It's a Long Way to Tipparary . . .

And, apparently, also to Naples from Victoria!  I am sitting in the airport in Victoria waiting for my flight to Vancouver.  Then, there will be the much longer flight to London Heathrow where midafternoon on Friday I will catch a connecting flight to Munich.  I get tired just thinking about all that.  I could have continued on from there to arrive in Naples around 10 p.m. that evening.  However, having never been to Naples airport and somewhat believing all the posts I read about pickpockets, dodgy cab drivers and not so nice airport hotels there, I decided to stay overnight near the Munich airport before flying on.  And, the journey doesn't end there.  I will meet Nawal midday Saturday when we have arranged for a driver to take us on the 2 hour drive to the little village of Praiano on the Amalfi Coast where we will spend our first week.  Hopefully, all our plans will go smoothly and by Saturday evening we will be sipping Prosecco at the edge of the Mediterranean.  It might have to be under a canopy, however, as the forecast is for showers.  Oh well, it will still be by the Mediterranean.  It all seems a bit surreal and daunting at the moment, however.  Oh, if you are thinking I could have got there easier if I'd flown through Toronto to Rome and to Naples, you are probably right.  I just hate flying through Toronto so I will endure almost anything to avoid it!  They say a journey of 1000 miles begins with a single stop but this one has begun, not with a single step but, rather, with four flights!  So, please stay tuned. Thanks.