Departure - Soon

I'll be departing for Venice, Italy very soon.  I have no idea what to expect.  My daughter is planning the entire trip.  I feel like the kid here.  Que sera sera is a rather new thing for me.  I dot all my i's and cross all my t's before embarking on this sort of adventure.  This time I have a round trip airline ticket and a place to stay and that's all I have planned.  Quite liberating. 

Travels With My Daughter

My daughter and I are great travel buddies.  We enjoy the same schedule.  Wake up whenever.  Get dressed and find coffee and something wonderful to eat.  Wander around.  See some sights.  Stop for a quick bite.  Wander some more.  Stop for wine and yet another little bite.  Wander some more until mid-night.  Go back to the hotel. 

Sleep.

Wake up and do the same thing all over again the next day.

We have a sort of schedule.   Over morning coffee we decide what we must/should/maybe do.  If we're feeling lazy, planning may be as far as we get.  If we're energized - and European coffee can energize us pretty quickly - then off we go. 

This time around we're heading to Venice and Siena.  Venice because we have a wonderful place to stay, and an overnight in Siena because that's where my grandfather was born. 

My daughter turns 25 next week.  I'm so lucky that she likes to travel with her Ma.

Durso Workshop Taubman Technique

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Attended the Durso Piano Workshop yesterday at Frederick Community College in Frederick, MD.  Bob Durso is a certified Taubman Method teacher.  He gave a lecture outlining the Taubman piano method, followed by a Technique Class with a Master Class in the afternoon.  Amazing musical results in a very short period of time. 

Bob Durso