Couple of fun things about my upcoming trip to Italy. (At least they were fun to me.)

· Since Butterfly arrives in Roma the day before I do, we made arrangements for where to meet. So next Saturday, around 9 am (give or take an hour or so) we will be meeting in Piazza del Popolo. Call me sentimental, but that is way more romantic than ANY baggage claim anywhere. (I also love the easy-going/adventurousness of it.)

· (This one is just for Rainbo - - So, Butterfly and I were talking about the foods we were looking forward to and what we were going to eat, when she mentioned “moon rocks” and I laughed out loud. I hadn’t heard or thought of that term in years.)

· Butterfly is already in a small city outside of Roma, Italy and had made arrangements to check some of her voice mail messages. Upon arrival, she was delighted to find a phone actually IN her room. She had no problem making the connecting call, however, her efforts were thwarted when asked to enter *9, because….it was a rotary dial phone.

I’m definitely feeling the excitement and anticipation growing!!