Something you must know about my husband and I:  he is an engineer and I’m a librarian.  We are planners and organizers at our very core.  Our coffee cup handles line up perfectly in the cabinet and our spice rack is a thing of beauty to behold.  Our trip itineraries and notes are detailed enough to be travel guides.  Needless to say, when we plan for a trip we probably OVER plan.  This has never been a problem for us, since we both love to research and find that research in itself is a way of travelling.

I never realized, however, how much our detailed planning sometimes hindered us from being spontaneous.