Krakow, Poland via Aviano, Italy

Trying to catch up now that the dust has settled a little from our move. The movers picked up our household goods after we got back from Michigan. After a week of all the fun that is moving, we tied up the inevitable loose ends (most of 'em) in DC and hopped on a flight with a one-year old and six pieces of luggage to fly to Venice, Italy, where (after filling out paperwork for lost luggage) we travelled with said one-year old and five pieces of luggage, 1.5 hours north, through torrents of Italian rain, to Aviano, Italy. Once there, we looked over the green country side, the pretty houses, and, in the near distance the southern reaches of the Alps and said, with a sigh... "damn, we're tired".

But seriously, it was a really cool little trip. The purpose was to in-process at the air base there, since those are the organizations that will support me administratively while I'm in Krakow. The work stuff didn't take too long fortunately, and we were able to visit some old friends and colleagues who are stationed at Aviano now. We also took a train ride down to Venice one day, but, like the Griswalds going to Wallyworld, when we got there, it was closed. (IE, the water taxi wasn't running for the next three hours). :(

All in all, very fun, and a good chance to see a place that we may be stationed in the future -- who knows?!

I don't have much picture-wise -- I guess I was too jet-lagged, but here's one of me and JR riding in a taxi. (Cars are a lot smaller in Europe.)