Leaving the house

Off to France

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May 5th 2009
After getting up this morning we did our final repacking - moving single books from suitcase to suitcase to get the bags all under the 20 kg limit. After a quick final garbage run to the bins on the corner, we took one final bike ride over to Giovanin and Pia's for coffee. Giuditta and Luigi, who are going to be driving us to Venice, had got up even earlier this morning so that they could be finis ... read more

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