Lucca and his sibliings at the Lucca antique fair May 2009

We will be leaving in exactly one week on our trip to Italy.  After all of the hours researching, planning and googling, it is hard to believe the time is almost here.  This is our third trip to Italy, this time we are heading to Umbria for a week and then down to Puglia for the second week.  We would have liked to spend more time in one location  and be able to absorb the lifestyle of one area. But there is still so much we want to see and explore in Italy that we find ourselves once again with an ambitious travel itinerary.