Ciao, Italia!

This is my first entry to this blog. Yesterday, I drove from Florence, SC to Greenville, NC to prepare for this, my return journey, to the wonderful country of Italy, the home of my mother's family. Having been in 2010 for the wedding of my cousin Vito to his beautiful wife Wilma, I am very excited to return. After all, I did throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain. I am acting as a surrogate tour guide for my brother, Greg. Greg has never been to Italy and this will be a new and, hopefully, enjoyable experience for him. I want him to have the memories that I had when I first traveled there. As of this writing, we are sitting at the airport gate in Raleigh, NC. In about an hour, we should begin to board for the first leg of our journey to Philadelphia. After that, we begin the long journey across the pond to Rome (Roma for the Italians). It will be the next day when we arrive there. Forecast -cloudy but lots of fun to be had regardless. I am looking forward to seeing all the family and friends I promised that I would see when I was there previously. And yes, I do plan on throwing yet another coin in Fontana Di Trevi so that I can make this journey yet again in the future. More to come when the opportunity arises (probably on the layover in Philly). Ciao and may God bless.