Snow already?!?! It looks great out there! I love Celeste's sweatshirt. Miss you all!

Tony - it sounds like your family will be spending a good amount of time in Italy!! Buy a ticket and join them so you can buy your own vanilla gellato!! You may even discover a few new flavors. Murph and Betsy

Enjoying the information from your trip. Nice pictures that I downloaded. Love you all. Next time you have ice cream get vanilla for me. Love Dad

IML - On the upside, and I know this is old news to you, Rush was nominated into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame! In your leisure time, you could map Rush song titles or lyrics to your trip. For starters: "A Passage to Bangkok". Or, "Fly By Night", "The Way the Wind Blows", and "everybody got to elevate from the norm". Cheers - R

Russ,
I'm not sure what you're even talking about. I am an International Man of Leisure. I can't be bothered tracking some piddly American pastime. AG aka IML

G,

You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City - KISS
It's a Detroit thing, everybody - Kid Rock
Panic in Detroit - David Bowie
Welcome to Detroit - Eminem

Celeste and Nina - I got your postcard and am so proud of you! I will keep your list and will watch for the next 89 entries. I will do some research and plan a feast of the 10 favorites I select when you get home! I can't wait to learn how to make "schneeballen"! Love, Betsy

A lesson in economics from Mozart and his contemporaries. The girls had heard his music before, but it was in cartoons. Why? Walt Disney and his contemporaries were start up companies in the 20's thru 40's. Walt and his pals could not afford pay modern musicians to orchestrate their cartoons, so they used the music from the classical composers, who were long beyond collecting royalties. Have fun, travelers.

Love the Audobahn video-was there an accident? Is Celeste going to be a correspondent soon? Would love to hear from her!

Robin - we are in Vienna now. Might be ahead of our schedule, don't know. We are about to really slow down. One week in Croatia, back to Salzburg then weeeeeeks in Italy! I wish you would have come to Austria too. It is amazing. It's not too late, meet us somewhere!

Our tour guide said the same thing about the SoM-no one there knows it! Are guys ahead of schedule? Where are you staying in Vienna? I wish we had spent more time there-it's such a great city! And all of the small towns around there-wish i could have hooked up with on this part of your trip. Call me soon!

Sam,
I miss you too! Also I get bored without you guys!!!!!! Miss you. Nina