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Day 5 of Italy via Snarkypants
Cousin ‘O Love has booked us on an OPTIONAL (mind you) Gondola ride for our evening in Venice and YEY for her planning skilz.
I am all for “letting some guy paddle us around while we do nothing” (hat tip to a little fairy girl). I mean, I think that […]

Today is Lauren’s 21st birthday and her mom (Cousin ‘o Love) and I are in Italy to celebrate and honor her life. Italy was one of her most favorite places and she and I were planning this exact trip when her cancer returned. We never got to go together but I know that […]

Hmm, looks like we are in for a day of intellectualism. Not sure I like that. I don’t even know half the words they are saying in the snippet below! Something about baptisms and David and bridges. The only part I really got was DINNER! at an authentic Tuscan restaurant! (Because I […]

Guess what we’re visiting today? If you said “visiting a precariously perched OLD building while praying it doesn’t fall down on your bitty head” then you win the prize! YEY!
DAY 8, Fri Depart for Rome via Pisa. View the famous Piazza del Miracoli with its Leaning Tower, the Baptistery, the Duomo and the Monumental […]

(What’s that mean, you ask? Here you shall find the answer!)
Wow … I am so glad to be home but what a FUN FUN FUN time we had! I’ve got stories to tell, pictures to show and some small bit of advice: when the quite learned and knowledgeable tour guide tells you it’s […]

On about ten different things but most of all that the compliance audit is now over! It wasn’t too bad, all told, and I think we will do okay. And I am so not kidding about this next part: the auditor (a very cute guy named Mark) came in to the office in […]