Ready2Travel, have a great trip! When will you get back? I will be doing a Milan/Bellagio/Venice trip at the end of April.

Post a report when you return if you get a chance.

Have fun,
Johanna

Buon viaggio, ready2travel! I'll be looking for your report when you return.

Flygirl, thanks for the suggestion. I had considered the Lake district, but then reading about Geneva, it sounds wonderful. The Lake district would probably be a more economical way to go this time, though...

Three weeks from today until my mom and I leave for Paris and Rome. I have butterflies in my stomach already just thinking about it.

Now, if only I did not have to clean the house, shop for two weeks' worth of groceries, plan two kids' schedules for two weeks, and lose four more pounds in the meantime, I would feel better about only having three weeks left!

1 week until we head for Switzerland.

shelley - same here! Trying to loose those last few pounds, helping my DH with the kids schedules while I'm gone, and trying to find a quiet moment and get the trip details figured out.

5 weeks and 30 days to go....

100 days until we leave for 2 weeks in London with side/day trips to Dover/Canterbury, Salisbury/Stonehenge, Chatsworth, Oxford, and the Silverstone Classic Race.

(At Christmas my DH gave me a 30th anniversary trip this summer—he’d pay, I plan! And so I found Fodor’s forum, and it has been a wealth of information beyond my expectations. When I saw this thread on counting down to the departure, I decided I’d wait until it was only 100 days away—and wow! Today’s that day! I am having a blast planning/reading/mapping/checking this forum, but the actual trip will be even better!)

Thanks to all who have had input into what our plan looks like (as of this week, at least!) and to all those in the future who will help me pass these 100 days with travel-planning fun.

25 days til I'm backpacking europe!

In 4 1/2 months DH and I begin a 14 day trip in Italy! We'll visit Venice, Florence and many of the towns in the Tuscany & Chianti regions....it's so wonderful to have this to look forward to!

11 days until I leave for a 9 day solo trip to Paris!

The key to our Paris apartment arrived today. It makes things feel real.

35 days until I get to hang out in Zihuatanejo for ten glorious days of cervezas and not much else!

Gosh, only 18 days til I am off on my solo trip to London, York Scotland and Paris! Traveling by train to the different destinations and the first time on the Eurostar!
Can't wait! Thanks to everyone on this forum for helping me plan my trip! Johanna

Cybertravel...have a great trip! My DH and I were in Italy in 97' on our honeymoon to the very areas you are planning. LOVED it!! Enjoy every minute! With all the planning I'm sure you are doing, it will be here in no time. What towns are you planning to visit?

32 days to our trip to France!

six weeks from today! Italy & Greece- can't wait.

On July, we're off to the Lake District and Scotland!!!

UPDATE: 10 days to go til we leave for Paris! Woo hoo!

Only 35 days till my husband and I leave for 3 1/2 months travelling around Europe. It's our 50th birthday present and we've been planning it for what seems like ages. Have only just found Fodors and am trying to read as much as possible to get ideas from fellow travellers.

We're heading to Dubai first then London, Lakes District, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy and then finally the Greek Islands for the last 2 weeks. It's a driving holiday and it seems like we'll be fitting heaps in. Hope it isn't too much!! We are stopping for a week here and there to catch up.

Can't wait and now that we're down to counting days, it just seems incredible that it's nearly here.

Thanks for all the ideas I'm getting from you guys.

Hope you all have a fun and safe trip.

Gaeandjohn...Hope you can find it in your hearts to post a trip report when you return. It sounds fabulous! Happy traveling!

We have been touring Europe for almost 2 years, but we winter in Andalucia, Spain, so only a month until we get back on the road and I am excited!!

This year we go to Portugal, Northern Spain,eastern France, Ireland, UK, Scandinavia, Russia, Germany,western France,Andorra and back to Spain for another winter.

Can't wait!! Counting the days down.

We blog our trip report, and do videos as we go, so you can follow us ( or get information from previous travels) at:

http://www.soultravelers3.com

GaeandJohn - have a wonderful time, what a dream to spend the summer traveling.

WTnow - all I can say is wow! I started to look at your photos on flickr, they are spectacular.

We are under 40 days from liftoff now.