I'm thinking we've all felt that a quite often Gerry! It'll happen when the time is right...no doubt! Hell...I'm 47 and still have hope!

If there is any possible way, include Venice in the trip. It is second only to Rome in unique beauty and first in unique shopping. Watch some Murano glass artisans make unbelievably beautiful objects in minutes. I watched them make a Farrrari horse in less than five minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IT&hl=it&v=oyUEqiJ52I4

http://europeforvisitors.com/venice/articles/murano_the_glass_island.htm

Oh! Don't be nervous! Italy is a magical place. I enjoyed every city we went to. Pompeii was beyond belief!! I had seen the movie "The Last Days of Pompeii" when I was young and never thought I would go there one day. It was awesome. Naples, Capri and Surrento were very beautiful. Don't miss the Blue Grotto. You are taken by motor boat to rowboats and they row you into a cave with no discernable light. The cave is flourescent pale blue. They don't know why or how it is blue! I think it's only accessible at low tide. You have to lie down in the rowboat to get in to the Grotto. The blood oranges grow down there. Very Yummy! Going to Rome is as close to the Holy Land as I will ever get. St. Peter's Basillica was great. I was moved to tears. I felt the presence of the Holy Spirit there. The Pieta is downstairs there and some past Popes. The Sistene Chapel as well as the hall leading up to it were impressive-try to get a guided tour there. Don't forget to go down in the Catacombs where Persecuted Christian celebrated mass and some died down there, bones remaining. My parents came over from the USA (we were living in Germany for 3 yrs) and I will never forget that 8 day tour. Pisa was pretty also.I did not go up in the bell tower, but my husband, now ex, did. We walked every square inch of Florence, and my leather shoes just burst open!! Nice leather goods in Florence. The Academy of Arts has Michelangelo Bunorotti's DAVID sculpture. The Church of the Holy Cross is where Galileo, Michelangelo and Copernicus are entombed. I'd go as luggage if I could!! Lol!

I didn't get one, guess they don't give a shite what I think

Hummmmmmmmmmmm ya better think on that again my son moved back home last year after he got laid off he seems to be my rubber band child at 27 I'm beginning to wonder if I will ever have my freedom.

My kids are grown now but wish I had traveled and done more while I was younger but...........hopefully since they are within the next couple of years I will be able to do so anyway....

Good luck and keep your feet firmly to the ground on getting your education and doing those things for until you find that special one have fun and do for yourself.....

Damn! We lose more good men to breeding everyday!

Since I don't date men with kids, my dating pool is shrinking!