The Europe trip that is either definitely happening or definitely not.

There is a group chat. That is as far as we have gotten.

The trip is Europe. The rough idea is Rome and Dublin, with some version of "and then we could also do" attached to both of them, because that is how family trip planning works. You agree on two cities and then spend three weeks debating a third.

Here is what we know: Rome and Ireland both make sense. They are not the same kind of trip, which is either the problem or the point. Rome is heat and ruins and the kind of pasta that makes you question every pasta you have had before it. Ireland is green and cold and the kind of place where the pub is actually part of the plan, not incidental to it. Doing both in one trip is ambitious. Doing both with a full family is either a great story or a cautionary tale, and there is no way to know which until you are in it.

Here is what we do not know: dates, budget, whether everyone's schedules will cooperate, and whether "the surrounding areas" means the Amalfi Coast or County Clare or both or neither.

The Amalfi Coast keeps coming up. It always comes up. It is the answer to a question nobody asked, and then you look at the photos and understand why it keeps coming up.

County Clare is where the Cliffs of Moher are, which is one of those places that looks like it was designed to make you feel small in a way that is somehow good for you. If we make it to Ireland, we should make it there.

What we are actually doing about this trip right now: nothing, formally. But the conversation is alive, which counts for something. Trips that get talked about enough eventually happen. Or they become a running joke that functions as a placeholder for the intention, which is also fine.

We will report back when there are flights. Or when there are not.