Finally...Italia

Ciao from Italia!  We arrived last night after the usual long trip, this time totaling 30 hours.  Our flights went well, with no real issues.  We were anticipating a long security line in Los Angeles, but it only took us 30 minutes to get through.  That gave us over a 3 hour wait so we spent some time at a Mexican cafe drinking beer and margaritas and eating chips and guacamole - the perfect start to our vacation! Our long haul flight to Frankfurt went off with a hitch, but we had a bumpy ride into Milano because of thunderstorms and we had to circle around for 20 minutes until they passed.  I was thinking that US politics would be a point of discussion here and it didn't take long to get into a conversation about our Presidential elections with some of the Hertz workers while we were picking up our vehicle.  I think there'll be a lot more to come!  We're leaving Milan in a few hours and driving to Berzo - can't wait to see my cousins and the house.  There's no other way to end this first post other than to say it's so good to be in Bella Italia!!