Italy in Hanukkah

Hanukkah is a major holiday in Israel. So I will be flying to Italy over Hanukkah to spend 8 glorious days traveling from Northern to Southern Italy with the amazing Anna Tzizik! We will be eating the best food there is, drinking the best wine there is, and not to mention seeing the birthplace of the Renaissance. As our friend, Matt, likes to say, "Huzzah!". Two days until departure, break hasn't even started and I am already there.

OUR ITINERARY... Abridged:

Depart Tel Aviv Friday at 1am and arrive in Belgium at 5 in the morning for an 8 hour layover. This is when Anna and I train to Brussels and get Chocolate Belgium Waffles and Beer.

Depart Belgium (au revoir); arrive in Venice just before sunset (taking in city from the sky, there will be lots of photos so don't worry!)

Meet ANNA'S EXTENDED FAMILY! Yes, we will be staying with her legit Italian family (So, YES there will be wine and awesome home cooked meals) Vicenza! is the name of the city and will be our departure point for the beginning escapades.

Next few days, totally and completely unplanned and I couldn't be happier to spontaneously adventure through Northern Italy with Anna and perhaps see few other countries as well nearby!

Head south and meet Anna's other family who just happens to live in ROME!!

AND...as the saying goes...WHEN IN ROME :-)

Off to Florence! Our amazing friend Sarah (who lived in Florence) provided us the golden list of what to see and what to do. We will hopefully complete all of these things before time runs out.

Then we take the day train back to Venice and laugh from the tremendous memories made in our 8 days of Hanukkah trip to Italy

Arrive in B'eer Sheva at 4am. Just enough time to change clothes, pop an aleve, and head to our 7am teacher training class.YESH!

So, that's the plan. Will write again after to let everyone know the results :-)


Ciao!