Italy or bust !

Here's a photo I took last year on holiday at Lloret de Mar in Spain (the location reminded me of a scene from the game "Riven"). This year the whole family have their hearts set on Italia. I have been to Italy before, went their around age 10. I recall it quite well though, despite the passage of time (25 years ago). We went to Florence and Pisa (up the tower), the weather was fantastic and the food unlike anything I've known before or since. My last trip abroad, prior to Spain, was a working trip to Azerbaijian. That was a real eye-opener. As we travelled back and forth in the Capital Baku, we saw areas that were clearly Muslim, areas that were completely Westernised and others which were remnants of Communist Russian occupation. Of course there were other Scots working there already, there's no place we haven't infiltrated. When the first Mars mission lands, they'll find Scots guys already hard at work, probably drilling test-wells or something!