THE ITALIAN JOB
After nearly four years in recess the Prop is back!
Not,as you might suppose, because it is Rugby World Cup time again - which it is. No, the Prop, who has a heart like a cauliflower and a wallet like a Brussel sprout has agreed to take his wife to Italy for two weeks - the last of which co-incides with the first week of RWC 2011. In fact, as luck would have it, the Prop will be in Firenze for the Wallabies' first game of the tournament- against Italy! Forza Wallabies!
No Mcrent Reisemobil this time. The Prop, his wife and their elder son, "the Samnambulist" will travel by train and will be accommodated in modest yet stylish apartments with rooftop gardens fabulous views and free wifi.
The "Rapid Tour of Tuscany, Umbria and Adjacent Precincts" will begin in earnest (actually it will begin in Venice) on 3 September 2011. We arrive just in time to completely miss the Grand Regatta which finishes about an hour after our plane lands - Mi dispiace! - but right in the middle of the Venice International Film Festival. (The Prop is a little concerned that he may be mistaken for George Clooney. The Prop's wife says he has nothing to be worried about!)
With good luck and regular wifi this promises to be a gem of a tour, so stay tuned (as it were) for the next instalment which will almost certainly feature beautiful photographs of exciting (although more exotic) locations like this:-
Ciao!
