I leave tomorrow for the upper calf of Italy, Venice to be exact.  I hope to be writing from there for you, with photos, etc. I will also be keeping a blog for the department here.

I think I’m packed, prepared, stocked up, and etcetera. Medicine for the kids (hopefully not myself), 2 weeks worth of clothes more or less, some cameras, some film, some snacks for the plane, and a borrowed iPod shuffle with some italian lessons on it. 

I leave tomorrow evening from DC, with another faculty member and 13 students, destined for CDG in Paris, and then connect to Venice by 11 on Tuesday.  It is apparently hot, humid (of course), and lovely! I am very excited, and hoping I haven’t forgotten anything.

That said, I’m sure I have, so whatever.  It’s late now, and if I have any hope of beating the whole jet-lag thing, I’m working in the wrong direction.

Hope you are all well, I’ll see you shortly.  Have a great 4 weeks and I’ll be back on the Solstice!