"2 Gypsies, 2 Journeys, 1 Destination" - The Itineraries

Our actual calendar.

This Sunday I'm once again Europe bound, headed to Belgium to begin my long awaited honeymoon.  Hannes and I had to say goodbye in January just ten days after saying our vows, and the time apart has be excruciating to say the least.  Spending your blissed-out newlywed days in Skypeworld (as we like to call it) is like eating an apple and calling it dessert.  Now finally, after all this time, I get to toss the core into the composter and dive into a box of Belgian chocolates!

Without getting long-winded about it, I wanted to post our "Italian Honey-loon" Campervan itinerary, as well as Gypsy #2, Emily's, "Rome-by-Southwest" (RxSw) schedule to wet your adventure appetite.  Keep in mind, Hannes and I have decided to put the best of both of us into our trip; meaning, while some things will be planned, mapped out and organized Blackheart-style, the rest will be left to where the Tuscan wind takes us, a la the Hannes experience.  And if anyone has suggestions of hotels/agritourism farms/campsites/B&B's to stay, sites and cities/villages to visit, restaurants to devour, vintage stores to scavenge or cafes to linger at, for either Emily or myself, please please please share!


"Italian Honey-loon" Itinerary:

March 27 - Leave Belgium for campsite outside Genoa.
28 - Riviera, Deiva Marina campsite.
29 - Hiking Cinque Terre.
30 - Pisa/Lucca, La Boheme B&B.
31 to April 3 - Explore hill towns of Tuscany.  Siena, Cortona, Montalcino...
4 - Day at Lake Tracimeo.  Camping lakeside.
5 - Assisi.
6 to 9 - Roma!  Where your 2 gypsy writers unite.
9 - Rome to Orvieto, Stay at Farmhouse at Sossogna.
10 - Emily leaves our crew to return to Rome. Explore Civita and Bagnoregio.
11 - Milan.
12 - Drive back to Belgium.



"RxSw" Itinerary:

March 30 - L.A./Venice Beach, Hotel Erwin.
31 - Tucson, Hotel Congress.
April 1 - Tucson, Arizona, La Paloma Hotel.
2 to 3 - Phoenix, Visit family.
4 - Explore Phoenix.
5 - Fly to Italy.
6 to 9 - Roma!
10 - Orvieto.
11 to 12 - Rome.
13 - Scottsdale, Saguaro Hotel.
14 to 17 - Moab, Utah: visit Zion and Arches National Parks.
18 - Death Valley, California, Stovepipe Wells Village Hotel.
19 - Yosemite, Wawona Hotel.
20 - Back to San Francisco!