Well, I'll tell you about our trip and then you can decide whether it will be romantic or not!!
Dan is the assistant conductor for a youth symphony. So he conducts and plays trumpet for them. I help out by playing oboe. So....he gets to go on tour for free. I have to pay but that's okay!
So we go with about 40 kids from age 10-20 and some parents. We play concerts in all the cities we visit. So at times it's romantic at times it's hectic. But who can pass up a trip to Italy??
Two summers ago we traveled with this group to Prague, Salzburg, and Vienna. It was incredible. Both Dan and I have traveled with orchestras before and you do get treated very well. It was so funny because when we would tour the palaces, etc. Dan and I would push up to the front to hear all the history because the kids really didn't care much.
This tour will take us to Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan. I am now toying with the idea of staying longer and going to Cinque Terre.
My wonderful mother watches the boys and she is planning to take them to Oregon while we are gone. Last time we were gone was the first summer we had our pool and when we got home, Nicholas was in a neck brace!! AAAHHHH! But my mom handles everything perfectly so we never have to worry.
As a side note my orchestra travels have taken me to China, Japan, and Hong Kong, Prague, Vienna, and Salzburg. The highlight was traveling to New York and playing in Carnegie Hall and the United Nations. I celebrated my 22nd birthday in the United Nations lobby while people from all over the world watching us sang me Happy Birthday!!!
Thanks for asking!!
Valerie