Creative Cogitation

Just a quick note to say I am off to Italy for the Flo­rence Biennial.

This last week has been very busy wrap­ping up local busi­ness, Turkey Day, then tying up local loose ends and pick­ing up a few final items for the trip.  I pur­chased one of them hid­den cash belt things, a lug­gage strap for my hard case with the stretcher bars and brochures in it, an Ital­ian phrase book, a new pocket-sized dig­i­tal cam­era (my old one doesn’t even talk to a Vista com­puter), a tube to put my paint­ings in (Jerry’s Art-O-Rama had a 4-inch diam­e­ter expand­able one for sale a the local store) and a new carry on (my old carry on was pur­chased in 1996 and was exactly the right size for a carry on at the time; it is now too long by about 2 inches-they keep shrink­ing every­thing it seems).

As for the tube of paint­ings I called Delta and they said I could carry it on as my extra per­sonal items as it is likely short enough (at 25.5 inches) to fit in an over­head bin or stand up in a closet.  So I am check­ing stretch­ers and brochures case and car­ry­ing the major­ity of the other things I will need on the trip along with the can­vases.  I am really glad Delta said I could carry the can­vases as they are the whole rea­son I am going to Italy.  With­out them the trip is a waste.

I have pre­paid all bills I expect to come due while I am away and left DH all other impor­tant things I can think of so this is it.  DH thinks I over pre­pared for this trip, but that is in my nature I guess — why get sur­prised by things you can con­trol. Wish me bon voy­age and good for­tune and I will do the same for you.  I’ll be back to blog­ging in a few weeks unless I decide to get on at an inter­net cafe.

Do you have any last minute tips for travelers?

Yours in art,

Jake

Artist, AKAJake.com Come Expe­ri­ence the Art!

PS. I am still look­ing for Spon­sors & Con­tribut­ing Patrons to help me pay the esti­mated $8000 it is going to cost me to attend this event.  Every lit­tle bit helps.

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