Rodgedat and Jess!!! How goes it. I'm glad you're both having a great time. Life back here is still much the same. I'm an auditor, what more can you say about that. Anyway I was watching the World Cup when Italy played U.S. and I thought to myself it must have been crazy out there for you. I bet there were all kinds crowds everywhere. Well I hope all is well and hopefully I'll talk to you soon. Oh and by the way I got a surfboard and am going to try it out for the first time this weekend. This ought to be interesting. Shoot me an email when you get a chance.

HEY RODGER. HOW GOES IT? I HEAR JESS IS RUNNING ON 10 MINUTES SLEEP. MAKE SURE SHE GETS REST BEFORE CLIMBING THE ALPS OR SWIMMING THE RHINE. You'll now be changing cuisines from pasta and red wine to sausage and white. HMMM HMMM Good. If you get a chance to use an Alpenhorn give it a blow for me. Later

Yo brotha', I just saw your IM and I shed a tear because I wasn't around to write back. Sounds like things are going swimmingly and I'm sure you're excited to have someone from home swing by for a while. I hope you had a wonderful birthday abroad and I wish I could have been there. Good luck with your upcoming travels and good luck with school. Much love girlfriend.

I am going to use your message board to plug my own "travel journal." This is because, on Sunday, I am leaving to meet you in Florence. Don't forget to meet me. Really.

Anyway, I'm going to be traveling all around with Rodger for a few weeks, and even though I sent out an email about this...I don't have everyone's email address and I wanted to get in touch somehow. Now, I'm not saying that my journal will be better than Rodger's (he certainly is a lovely writer)...but...mine's brand new and I think that's got to count for something. It's got that "new car smell." But, for the internet.

So here we are...this is the website for mine: www.statraveljournals.com/ohsoeuro

Rodger,

Hey where are the travel journals. We need to live vicariously through you. What's happening this week? Uncle Art may be going to Russia for 3 months. He recieved another Fulbright Scholarship. How is the food?

Luv ya mon,

Dad

unc art, yes its my birthday! well, it was.

dad, b-day was good. had a 48 hour celebration. just ended this morning. time to sleep.

Rodger
Jess had dinner with us tonight. She's rarin' to go. Please do not take here cliff diving or trail blazing at 15,000 feet. Also, the soap is on the way. How was your birthday?

Love ya man,

Dad

Is it your birthday?

happy birthday! don't let anyone touch your canoli again!

happy birthday!!!!!!!!

My feet hurt!