Ciao tutti!!!
I am in Rome, yes, finally made it. The plane left Chicago 3 hours later than expected, I was trying to get out and run to Dannys but no luck. I knew what was going to happen though, and indeed I lost my flight in London. I waited for 4 hours and got to Rome at nigth. Guess what..they lost my suitcase, which hastnt appeared yet and im starting to get a little nervous.
Last night was great great great. Olivier and his girlfriend Federica picked me up at the airport, we couldnt stop hugging, yelling, making sounds excitement etc. Then we went for dinner, had amazing food and dinner close to their place and the end was a tour around Rome at night, including Piazza San Pietro, Coliseum, the river.
Now im in some internet place, a little lost since ive been walking all day long. My feet hurt like crazy but after some ibuprofen i will manage to keep going. Ive seen a lot today, A LOT, from the Vatican, to Piazza Spagna, Fontana di Trevi, all the historic rome, well, not even remember. The city is very very nice. Crazy traffic but very walkable, full of people every where you go, so many fountains, so many old churches. Had pizza for lunch standing at a bar and now im looking forward to a GELATO.
Thanks Banchan for the news on Dannys, that was a very good report. So have fun and youll hear from me soon.
Enjoy the WE

Almost ready...

So guys and internet community: the time has come for the expected trip to Italia (and also for starting this blog for real). Yes, after a little bit of drama concerning taking those days off, everything worked out and i'm leaving tomorrow. I do have a lof of things to do before taking the plane, including work, laundry, finish packing, attend a seminar and have lunch with the speaker, just to name a few (not to forget to share this address so now my friends can participate in the blogging communication tool). I'm not stressed though, maybe because of those beers I had, and as long as I make it to the airport by 7 i'll be fine...I will be one of the persons cutting off in the line since AA doesn't want me to loose my plane.

Let me tell you that tonight I finally made it to HP, the place where 'things' just happen. And this is no joke, since as a scientits i got to confirm it by experiencing it myself. After having dinner with Banchan and sleepy ponja (who went to bed after this, no no he is not feeling sick, just attending a conference), we went for a beer at Jimmys. I had made it all the way there so I couldn't say no to B. We called Claus when we were in our way and no answer. What a surprise when we meet him at the bar, wearing his by now let's call 'favorite' ROOTS shirt and having a beer with some austrian friends. We hang out for a while, discussed the important issues of the day, concluded about throwing people into bags, and headed home at a decent hour for a Tuesday night.

Once home, after checking email and realizing that nobody (none of my msn contacts) is online I thought about posting something here. I'll see how long this inspiration lasts, but probably I'll be encouraged to keep writing as comments are also posted from different parts of the world (Tullia one more space to read, Claus I will be waiting for your news too, Banchan where is Notre DAme??). Ponja will be in charge of the Chicago headquarters for a while, as the founder of the movement that will change the history of many people that yet don't know it (the ones in the bag mentioned earlier).

I hope the next post will be from Rome, and I hope to manage to download/upload some pictures too. So, i'll be here then, have fun at DAnny's and take care. I'll document the explosion from the air!

Saturday night at home...

Can this be happening?? Well, i'm finally spending a Saturday night at home, and i'm so tired that I don't think I can even make it through a movie. So I guess at some point I needed to rest, and since tonight we are changing time, no way I was going to make it to vball with one less hour of the already few I sleep on WE. I will try to post some of the latest pictures now...let's see how it goes (if I don't fall asleep in the process).