Post 7 - Malta, Gozo and Joe
Image Credit: Personal Archives A Toast To: Shakin’ Bake. Song Pairing: Rod Stewart "Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” (from the album, Blondes Have More Fun, 1978). Two years ago, sitting in the living room of a close friend whom I have shared twenty-five years with, I mentioned wanting to take a trip to celebrate my fiftieth birthday. To my surprise, she too had the idea, and when I asked where she was thinking, she said Tuscany. Bing bing bing! Of all the regions in Italy, she picked the one I had on my bucket list. Then and there we decided to meet in Tuscany, May of 2026, to celebrate. Fast forward through eighteen months of diligently saving, budgeting, planning, and figuring out all the things I didn’t need but would buy for the trip. Now I have caught you up. Prior to hitting up Italy, I decided it might be a good time to challenge myself through a solo adventure. I have done some lone tours in the past, but it has been, like, twenty years. No big deal, right? Like ridi...