I am a planner when it comes to travel and researching great restaurants. I love spending time obsessing over details and going down rabbit holes. But for our two-week stay in Northern Italy this summer, I decided to take a page from my husband's playbook and leave some room for surprise and spontaneity.

Of course, I still used TripIt (my favorite travel app), but I didn't stress over every little detail in advance. If I had, I would have read on the ApliNN website (in bold) AlpiNN is not accessible by car. 

A handy piece of information. To learn from my mistake, read to the end. There’s a note on attire, too (another learning lesson). But for now, more on the INCREDIBLE AlpiNN… 

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