Hi Everybody.

we are currently uploading all of our pics up-to-date right now - I promise. We have had a few technical difficulties but got everything worked out. Shannon and Roger are downloading them as we speak and I am blogging about today. Timmy is blogging on the Family-Friendly site.....no need for parents and brothers and sisters to see or read about all of this.

So, we got to Milan yesterday and went out for dinner last night. I miss Munich. Munich is heaven and we are planning to go to Oktoberfest next year and a few new countries as well.

Todsay we went sight seeing - went to the Duomo, a huge church. I swear, I have spent more time in churches, cathedrals and synagogues in the last 8 days than I have in, well, lets just say....A while. ANyway - it was beautiful. We climbed to the top and could see all of Milan. Unfortunately, I have severe OCD and I have to count every step when I climb steps, a little known fact - I am also a little acrophobic. Howver, I still did it. And if it ever comes up in conversation, it is 162 steps to the first level and then another 76 to the very top. But I digress.

After that, we toured La Scalla - an incredibly beautiful and famous opera house. There were costumes from many operas and we pics throughout the opera house and we picked out the ones we would wear to our Jr/Sr each year - TEE HEE.

After that, we sent to see th Last Supper painting. Unfortunately, we needed a reservation and they were booked until November. However, I saw a lovely velvet rendition of the Last Super some of you may be getting for Christmas - either that or Dogs Playing Poker or Dogs Shooting Pool....again, I kid.

Next we stopped and had a few cocktails and shots and went shopping down on the Milan version of rodeo drive....OMG - we had too much fun and tried on everything. There are even a few photos of our fashion show. I hate that European sizes sound sooooooo much bigger than what you arein an AMerican size. I mean, normally, I am a size 2, but here, I had to buy a freakin 6. WTH?

Anywho...we are going to dinner tonight after we finish updating and downloading so you can see everything we have, then maybe out for a few drinks and some dancing.

We leave in the morning for Barcelona - itàs only a 2 hours flight and we should be there by 12:30pm. Thats it for no. PIcs will be up shortly -

Love to all,

Andy, Shannon, Roger, Tim

PS, Yes, ANdy Gough, the beers come in liters at Oktoberfest. The first night we each drank 6 of them...then we defcided on the way home it would be a FANTASTIC idea to do some shots and have a few more.....It was GREAT.