Welcome to our online scrapbook. Please take a little time and visit all of the pages by clicking the links at the top of the page. Feel free to visit other links included on these pages that will take you to websites to explore more about the places we ate, slept and visited throughout our trip.
Hi, We are John and Nancy Durham
Well it's definitely Nancy. His given name is John but you won't hear me refer to him as John. To me he is Mick or Mickey. I apologize if that is confusing! It is just how I have always known him. We live in South Carolina and have 2 children, Madeline who is 22 and Cameron who is 16. Mick works as a Automotive Quality Engineer and Nancy is a Speech-Language Pathologist. All things Disney is how we have lived for the past 25 years. We just love the Mouse. We almost always have a trip planned to Walt Disney World!
But 2019 was kind of a big year for us so we decided to celebrate in a big way. It had to be special and boy was it ever special! Let's lay the ground work a little before we dig into the trip...
But 2019 was kind of a big year for us so we decided to celebrate in a big way. It had to be special and boy was it ever special! Let's lay the ground work a little before we dig into the trip...
A seed planted...
25 years of marriage is a long time. We knew we needed to celebrate BIG. We had thoughts of traveling to Italy for our 20th anniversary but life (or two younger kids) happens. So we had to wait a bit. We would walk past Italy at the World Showcase at EPCOT center and just dream of the day we got to be in ACTUAL Italy!
The seed grows...
Having never traveled abroad together, the idea of planning our
big adventure was intimidating. Luckily Mick is an engineer so getting
everything "just right" is key. He found out about Rick Steves tours
and we knew it would be the perfect fit for us, We watched the videos,
read the books and had many nights of planning...
We decided that the Heart of Italy in 9 Days Tour would be the best fit
for us. It hit all the spots we were looking for. We also opted to
stay an additional 4 days to explore on our own. It was a lot but
we were up for the challenge!