And so the vacations begins ..... this particular one will take us to places we have only dreamt of going. Venice, Florence, Pompeii, Rome, Sorrento, Positano, Capri, Giglio. One week of backpacks and trains. One week of the elegant brass and mahogany of the most luxurious tall ships on the planet ..... The Royal Clipper ...... with one of our favorite bands, the amazingly talented and unpretentious Big Head Todd and the Monsters .... and 150+ of the most awesome fans a band of this magnitude could ask for ..... seriously ..... somebody freaking pinch me .....