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Thank you all very much for your advice! When I consider the question of adventure, or study, I come up with the answer study, with adventure being the frosting.
Mischa - the information you provided is exactly what I was looking for - physical, mental, emotional and economical. Thank you. It gives me a very good picture to look at. I have much to think about.
Also, Mischa, I see you live in Germany. I lived two years in Bad Krueznach. I was in the Army. Actually, I had an apartment in Feilbingert, near Bad Munster. It was so beautiful and clean. I miss the church bells and the slower lifestyle. I left in 1989. I never wanted to leave there. So, maybe my wanting to go to Flornece is just an excuse to return to Europe. Although, I can guess Florence is not so slow, or quiet. I assume. I don't know.
If I were younger and singler, I'm sure I would have thrown caution to the wind already and gone. Now, I'm thinking, as you all have suggested, to scale back my ambitions and proceed with a little more calculation. Selling our house, in this market, probably isn't the smartest thing to do. We'd have a hard time buying even half as much house when we returned. Ah, such grand ambitions seem always thwarted by reality.
So, I'm still thinking about where to go from here. In the meantime, I guess I'll go paint. Thank you, again.
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