CHANGE OF SCENE--ITALY!

Dear Friends, Relatives, and "Followers" of this blog,

As some of you have noticed, there is a new background to this blog in anticipation of my Italian sojourn beginning tomorrow, July 7, 2011.  Pictured is Florence and the Arno, one of the stops on the trip, which will include the following venues, in order:

• Lake Como
• Milan
• Venice
• Bologna
• Florence
• Fiesole
• Siena
• San Gimignano
• Assisi
• Perugia
• Pompeii
• Sorrento
• Isle of Capri
• Rome

I will arrive in Milan on July 8, and will try to get in a blog that day.  Stay posted, and if you would like to reply, you can either use the blog forum or regular e-mail channels.  With best wishes, Sylvia