Sold

We sold our house! Took a couple of days, then 4 more days to clear the conditions, but our house has been sold. Thanks to the booming real estate market in Lethbridge, this was a very comfortable experience.

Greece and Italy sans wine!

Well, I didn't think that it could be done, but I managed to complete the trip to Greece and Italy with 6 other chaperons and 54 grade 11 and 12 students without a regular drink. In fact, my total alcohol consumption for this trip was about 2/8 of an ounce, all coming from 2 samples of Lemoncella (an Italian liqueur) given in store before I bought a bottle of the second stuff I sampled.
That being said, the temptation was there; day 1 - a student lost his passport, day 2 - the passport turned up in Athens (with another student), original student still in London, sleeping in the airport then going to the Canadian consulate to get another passport, day 3 through 12 various student stupidities and crying sessions, day 13 - flight from Rome canceled after 4 hours in the plane, day 15 - arrived home at 3:30 am.
Great trip though. I loved Rome and think I would go back in a second. In fact the Euro that I threw into the Trevi Fountain pretty much assures that I will be going back some day. Greece was great too, even though I didn't enjoy Athens that much (aside from the freaking Parthenon!).