OK, ANOTHER vacation, sort of and certainly unexpected

I’m off tomorrow for Slovenia, going to a writing workshop with my friend Judyth Hill, with culinary sidelights with her partner Kris Rudolph. A couple of days early in Ljubljana, which I have now learned to spell, before we all meet. But Linda Durham, also from Santa Fe, is also early, so we have plans for drinks or dinner or whatnot. Never been to Slovenia, never been to Italy, so looking forward to it all. Fly into Venice, take shuttle to Ljubljana and get to see some of the countryside. Alas, I thought I had two days in Venice on the way back, but only overnight. Bummer. Do get to walk around Trieste one day, though, so that will be Italy. And I’m staying at an agritourism place on my one night in Venice. I might try to get to something of the watery part of Venice, depends on how tired I am.
Still packing — only the second time, so I’m doing pretty good, if a bit late at it since I’m going down to ABQ tonight for early flight tomorrow. Starting to get excited! jm