I'm back from the Marxist EU. I was an interesting trip. Missed the Conclave due to heavy snow in Frankfurt which had me stranded at the airport for about 26 hours. My girlfriends flight was diverted to Amsterdam for a few hours but she beat me to Rome. Different flights since we used Miles for one ticket.

It was cold and wet but we adapted and made the most of the trip. The Vatican, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Colosseum, Forum, Florance and a visit to my brother who lives in Lucca (Tuscany). He is taxed at 70% on his job as a garbage collector and if he charges to fix small engines and electronics, his passion like mine for flying and building, he is taxed at 80%. Geesh. He "heats" his home with wood and tells me he does better than most his friends. He has been there since he was 15 and will turn 50 in August. He is a good solid family man, married 31 years with two kids. Fighting the good fight with the statist against him.

He is envious that I can build and fly my own aircraft. Everything there is so overly regulated. I sympathize with our EU brothers and sisters trying to build and fly over there.

Now that I am back y'all can start discussing rotary aircraft again. Seems it has been quiet without me :-)

Chris

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On Mar 12, 2013, at 7:15, "Jeff Whaley" <jwhaley@datacast.com> wrote:

They closed the doors already Chris ... you're a day late for the conclave.
Maybe you can give us a head's-up on the colour of smoke coming from the Vatican chimneys.
Don't stand in one place for too long in Rome -- lot's of pick-pockets.
Have fun ...
Jeff

From: Chris Barber <cbarber@texasattorney.net>

No activity for a week?  Yikes. Well I will be out of the hangar 'till the 20th. I am in the boarding line for Lufthansa's long tube. Heading to Rome, then Florance, the a short visit to visit my brother in Lucca. Ciao. :-)

Chris.

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