :)   Day 7 takes us to Ajaccio, Corsica where we are doing a historical tour.  Apparently it's Napoleon's hometown.  Day 8 we will be in Villefranche, France where we are going into Cannes and touring the royal palace there.  After all of that craziness we will have a sea day where we will probably collapse from exhaustion!  Hopefully we'll also have time to just breathe and take in the last of a wonderful experience.  We'll debark back in Barcelona the day after and spend the day there where I've booked a segway tour for our whole group!!  The boys are totally excited about it and so am I!  I don't know if I have mentioned this to Bryan's parents yet...so hopefully they are up for it!  haha.  It's basically three hours on a segway checking out the sites of the city.  Should be very neat!
Okay...enough for now.  But I can't wait!!