Yesterday I mentioned that I had hoped for the tour of Italy in my “boredom” blog.

Today I got a letter saying the tour is full. Of course it is – just my luck. So, I guess I’m back to the drawing board to see if I can figure out how to do it on my own. I have the backpack, I have the boots – but do I have the money? Do I want to do this by myself?

The answer is yeah, I can do this by myself – it’s just going to be a problem of money. The tour group advantage is that it’s a bit cheaper (bulk discount). The advantage of going it alone – I can see what I want to see, wander where I want to wander, and for as long as I want in wherever I am. This means none of those 15 minutes dash into the museum, dash out of the museum hurriedly things. If I want to stay for 4 hours, I can (if they’re open). So, it’s a matter of refiguring the cost and the actual trek.

As an alternative, I could go to Greece and go sailing… the sun… the Med… Greek food (seriously if I was a God – I would wonder between this and chinese food which is better)… dark haired, lovely tanned greek men with the uni-brow… Ugh… on second thought….