Off to the Motherland (Italy) for 2 weeks.

http://www.marincanto.it/eng/hotel_maricanto_eng.html

http://www.castelloripadorcia.com/home_ing.php

Hopefully, a revolution (ha!) less intense than the creepy Ron Paul Revolution is started in the interim.

P.S.  Air Altilia is about as worthless as you can get and we haven’t even got to the airport.  I won’t go into details until possibly post trip.  Mom, pray for us.  Glad we added the optional trip insurance through our travel consultant.  Hey, as long as the plane lands – right?