What does it mean to be "ready"...

I think we prepare until the time to depart arrives - and then we go.  Are we ready?  Heck, I don't know.  We will find out when we get there. 

In China, the reason we were prepared was because we had hired a driver and a guide for every transfer.  Plane to hotel, hotel to meeting - they were all covered by somebody else telling us what to do. 

Not so this time.  We are on our own.  A little prep work seemed in order.  We've created 2 books, one for Italy and one for Greece.  These books include printed copies of everything we needed to travel for the next two weeks.

It seemed like we had everything...and yet - I was just wandering around some travel sites over the weekend and discovered some cities in Italy have ZTLs.  I don't know what ZTL stands for in Italian, but it means something like zero traffic without a permit.  So don't drive a rented car into a ZTL area.  We rebuilt the itinerary not to drive into Florence or Pisa or Rome.  We will park in the burbs & take public transport in. 

So, regarding "ready"?  That is, are there other unexpected surprises like the ZTL trap in store?  Who knows?  There is not much time left to find them on this side of going.  I guess we will deal with whatever we find in real time. 

Still looking forward.  A little anxious...