[LeftRightRepeat]

For those of you interested in the dirty details, the report on our recent trip is <a href="http://intorcionews.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/buongiorno-italia/" target="_blank">now online here</a>!!

 

[hobey]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing. Looks like you had incredible weather.

 

[Stitcher]

You had an absolute BLAST!!!!<br><br>
Your kids will have some very fine memories of that trip.<br>
My parents took us to Germany when I was about your boys' age, and we still talk about some of the things we saw and did.<br><br>
What a great break from school!

 

[melistic]

Thank God you're back! I had the worst LRR withdrawl!

 

[LeftRightRepeat]

I think we were very lucky. We had lots of sun. I hear it can be quite rainy in February there but we had only one wet day.

 

[Tithers]

Great photos! Is cousin Mario making eyes at me?

 

[kylemcm]

Wow! You guys had an awesome vaction!<br>
I noticed that you ate a lot of pizza.

 

[mmoonptdeux]

Finally got to read the blog tonight - that was the most awesome trip, LRR. Great photos and thanks for sharing

 

[neil donnelly]

Hi John<br><br>
Welcome back - sounds like you had a great time - (especially in England <img alt="wink.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/wink.gif"> )<br><br>
I love the blog report - (Not happy - and I have said this before- about the Man Utd Top - You will have to get him an Arsenal SHirt)<br><br>
Neil

 

[LeftRightRepeat]

He does that to <i>all</i> the girls. It's a family trait.<br><br>
We certainly ate in pizzerias a lot. In Italy, a "pizzeria" often serves much more than pizza but does have a wood-fires oven for making pies. The pizzeria are more like "pubs". With one person (me!) paying floor meals for five, we passed the fancier "ristoranti" in favor of the simpler pizzerias. Our kids ate pizza pretty much every time while the adults often went for past with seafood or such.<br><br>
Sorry Neil. He actually has one and wore it the otehr day in sympathy for Eduardo. Hope the guy heals.

 

[neil donnelly]

<br>
We have just heard that he should be back after 9 months so at least its not end of career

 

[BethR]

Wow, what a cool trip, John. It sounds amazing - I can't believe how much you did and saw in such a short time. And, how awesome that you got to meet up with family and bridge the language gap. It sounds like the perfect trip, other than the flight delays. Now do you need another couple of weeks to recover?

 

[CCRaces]

Wow, what a compelling account of a great trip. Great pictures and wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing!

 

[therambler]

looks like you guys had a great time, and meeting long lost family always makes for a more eye opening trip!

 

[Thor]

Neil, I gotta defend the kid. I saw his Arsenal kit the other day. It looks good. The difference is that he has the full Arsenal kit while the Man U, from what I remember, is only a bitty jersery. Maybe that counts for something. Mixed allegiances, sure... but a full kit verses a poor knock off Man U, I'd give the kid the benefit, but slay him immediately upon boasting about anything M or U or Man or United.

 

[neil donnelly]

<br>
After the hammering we took from Man U last week<img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> I am hating all things associated with them<br><br>
N

 

[LookiLoo]

Fabulous, just fabulous!! I want some pizza!!!