Kathleen and the kids returned to Suzhou today after their month-long hiatus in the U.S. Wonder Woman Kathleen made the entire journey solo with four kids and 11 checked bags. She left our house in Peoria at 3:45 AM on Tuesday and arrived a full 24 hours later at the (old) house in Suzhou on Wednesday. Upon her arrival, she called me at work at 4:45 PM to say that she was locked out of the house. Ouch !
According to Kathleen's report, the trip went very smoothly. The kids all behaved well, the check-in agent in Peoria did not charge for the extra and overweight bags, and the flight was more than half empty, so there was extra room in coach to stretch out and sleep. Caterpillar dispatched two blue Buick vans to Pudong airport to pick up the Cazzatos and their luggage. We all enjoyed our first dinner together in a month at the La Rosa outdoor cafe in downtown SIP.
The travel oddesey will continue when we leave in three days for our summer vacation in Italy. We will spend three weeks in Italy and be joined for part of the time by Kathleen's parents and then by my father. The basic plan is for our family to spend the first week sightseeing in Northern Italy - Milan, Parma, Venice, Assisi, and Perugia. Kathleen's parents, Don and Margie, will meet us in Rome at the start of the second week. Together we will spend three days in the Eternal City, hopefully see my cousin, Paola, then go to Naples and the Amalfi Coast for a couple of days. Juliana wants to see Pompeii and I have always wanted to visit Positano. Finally, the third week we will meet up my father, Ottavio, in his home town of Tricase in southern Italy and spend some time with my extended family.
It is a big trip and something that I have been looking forward to for over a year. I hope Kathleen and the children can recover from exposure to three very different time zones inside of three days. Hopefully we will find some internet access along the way so I can post pictures and stories. I have one more day of work plus we need to finish moving the rest of our things to the new house. Soon we will be enjoying Italian wine, homemade olive oil, historic cities, beautiful landscapes, and the warm hospitality the Italian people.
According to Kathleen's report, the trip went very smoothly. The kids all behaved well, the check-in agent in Peoria did not charge for the extra and overweight bags, and the flight was more than half empty, so there was extra room in coach to stretch out and sleep. Caterpillar dispatched two blue Buick vans to Pudong airport to pick up the Cazzatos and their luggage. We all enjoyed our first dinner together in a month at the La Rosa outdoor cafe in downtown SIP.
The travel oddesey will continue when we leave in three days for our summer vacation in Italy. We will spend three weeks in Italy and be joined for part of the time by Kathleen's parents and then by my father. The basic plan is for our family to spend the first week sightseeing in Northern Italy - Milan, Parma, Venice, Assisi, and Perugia. Kathleen's parents, Don and Margie, will meet us in Rome at the start of the second week. Together we will spend three days in the Eternal City, hopefully see my cousin, Paola, then go to Naples and the Amalfi Coast for a couple of days. Juliana wants to see Pompeii and I have always wanted to visit Positano. Finally, the third week we will meet up my father, Ottavio, in his home town of Tricase in southern Italy and spend some time with my extended family.
It is a big trip and something that I have been looking forward to for over a year. I hope Kathleen and the children can recover from exposure to three very different time zones inside of three days. Hopefully we will find some internet access along the way so I can post pictures and stories. I have one more day of work plus we need to finish moving the rest of our things to the new house. Soon we will be enjoying Italian wine, homemade olive oil, historic cities, beautiful landscapes, and the warm hospitality the Italian people.
2 comments:
Tony - Just read your blog from beginning to end. Love it!!!! I had no idea you lived in China. Youy, Kathleen and the kids look super. Would be great to get in touch again. Drop me a note at cathy@cathysheridan.com
Dude,
Where's Maria and Cathleen?
Bill
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